OVER 141,000 housing units have been constructed by the National Housing Authority (NHA) for victims of typhoon Yolanda (international name Haiyan), or 84 percent of target.
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said the government had set a goal to build 190,972 housing units for victims under the Yolanda Permanent Housing Program (YPHP) of NHA as of the second quarter of the year.
“Another 18,749 are under construction. The remaining 30,994 housing units are expected to be completed before the end of the term of the President,” Nograles said in a statement on Sunday.
Nograles made the disclosure following the regional pre-State of the Nation Address (Sona) event held by the Office of the President in Tacloban City, Leyte on June 25, 2021.
Typhoon Yolanda, given a super storm category 5, is one of the most devastating calamities to ever hit the country, killing over 6,000 people and destroying thousands of homes.
Among the areas hardest hit by the typhoon is the Visayas, particularly in the provinces of Samar and Leyte.
In Eastern Visayas, where both provinces are located, the NHA already built 40,225 housing units and another 7,943 are still being constructed.
Nograles said 16,186 housing units in the region were distributed by the government through virtual awarding ceremony.