Marcos leads ceremonial turnover of 8 completed 'Yolanda' housing projects in Leyte
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., assisted by Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, National Housing Authority General Manager Joeben Tai and Human Settlement and Urban Development Secretary Jose Acuzar, leads the ceremonial turnover of eight completed Yolanda Permanent Housing Program (YPHP) Projects in Leyte, Samar and Biliran. The event was held at the Burauen Community College Multi-Purpose Gym, Burauen, Leyte on Jan. 17, 2025. Leyte Gov. Jericho Petilla and some of the housing beneficiaries were also present. Petilla said the ideal housing project should be one with a community, emphasizing that the house should be livable and meet the needs of a family.
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., assisted by Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, National Housing Authority General Manager Joeben Tai and Human Settlement and Urban Development Secretary Jose Acuzar, leads the ceremonial turnover of eight completed Yolanda Permanent Housing Program (YPHP) Projects in Leyte, Samar and Biliran. The event was held at the Burauen Community College Multi-Purpose Gym, Burauen, Leyte on Jan. 17, 2025. Leyte Gov. Jericho Petilla and some of the housing beneficiaries were also present. Petilla said the ideal housing project should be one with a community, emphasizing that the house should be livable and meet the needs of a family.
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00:00Thank you very much, and to the people of Borawen, let's call Angel S. Alba, Elvira Fidere, Ruth Serapin, and Borawen Mayor Juanito Renomeron.
00:30What happened to the previous projects of the previous administrations?
00:59Can you give us an update?
01:30How many years has it been? It's been 9 years.
01:34That is how long the government actually moves when it comes to our housing.
01:39There are a lot of problems.
01:42Problems with the contractor, problems with the acquisition of land, problems with the road right of way.
01:47Some are already done, but there's no water, no electricity. Why would I move there?
01:52We were placed in a faraway place.
01:55So, all of a sudden, when you actually have a housing area, it's not enough that you have one roof and four walls.
02:07There has to be a community.
02:10And perhaps that is one thing that is always left out.
02:14Is there a tricycle here? Is there water here?
02:18Are we going to live here?
02:19We were even able to reach the housing project of Habitat.
02:23There's no electricity.
02:25So, I already told my planning officer that for electricity, water, etc.
02:33If it's left out, it's a waste.
02:35If possible, let's also budget.
02:37So, we have a lot now because it's not just Yolanda.
02:40We have earthquakes and landslides.
02:43So, the areas that they will move, even if it's temporary, let's leave the electricity.
02:48Let's leave the water.
02:50But sometimes, there are temporary areas that will be moved.
02:53The electricity will be installed again, but it won't happen because it won't leave.
02:58It's just temporary.
03:06How many years have we been here?
03:08We're going on our 12th year.
03:1112 years of Yolanda.
03:13It takes 12 years to build a house.
03:16One typhoon will wipe out everything.
03:18So, I said, it's not just about building a house.
03:23We have to be resilient.
03:25Because if it takes a long time to build, it's just one typhoon.
03:28So, the history of this is that there are many problems with housing.
03:33And it's only now that they are able to have their own house.
03:49Out of 3,500 now, the award that Medkin ran is 1,800.
03:54I think the basic difference is that it is accessible.
03:59It has to be accessible.
04:00If you don't have electricity or water, they can see what you're doing.
04:06It's already there.
04:08And most of all, they won't be able to choose where to go.
04:13Because if you have a house, you don't have a place to live.
04:16Others will choose to live even if they don't have a house.
04:19And that's the problem of the urban people.
04:22It's not a problem in the rural area.
04:25That's the basic problem in the urban area.
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