LIMAY, Bataan: A condominium-type mass housing project is soon to rise with the ceremonial concrete pouring and capsule laying held in Barangay San Francisco de Asis here on a rainy Thursday.
Top housing developer Fiesta Communities, Inc. introduced its first vertical mass housing development in partnership with the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD), Home Development Mutual Fund (PagIBIG Fund) and the local government of Bataan.
This is an initiative of Fiesta Communities in supporting the Pambansang Pabahay Para sa Pilipino Program (4PH) of the Marcos administration. The project is called 1Bataan Village by Fiesta Communities.
Lawyer Christopher Ryan Tan, Hausland Group chief executive officer representing his father, Hausland president and chairman Wilfredo Tan, and Limay Mayor Nelson David later signed a memorandum of agreement.
Fiesta Communities is an affiliate company of Hausland Group.
The project has a total land area of 7,992 square meters that can accommodate 508 housing units with 22 and 25 square meter variants. It will have an entrance gate, pavilion, basketball court, parking spaces, and lounges.
Housing units will be available to the public next year with the construction expected to start before the year ends.
“Napakahalaga sa amin ni Secretary Jerry Acuzar lalo na at kami pareho ay taal na taga-Bataan, parehong taga-Balanga, na makita ang pagsasakatuparan ng mga pabahay sa ating lalawigan. Ito ay hindi lamang dala ng aming katungkulan at trabaho sa departamento, hindi lamang ito trabaho kundi isang misyon na personal mula sa aming puso na matulungan ang bawat Bataeño na nangangailangan ng maayos at abot kayang pabahay,” DHSUD Undersecretary Emmanuel Pineda said.
“We are not looking only at the informal settler families, we are looking on all sectors of society. Sa lahat ng antas ng ating lipunan mula sa pinakamahirap hanggang sa pinakamayaman basta wala pang bahay. Ang gusto ng ating pamahalaan ay magkaroon lahat ng bahay kaya lahat dito kasali,” Pineda declared.
Vice Gov. Maria Cristina Garcia and Mayor David both thanked DHSUD, PagIBIG Fund and Fiesta Communities for the project.
“Bilang isang developer, nakakataba ng puso na handang makipagtulungan ang pamahalaan upang mabigyan ng bahay ang ating mga kababayan. Kami po sa Fiesta Communities sa loob ng 17 taon na kaming nagde-develop ng mga subdivision mula Pampanga, Tarlac, Zambales at Bataan,” Atty. Tan noted.
He said that he is proud to be called a Bataeño. “Espesyal para sa amin ang Limay dahil maraming first time ang nagawa ng aming kumpanya sa bayan na ito. Sa Limay binuksan ang pinaka-unang proyekto namin sa buong Bataan noong 2016. Ang Fiesta Communities sa Limay ay mainit na tinanggap ng mga Bataeños. Naging daan ito para mabuksan pa namin ang iba’t ibang proyekto sa Hermosa, Mariveles, at Abucay sa Bataan.” the CEO said.
Tan said they were feeling blessed for becoming an instrument to the construction of the Limay General Hospital in a lot they donated.
“This year, gagawa ulit tayo ng kasaysayan. Narinig namin ang inyong demand sa pabahay at naintindihan namin ang potensyal ng Limay na matayuan ng residential development. Dahil sa wakas, for the first time, magtatayo tayo ng Fiesta Communities, pinaka-una nitong mid-rise development ng pribadong sektor na magsisilbing mass housing project under 4PH na siguradong maiibsan ang kakulangan ng pabahay,” he said.
“Kakaiba ang project na ito sa karaniwan naming itinatayong socialized housing na horizontal. Dito sa 1Bataan Village, ito ay isang condominium na matitirhan ng ating mga kababayang Bataeño,” Tan furthered.
“Mas level up ang pamumuhay natin kaya naman tama lang na itaas din natin ang antas ng pamumuhay ng mga makakatanggap ng bahay sa ating housing project. Hindi sapat ang disenteng tahanan lang, dapat malapit sa lahat. Kaya nga napili namin ang Barangay San Francisco De Asis bilang lokasyon ng ating 1Bataan Village dahil ideal ang lokasyong ito,” he added.
“Malapit sa major roads at mga essential establishments tulad ng palengke, schools, government offices. Siyempre, malapit sa ospital. Mas magaan ng buhay kapag malapit sa lahat ang tirahan,” Tan said.
He said that there is nothing impossible when united as shown by Fiesta Communities, DHSUD, PagIBIG and the local government units of Bataan and Limay.
