Mobilizing the Community's Endogenous Potentials for Settlement Management: A Countermeasure to the Emergence of Slums
Few days ago, Pope Francis Village Homeowners Association leaders visited Tacloban Northern Barangays to see for themselves the post-resettlement condition of their fellow Yolanda survivors. The activity was meant to serve as an eye opener to HOA leaders of how government permanent resettlement projects are keeping up with massive structural modifications, renovations and expansions done by resettled families since they moved in to their permanent shelters. A lead-up to the technical planning workshop, this learning activity aimed at providing the HOA leaders with a comparative benchmark of how settlements like the Pope Francis Village should deal with future home improvements without sacrificing the integrity of the whole estate and any structures therein. Block per block, leaders noted down their observations and some relevant insights as they interact with family occupants of the three visited resettlement sites. In New Hope Village for instance, families who mov