THE Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) on Tuesday handed over modular housing units to the San Juan City government for more than a hundred families displaced by a recent fire.
Located in barangay Batis, the structures will function as temporary shelters while longer-term arrangements are being prepared. The site can accommodate up to 156 families.
DHSUD said the units will also double as the staging area for a housing project under the Expanded Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino (4PH) Program. The families affected by the fire are being considered as potential beneficiaries of the program.
DHSUD said it is the first in-city staging area under the Expanded 4PH initiative to become operational in Metro Manila.
The San Juan 4PH project will be carried out by the Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC), which is overseeing the shift toward faster on-site construction for the development.
‘We are not using traditional construction technology here. We will be using a much faster system, which will allow quicker implementation. But we assure you the project will be sturdy,’ SHFC president Federico Laxa said in Filipino.