DHSUD turns over 190 housing units for disaster-hit families in Ilocos

SAN ILDEFONSO, Ilocos Sur — The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) turned over 190 housing units to the local government of Caoayan in Ilocos Sur, providing permanent shelter for families displaced by the earthquake and successive typhoons that struck the province in 2022.

Some of the beneficiaries received their units during a turnover and awarding ceremony on Thursday (October 29) and are set to relocate to their permanent homes at the Caoayan Resettlement Project in Barangay Villamar.

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Eleador Balgos, DHSUD Ilocos Region Director, presided over the activation of the homeowners association and the induction of its officers alongside DHSUD Assistant Secretary Rosve Henson during the ceremony.

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Funded through the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund, the housing project was put up for families whose houses were totally damaged by the 2022 earthquake and typhoons, as well as those living in high-risk areas.

The magnitude 7 earthquake struck Northern Luzon at around 8:43 a.m. on July 27, 2022, with its epicenter near Tayum town in Abra. It caused widespread damage across the region, including in Ilocos Sur. Caoayan experienced Intensity VI, or very strong ground shaking, during the earthquake. /jpv