NHA reports 35.97%
completion rate of houses under the Z3R
By Emmanuel D. Taghoy
ZAMBOANGA CITY, January 21 (PIA) – The
National Housing Authority (NHA) has reported a 35.97 percent completion rate
in the construction of houses under the Zamboanga City Roadmap to Recovery and
Reconstruction (Z3R) as of December 31, 2015.
The figure is equivalent to 2,338 houses
constructed, both on land and on stilts, out of the total 6,500 units targeted
for construction under the Z3R project which comprises 19 housing packages.
Around 869 units of these completed houses
have already been awarded to beneficiaries, while the construction of the
remaining 2,971 units are still ongoing.
Based on NHA record, there are 1,653
one-storey housing units targeted for construction in Martha Drive Homeowners
Association (HOA), Inc., Paniran, Tulungatung, St. Peter, Christian-Muslim,
Islamic Village (Duplex loftable), Lustre HOA, Ayer 1, Rio Hondo (duplex
loftable) and Ayer II. To date, some 892 units have already been completed.
Some 176 units of two-storey houses are also
completed out of the 360 houses targeted for construction in Aplaya and
Evangelista-Vista Homes.
Furthermore, about 1,270 houses on stilts are
completed, out of the 4,487 units targeted for construction in seven areas.
On the other hand, all of the 1,661 families
subject for the Home Material Assistance Program (HOMA) have already been given
assistance as of December 2015, with the total amount of P49.83 million.
HOMA is the grant of P30 thousand worth of
housing materials to families whose houses were slightly damaged by the
Zamboanga siege.
