BURAUEN, Leyte – Recipients of a government housing project here for victims of super typhoon “Yolanda” thanked President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. for their new homes.
RECIPIENTS of a government housing project in Leyte thanked President Ferdinand R. Marcos for their new homes.
Marcos inaugurated the project under the Yolanda Permanent Housing Program on Friday, Jan. 17, with House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, Tingog party-list Rep. Jude Acidre, Presidential Management Staff Undersecretary Mark Gimenez, Leyte Gov. Jericho Petilla, and Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez.
Teofilo Lledo, a farmer and housing beneficiary from Marabut, Samar thanked the President for his new house.
"Our house was washed out by super typhoon Yolanda in 2013 but I am grateful that finally we will have a safe home for me and my family," Lledo said.
A woman from this town, Elizabeth Cuesta, also thanked the President for her new house.
Cuesta said her family can now settle in a safe area, away from the riverbank where they used to live for years.
Marcos urged beneficiaries to take care of their homes.
“Sama-sama nating pahalagahan ang mga tahanang ito na siyang magsisilbing pundasyon ng mas matatag na pamayanan at mas maaliwas na kinabukasan (Let us value these homes for a bright future),” the President said.
He directed the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development and National Housing Authority to explore additional housing designs that can endure climate change and other challenges.
The President said funds will be allocated for the needed repair of existing Yolanda housing projects.
Marcos also visited beneficiaries in Cool Spring Residences, Barangay Arado, this town.
The government has turned over 3,500 units under the YPHP to beneficiaries. One-thousand, nine-hundred have been occupied.