MANILA, Philippines — Senator Risa Hontiveros called on the government to let some 13,000 still-unoccupied resettlement houses become shelters for families displaced by disasters, Senator Risa Hontiveros said.
During Wednesday’s Senate hearing on the severe flooding in Luzon provinces, Hontiveros raised the possibility of turning those 13,000 idle spaces in various government housing projects into evacuation centers during times of calamities.
“There are at least 13,000 housing units in government’s resettlement sites na nakatengga lang [that remain idle],” she said in a separate statement.
“We can use these units to help the residents in vulnerable and hazard-prone areas to s…
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