THE NATIONAL Housing Authority (NHA) has committed to turn over 1,149 housing units by March to some of Marawi City residents who were left homeless by the five-month battle between government troops and local terrorist groups. “The government will turn over 10 to 20 housing units every two weeks until we completely deliver the 1,149 units in March,” NHA General Manager Marcelino P. Escalada, Jr. is quoted in a statement issued yesterday by the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) information office. The transitional shelters are located in Barangay Sagonsongan, about 4.4 kilometers from the city center. The 11-hectare township will have schoolbuildings, madrasah, wet and dry market, mosque, water supply and a multipurpose hall. The construction of the temporary shelters is part of Task Force Bangon Marawi’s recovery, reconstruction, and rehabilitation program.

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