BACOLOD City – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-Bacolod City Engineering District is requesting the assistance of the local government for the relocation of 97 informal settler families (ISFs) affected by the agency’s projects to be implemented this year.
The 97 ISFs were from barangays Singcang-Airport, Mansilingan, Taculing, 2, 3 and 40.
Projects included floodwalls, drainage systems and road rehabilitation among others.
The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) Committee on Urban Poor, Housing and Resettlement, led by Councilor Vladimir Gonzales, conducted a hearing concerning a letter by City District Engineer Abraham Villareal asking for assistance on this.
Gonzales said the Bacolod Housing Authority (BHA) has already conducted an assessment of the 97 ISFs.
However, not all are qualified to avail of housing, particularly families living under one roof, which is counted as only one.
Bacolod City is eyeing the construction of an estimated 10,000 housing units for informal settlers.
Last year, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez and Department of Human Settlement and Urban Development (DHSUD) Secretary Jose Rizalino “Jerry” Acuzar.
Bacolod City’s Yuhum Village is one of the settlement projects of DHSUD to realize its “Pambansang Pabahay Para Sa Pilipino: Zero Informal Settler Families (ISFs) Program for 2028”./PN
