Oro 'Shelter Plan' gains broad support

By Lynyrd Alexsei N. Corrales

CAGAYAN DE ORO Mayor Oscar Moreno said the forward-looking eight-year city shelter plan will push through regardless of who

sits in City Hall.

Moreno made the statement at the sidelines of the Housing Summit Tuesday.

To secure commitment from stakeholders of the city’s shelter plan, a Manifesto of Support was signed for Moreno’s “Hapsay

Balay, Hapsay Panimalay, Hapsay Barangay” shelter program.

Key shelter agencies, such as the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC), Social Housing Finance

Corporation (SHFC), PAG-IBIG FUND, National Housing Authority (NHA), Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB) and Home

Owners Associations signed the manifesto.

Moreno said city planners have taken care to define, structure, and organize the shelter program.

“Regardless who sits in those offices, for as long as the program meets those standards, it will fly,” Moreno said.

City Shelter Plan consultant Ermin Pimentel said the summit, participated by some 500 individuals, ensures that the plan is

multi-stakeholder owned and not just crafted by city planners.

“Through these representations, when we say shelter initiative, we can call it a collective Kagay-anon initiative,” Pimentel

said.

Pimentel said the continuity of the shelter plan can be best assured through a city ordinance but this needs the cooperation

of the city council.

“Pero ang problema lang, hangtud dili na siya aprobahan sa [City] council, dili gyud na siya mahimong ordinance,” Pimentel

said.

Pimentel, however, said the city council cannot delay the shelter initiative which was crafted by the people themselves.

“This is empowerment that could cut across the political terms and hopefully, it will transcend from political partisan

politics which is happening now,” he said.

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