Two Paknaan beneficiaries get their dream houses

The  model houses of the first two beneficiaries of the  6.5 hectare relocation site in barangay Pakna-an, Mandaue City were formally turned over to them last Wednesday.

Virginia Martel and Danilo Marangga of the Bantayan sa Hari Homeowners Association were given the  keys of their housing units.

“Dili gyud ko makatuo nga naa ko’y ingon niini ka nindot nga balay og gamay ra og gasto. Dili man ni pang urban poor nga balay, pang urban rich man ni! (I can’t believe that I can own this beautiful house at only a small cost. This isn’t a house for the urban poor. This is for the urban rich,” said a happy Martel.

The houses were turned over during the groundbreaking ceremony of the relocation site attended by Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes and Vice Mayor Glenn Bercede.

The two houses of Martel and Marangga will serve as the model unit of the 1,200 housing units to be constructed at the site.

The two story houses, which have a floor area of 28 square meters, have their  own septic tank. Its walls and structures were also made of compressed bricks.

Cortes said in his speech, that he was already facing a lot of cases because of this 6.5 hectare relocation site.

But he said he wasn’t afraid because this was for the good of the Mandauehanons. /Correspondent Norman Z. Mendoza.