SILAY, Negros Occidental—The city government here with the Maritess A. Yong Foundation and Habitat for Humanity Philippines recently broke ground on a socialized housing project that addresses the lack of affordable and decent housing of qualified families in the Katuwang Community.
MAY Foundation contributed P44 million to build 86 houses and a community center for the Katuwang Community in the Bon-bon Resettlement Project Phase III, which comprises 546 houses in an area spanning 7.6 hectares.
“I hope this village will be a model community in Bacolod,” said MAY Foundation chairman Micky Yong. “It is up to the home partners to ensure that this will uphold the highest standards of cleanliness and to make it a place which you will be proud to call home.”
Base Bahay Foundation Inc., with the support of the Hilti Foundation, lent its cement bamboo frame technology to build high-quality, disaster resilient, and low-temperature homes at Bon-bon that are suitable to the Philippine climate.