Staging its participation at the “Balai Pagbabago Davao” in Brgy Lasang, Davao City, NHA XI gathered some beneficiaries, among whom were indigenous peoples, informal settlers, and lowly-paid government workers.
Local chief executives from Davao City and from the City of Mati, Davao Oriental, and Sto Tomas, Davao del Norte attended the nationwide event that was graced by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr who was in Naic, Cavite during the simultaneous run of the housing turnover.
In Davao Region, three NHA housing projects that were part of the turnover rites were to benefit the indigenous peoples and indigenous cultural communities. Two of which were in the Municipality of Sto. Tomas in Davao del Norte and one in the city of Mati, Davao Oriental.
These IP housing projects were the Balai Pagbabago Davao in Brgy Lasang, Davao City; the Balai Karoyawan No Bakalag in Sitio Talos, Brgy San Jose in Sto Tomas; and the Balai Maganahay in Brgy Dawan, City of Mati in Davao Oriental.
The NHA Mampabana Housing Project in Brgy Cabasagan, Municipality of Boston in Davao Oriental was for informal settlers living along danger areas and those affected by government infrastructure projects in Boston, while the NHA Balai Maal’lag Housing Project in Brgy Andap, Municipality of New Bataan in Davao de Oro were families affected by Tropical Storm Pablo in New Bataan. (PIA XI/ Jean Duron-Abangan)