DAVAO CITY – The Davao City Housing Office (DCHO) is finalizing its Local Shelter Plan (LSP), which will be proposed for approval this year to address the city's housing backlogs.
DCHO officer-in-charge Estela Malate said the LSP targets maximizing space through vertical housing projects and prudent lot acquisitions.
The goal is not only housing, not only to provide affordable, safe and decent housing for the homeless, persons living in hazard areas and low-income families, but it needs to be sustainable," Malate, an environmental planner, said in an interview Monday.
She said the city's expanding economy has caused an increase in illegal settler families (ISFs), worsening the city's housing shortages.
"For now, the DCHO is continually conducting census for ISFs and prospective beneficiaries for future housing projects. It will start the census with its new form in the ISFs within the 355.7 hectares regional government center in Bago Oshiro," she added.
She said the LSP includes easy access to commerce, health, education, and recreation to maximize land potential through optimal housing solutions.
Some upcoming housing projects under the LSP include the Balai Pagbabago Davao project in Lasang and a four-story tenement building in the Los Amigos Relocation Area (Phase 1).
The plan also specifies using vacant lands for human settlement, particularly the 12.1-hectare lot in Barangay Talomo River in Calinan and the 8.9-hectare land in Barangay Manambulan in Tugbok District.
"Several housing projects for Indigenous groups are also in the pipeline," Malate said. (PNA)
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