CORTES, Bohol, Oct. 8 (PIA) -- Bohol Gov. Erico Aristotle Aumentado led the groundbreaking of the construction of 400 new houses for Typhoon Odette victims from Talibon, Ubay, President Carlos P. Garcia, and Loboc on Oct. 6.

The Post-Odette Bohol Resettlement Project 22 for the Carlos P. Garcia (CPG) Ville Housing Phase I and 2 in Brgy. San Carlos, Talibon is implemented in partnership with the Office of the President’s Socio Civil Projects Fund (SCPF), National Housing Authority (NHA), United Nation’s Development Programme (UNDP), Philippine Red Cross, and the four municipal governments.

Called the Talibon Resettlement Site, the CPG Ville will be the site of future houses of the families from Brgy. Pasil in the town.

Pasil was among the hardest-hit barangays in Talibon by the super-typhoon and the sea surge brought about by the storm left the entire village in total devastation nine days before Christmas in 2021.

Already affected by the rising tides caused by climate change, Pasil residents are among the town’s vulnerable communities to disasters, thus the need for a resettlement area.

Using a land equity put up by Talibon Local Government Unit, the NHA will fund the land development from its Resettlement Assistance Program for LGUs (RAP LGU) for Phases One and Two of the project, said NHA Bohol District Manager Grace Solis.

Under the NHA RAP-LGU, all municipalities and 5th and 6th class cities and provinces are entitled to a P25M grant per year while LGUs belonging to the 1st to 4th class cities and provinces are allocated with P50M half loan-half grant per year.

The governor shared that the construction of the 100 houses here would be funded by the counter-parting scheme of the NHA, Office of the President’s SCPF, UNDP, and Philippine Red Cross.

The NHA is the sole government agency mandated to engage in housing production for low-income families.

The groundbreaking in Talibon is the first of four similar housing projects for Ubay, CPG, and Loboc where residents also had survived the wrath of the typhoon.

At the groundbreaking with the governor were Vice Gov. Dionisio Victor Balite, LGU officials led by Mayor Janette Aurestila-Garcia, members of the Local Housing Board, Sangguniang Bayan members and department heads of LGU Talibon, Philippine Red Cross, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Provincial Shelter Team, and the target beneficiaries of Brgy. Pasil. (RAHC/PIA7 Bohol)