12.2. Hon Hernadez gave a brief profile of the district municipality. 12.3. Members were given a brief tour of the apartments. Similar to the Ispalente programme above, the Manama housing programme was started to help communities create permanent houses with basic services to promote an end to homelessness using technologies with low weight in terms of which families could carry panels and columns without using hoists and cranes. The three-storey block of houses could be built within a period of 18 months and could cater for the disabled.