LEYTE – The government has put up a One-Stop Shop for resettlement to facilitate the building of permanent housing units in areas affected by Typhoon Haiyan in central Philippines.
The Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council is the lead agency on this matter, according to a report by Secretary Panfilo Lacson, the Presidential Assistant for Rehabilitation and Recovery.
This was also confirmed by Secretary Herminio Coloma, of the Presidential Communications Operations Office. He said Lacson made the report during a meeting convened by Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa which was also attended by members of the Cabinet clusters directly involved in the implementation of the Comprehensive Recovery and Rehabilitation Plan.
Coloma said during the meeting, Lacson noted that the delineation of safe, unsafe, and controlled zones has been finalized through a joint memorandum signed by the respective secretaries of the departments of environment and natural resources, science and technology, national defense, interior and local government, and public works and highways.
The One-Stop Shop is in accordance with Administrative Order No. 44 which streamlines the process of issuing permits, certifications, clearances and licenses for housing and resettlement projects in areas devastated by the super typhoon. The order was approved by Aquino on October 28.
Thousands of people had died in the Visayas after Haiyan ravaged many areas in the region. And one year on, thousands of people who survived the destruction of the typhoon are still living in tents and bunkhouses in the provinces. (Cebu Examiner)
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