The National Housing Authority (NHA) has once again appealed to the over 6,000 families living in three condemned low-cost housing projects in Metro Manila to move out for their own safety. In a press conference on Monday, the NHA said it was conducting “preeviction activities”—largely consultation meetings—with 712 families at Fort Bonifacio Tenement Building in Taguig City and over 6,000 families at Punta Santa Ana Tenement and Vitas Tenement, both in Manila. Despite this, only 154 families living at the Fort Bonifacio and Sta. Ana tenements have so far volunteered to be relocated, Elsie Trinidad, NHA spokesperson, told the Inquirer. Pending demolition orderAt the Vitas Tenement, around 5,000 families continue to live in the low-rise buildings originally meant to serve as temporary housing for Smokey Mountain dump scavengers who were promised permanent shelters.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 20, 2018 21:00 UTC