LAGAWE, Ifugao(PIA) — The National Housing Authority (NHA), in partnership with the Provincial Local Government Unit awarded financial assistance under the Emergency Housing Assistance Program (EHAP) to affected families of typhoons Egay and Paeng at the Lagawe public plaza on December 15, 2023 .
A total of 99 families out of the 111 targeted beneficiaries from the municipalities of Banaue, Hingyon, Hungduan and Tinoc received the cash assistance. The remaining 12 were paid at the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office.
Typhoon Paeng victims received P10,000.00 for a totally damaged house and P5,000.00 for partially damaged house, funded by the Office of the Civil Defense. Egay-affected families received also P10,000.00 for either totally or partially damaged houses from the NHA.
NHA Community Support Services Officer John Patrick Domingo explained that EHAP aims to help low-income and marginalized house-structure owners affected by man-made or natural calamities to help them rebuild their homes.
Qualified beneficiaries for the EHAP are families whose residential houses are damaged or affected by typhoon, fire incident, landslide or human-induced calamity.
The beneficiaries pressed gratitude for the financial assistance, which is a big help for them to restore their damaged houses and for other needs.
“This assistance is a great help to my family especially this time that we are not capable of providing some of our needs. I’m happy and thankful that our government has provided this help for our benefit,” Joseph Habbiling from Banaue said. (JDP/MBL-PIA CAR- Ifugao)
