Manila, January 16 2016 — The Standard has published details on UN-Habitat’s renewed partnership with the Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC).
Yolanda Recovery. The Social Housing Finance Corporation recently renewed its partnership with United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) to facilitate faster reconstruction of Yolanda-affected areas in Luzon and Visayas. The signing of the Memorabndum of Understanding (MOU), held in Pontevedra, Capiz, marked the expansion of the “Post-Yolanda Support for Safer Homes and Settlements Project”.
Under the MOU, SHFC and UN-Habitat will continue to advocate the community-driven approach in their shelter responses in Palawan, Tacloban City, Leyte and other Yolanda-hit communities.
At the signing were: SHFC vice president for Visayas and Mindanao Atty. Rosalie Tagulan, UN-Habitat’s country programme manager Christopher Rollo, and Capiz vice governor Esteban Contreras.
The community-driven approach is an alternative way of implementing housing programs which enables communities to lead their housing projects. This approach results in faster delivery of housing needs especially in post-disaster areas, as illustrated in the experience of Sri Lanka and Indonesia.
