See model housing unit for squatters

MANILA - President Aquino inspected the model unit of a housing project for squatter families called the Estero de San Miguel micro medium-rise building in Sampaloc, Manila Wednesday morning. The President said 167 informal settler families will be transferred to the building. The housing project was constructed through the People's Plan, a program which allows urban informal settlers to identify in-city relocation sites as an alternative to distant or off-city relocation. The building has its own water and power lines and is designed to withstand earthquakes. "Dati tinuturing malaking tagumpay ang pagpapalayas ng informal settlers. Ngayon ang tutok natin mas ligtas na tahanan para sa mga residente, malinis at malaya na daluyan ng tubig at pangmatagalang solusyon sa malawakang pagbaha sa Kamaynilaan. kung dati tinataboy kayo nang walang pakundangan, ngayon may pamahalaan na kayong masasandalan upang iangat ang inyong pamumuhay," he said. "Kung dati binabaha kayo ng takot ng pangamba tuwing may bagyo, ngayon mapapanatag ang loob ninyo sa tahanang di basta matitinag ng kalamidad."