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Sunday, April 9, 2017
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ILOILO City – The city government is reviving the Local Housing Board (LHB), the policy-making body of all housing projects being implemented.
Iloilo City Urban Poor Affairs Office (ICUPAO) chief Jeck Conlu said it is expected to operate either third or fourth week of April.
“We have already identified the members of the Board and we will just wait for an executive order to be issued by Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog. It was him who suggested to bring it back. It will be the one to watch closely the operations of ICUPAO,” said Conlu.
“If the board finds out that they are not doing their job correctly, it will call their attention and tackle what is wrong,” he said.
LHB was created through Regulation Ordinance 2003-367 or the “Iloilo City Local Housing Board Ordinance of 2003.” However, Conlu said that when he was appointed chairman of ICUPAO last year, he found out there was no LHB.
LHB is mandated to formulate, develop, and ensure the implementation of policies on the provision for housing and resettlement area, and on the observance of the right of the underprivileged and homeless to a just and humane eviction and demolition.
It is chaired by the city mayor, co-chaired by the vice mayor and is composed of two representatives each of People Organizations (POs) and accredited Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) devoted to housing program and those that may be recommended by the screening committee created by the mayor; representative from private sector; head of City Planning and Development Office; two city council members; ICUPAO chairman; representatives of National Housing Authority, Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC), and Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP); and City Federation President of Association of Barangay Captains.
ICUPAO is tasked to formulate and adopt policies to ensure the effective implementation of a comprehensive shelter and relocation program for the city. (Iloilo City PIO/PN)
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