Strike Bill Housing witnessed by Vice-President Jejomar Binay

No less than Vice President and Chairman of Jejomar C. Binay witnessed the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Local Government of Bacoor, led by Mayor Strike B. Revilla, PhD, and the Home

Development Mutual  Fund (PagIBIG) for the Strike Ville Housing project on 16 April. The project, which aims to provide a lowcost housing unit at very affordable price to public school teachers and government employees, is part of the local government’s commitment to basic quality services for Bacoorenos. The low-cost housing project called ‘Strike Ville Subdivision’, located at Soriano Compound in Brgy. Zapote 1, is a medium high-rise building covering about 14,685 square meters, with each unit size at 32.5 square meters. Each threestorey cluster shall have 24 housing units. It is designed to have a commercial center, schools, playgrounds, materials recovery facility (MRF) and a parking space. In order to hasten the housing project, Mayor Strike created Municipal Resolution No. 53 Series of 2012 authorizing the Municipal Mayor to negotiate with any proponent on the Socialized Housing Project of the Municipal Government in partnership with the Home Mutual Development Fund.  A housing committee was likewise convened to facilitate the pre-qualifying, monitoring and control of the housing project implementation.

The Memorandum of Agreement was signed by Mayor Strike B. Revilla, PhD, for and on behalf of the local government, and Atty. Darlene Marie Berberabe, Chief Executive Officer, Home Development Mutual Fund. Also present during the event are Congw. Lani Mercado Revilla, Vice Mayor Rosette Miranda Fernando, Board Member Ramon Jolo Revilla III, Usec. Cecilia S. Alba of HUDCC, other local officials, DepEd representatives, barangay officials, department and unit heads, municipal employees, nongovernment organizations. Groundbreaking of the Strike Ville Housing Project immediately followed the MOU signing. The local housing project is largely supported by PLDT, Smart, and the Department of Education.