With the developer for the Lumin-awa housing project in Tabuk City, Kalinga having recently broken ground, the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD-CAR) says it is able to meet its annual target of 2,000 new housing units to clear the region’s backlog.
DHSUD-CAR regional director Antonette Anaban said that the recent ground-breaking in Tabuk City along with the already-started Luna Terraces project in Baguio will offer some 4,000 housing units combined.
“The facility will be a township project complete with amenities where people will live in an urban area surrounded with a rural setting, having open spaces and gardens where food production can also be done,” she said.
In Baguio, after the Luna Terraces project, the local government is looking to put up a 3600-unit project in neighboring Tuba, Benguet., Other local governments in the region are also looking to put up more housing projects in their jurisdiction, under the Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pamilyang Pilipino Housing (4PH) program.
All the housing projects eyed in the region are multi-level structures, with a maximum of 10 storeys, given the issues about limited land area.
“In the Cordillera, only 15 percent of the total land area is alienable and disposable (A and D) because of our terrain that restricts land titling for areas classified as forestland due to the slope,” she said.
