ZAMBOANGA CITY -- The National Housing Authority (NHA) is expected to complete the construction by December the original housing units, including the additional houses, under the Zamboanga City Roadmap to Recovery and Reconstruction (Z3R).
Z3R is the government blueprint for the reconstruction of areas damaged by the 21-day September 2013 Zamboanga siege.
Al-Khwarizmi Indanan, NHA district manager, said they have reached 93 percent completion in the construction of houses in the original target and 70 to 80 percent in terms of awarding of the housing units to the beneficiaries as of September 7, this year.
“We are almost done with the original target of the Z3R and the only projects left are Vale Vista 4 and Ayer Village 3 which are just additional projects requested by the city government and the Local Inter-Agency Committee (LIAC),” Indanan said.
He said that originally, there are over 6,000 housing units dispersed in 18 housing packages for construction by the NHA under the Z3R.
He said that over 4,000 units of the total number of houses have already been turned over while the others are scheduled for turnover soon.
He said the end of December is the new timeline set for the full completion and awarding of the remaining additional projects.
Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar is confident the NHA can fulfill its commitment to finish all the projects including the additional housing units on or before the end of this year.
City government records showed that 29 percent of the total number of internally displaced persons or approximately 1,800 have remained in the transitory sites or residing in private homes.
More than 100,000 people were displaced in the September 2013 siege.
The siege broke out on September 9, 2013 when hundreds of Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) members loyal to MNLF founding-chair Nur Misuari infiltrated at least five coastal barangays of this city. (PNA)
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