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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 762 |
Ministry of Human Settlements
The Minister Ministry of the Budget
The Minister
Ministry of Social Services and Development
The General Manager
National Housing Authority
The Governor, Mayor, Treasurer, Barangay
Chairmen and other local Officials of the
Province of Nueva Ecija
The Commanding General
1st Infantry Division
Philippine Army
The Provincial Commander
PC, Nueva Ecija
The Philippine National Bank, the Development
Bank of the Philippines, and other government-owned
banks
SUBJECT : Housing Assistance Program for Disaster Areas in Nueva Ecija
Recognizing the need for immediate assistance to families who were victims of Typhoon Kading in the Province of Nueva Ecija, particularly in the provision of temporary shelter or the rehabilitation of homes partially or completely damaged by the typhoon and recognizing further the urgency of mobilizing national and local government agencies, in order to facilitate relief, rehabilitation and resettlement activities to meet the need for shelter of homeless families in the area, it is hereby directed that:
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The National Housing Authority shall plan and implement a Housing
Assistance Program, hereinafter known as the Program, which shall
provide direct cash assistance to families whose houses were partially
or totally destroyed by the typhoon to allow such families to undertake
emergency repair on houses or provide themselves with temporary
shelter, and subsequently long-term loans to qualified families for the
rehabilitation and restoration of houses and even construction of new
housing units. The National Housing Authority is designated lead agency
in the implementation of the Program. It shall undertake such program
under the supervision of the Minister of Human Settlements.
- The Ministry of Social
Services and Development with the assistance of the barangay chairmen
and other local officials shall identify and qualify families who shall
be the beneficiaries of the Program, and issue to such families
according to the guidelines of the Program, Relief Cards which shall
entitle them to direct cash assistance under the Emergency Housing
Assistance Component of the Program;
- The Philippine National Bank,
the Development Bank of the Philippines and other government-owned
banks in the affected areas shall act as depository of funds for the
Program and shall extend banking services to the National Housing
Authority at no cost;
- The Provincial Governor, City
and Municipal Mayors, and other local government officials shall
provide direct personnel and administrative support to the National
Housing Authority in the implementation of the Program;
- The 1st Infantry Division,
Philippine Army, and the PC Provincial Command of Nueva Ecija shall
assist in the implementation of the Program by providing manpower as
may be requested by the Authority, by ensuring the integrity and
acceptability of Relief Cards by supervising the orderly distribution
of funds and benefits and by policing the construction markets to
prevent undue speculation and overpricing; and
- The Ministry of the Budget
shall release to the National Housing Authority the amount of THREE
MILLION PESOS (P3,000,000.00) for direct housing assistance to
qualified homeless families in the disaster areas, from the Calamity
Funds of the President which release shall be a grant to the Authority
and shall not for part and parcel of its authorized capitalization.
Done in the City of Manila, this 30th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.
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