No action yet from NHA on looming villages demolition

CAGAYAN DE ORO. Informal settlers living at the border of barangays Puntod and Macabalan hold a protest in front of the National Housing Authority on January 23. The protesters ask for a halt on the impending demolition of their houses on January 28. (Joey P. Nacalaban)

THE plight of the residents who will be booted out from their houses as the impending demolition nears is in the hands of the City Council, as the National Housing Authority (NHA)-Northern Mindanao waits for the legislative bodys resolution that would ask the court to defer the issuance of the writ of demolition that would leave more than 50 families homeless next week.

Ramon Medrozo, NHA-Northern Mindanao community relations officer, said once the councilors would issue the resolution, they could take action on the concerns of barangays Puntod and Macabalan residents who are members of Cagayan Integrated Landless Residents Association Incorporated (Cilrai).

The group wants NHA to consider its demand of putting off temporarily the implementation of the demolition order and provide an onsite relocation area for those who will be affected.

It has been learned that the writ of demolition will be enforced on January 28, and not today, January 24, as earlier reported.

Medrozo said they could not make any action yet if there is no resolution yet from the city council.

He said he could not give out the details of the resolution, but there were cases the demolition was delayed due to the request from the local government unit to the issuing court.

Cilrai president Basilio Lobino said they have been aware that the City Government has no more relocation site for displaced residents, and that is why their only hope is for the councilors to pass the resolution.

Lobino said the area that would be affected by the looming demolition is only about a hectare of the 12.5-hectare that Cilrai members are occupying but they could not allow some of them to lose their homes.

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No action yet from NHA on looming villages demolition