PRESIDENT Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Thursday led the ceremonial awarding of residential units to the members of the country’s uniformed personnel, state workers, and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) here in Davao City, hoping the next administration will continue providing housing units to Filipinos needing decent shelter.
Assisted by National Housing Authority (NHA) General Manager Marcelino Escalada, Jr., President Duterte handed over the certificates of award and unit keys to 12 awardees representing the 640 beneficiaries of the Madayaw Residences units at the Kadayawan Homes in Talomo District.
“The Madayaw Residences is only one of the many housing projects pursued by the administration to realize its commitment to providing adequate, safe, secure, habitable, sustainable, resilient, and affordable homes to the Filipino people,” the President said during the ceremony.
“The low-cost housing program is our way of giving back to the country’s hardworking uniformed personnel and civil servants.”
State workers played crucial roles in nation-building and fulfilling the administration’s priorities and advocacies, President Duterte said, highlighting their outstanding display of perseverance and diligence that helped his government advance its goals of ensuring a comfortable life for every Filipino.
As the NHA transitions under a new leadership, the chief executive has urged the agency to intensify its mandate of addressing the housing needs of the Filipino people, especially the homeless, marginalized, and low-income families.
“I am confident that your steadfast efforts in the succeeding administration will redound to a more active, participative and productive society,” the President said, expressing his gratitude to
those who supported him through the years.
“Your tireless support will be forever ingrained in my memory even as I finally step down from public office.”
Among the recipients of NHA’s Madayaw Residences include personnel from the Armed Forces of the Philippines, (AFP), Philippine National Police, Bureau of Corrections (Bucor), Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), Philippine Navy (PN), OFWs, and government workers.
The Madayaw Residences is one of the “Proyektong Pabahay” of President Duterte for government employees, OFWs, and members of the uniformed personnel under NHA’s Government Employees Housing Program (GEHP).
