Tag: National Housing Authority

House committee to probe gov’t housing projects

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The House Committee on Housing will conduct a more in-depth investigation of the government’s housing projects. According to House Housing Committee Chairman Representative Albie Benitez, they will look into the occupancy rates of the housing projects of the National Housing Authority (NHA) to find out if the beneficiaries are being properly served.

NHA: Koleksyon ng monthly amortization sa mga housing project sa Central Luzon, bumagsak

Ni Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Inamin ng National Housing Authority na bumagsak ang kanilang koleksyon ng monthly amortization sa mga housing project sa Central Luzon dahil sa nangyaring iligal na pag-okupa ng grupong Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap sa mga units sa ilang mga site doon. Sa briefing na isinagawa ng NHA bago ang ocular inspection sa mga site nitong Martes, sinabi ni Engineer Romuel Alimbuyao, deputy area manager sa Central Luzon, na halos 50 porsyento ang hindi nila nasisingil mula noong Marso, kung kailan […]

Ejercito: Mga nag-okupa ng mga housing unit sa Bulacan, obligado pa ring magbayad

Ni Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Obligado pa ring magbayad ang mga miyembro ng grupong Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap na iligal na tumira sa mga housing units para sa mga sundalo at pulis sa Pandi, Bulacan. Ayon kay Senador JV Ejercito, chairman ng Senate committee on urban planning and housing resettlement, kailangang maibalik ang ginastos ng gobyerno sa pagpapatayo ng mga housing units. Ito aniya ay upang magamit naman ito sa pagpapatayo ng ibang pabahay para sa mga sundalo at pulis […]

Mga miyembro ng KADAMAY, sasailalim sa proseso bago pagkalooban ng housing units

Eagle News — Muling nagpa-alala ang National Housing Authority (NHA), sa grupo ng KADAMAY na hindi otomatikong mapapasa-kanila ang inokupahang pabahay ng gobyerno sa Pandi, Bulacan. Ayon kay NHA spokesperson Elsie Trinidad, susuriin pa ang kanilang kwalipikasyon na magkaroon ng pabahay. Kabilang aniya sa proseso ang pagkuha ng pangalan, pag-po-profile at ang ‘vetting procedure’ para malaman kung sila ay dati nang nagawaran ng pabahay. Una nang inokupahan ng ilang miyembro ng KADAMAY ang mga nakatiwang-wang […]

NHA in “negotiations” with PNP, AFP to address “low occupancy rate” of NHA-built houses

(Eagle News Service) — The National Housing Authority has begun “negotiations” with the boards of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police in charge of awarding NHA-constructed housing units to their personnel. Marcelino Escalada Jr., NHA general manager, said during the joint congressional hearing into the illegal occupation of NHA units in Bulacan by the Kalipunang Damayang Mahihirap on Monday that this was to address the low occupancy rate of  NHA-built […]

KADAMAY wants to take over almost 4,000 other housing units in other Bulacan towns

(Eagle News) — First, it was the government housing units in Pandi, Bulacan. Now, the controversial urban poor group  Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap, said they would also want to occupy another 4,000 housing units reserved for soldiers and policemen, and other Metro Manila homeless, following the announcement of President Rodrigo Duterte tolerating their occupancy of the Pandi housing in Bulacan. Kadamay is now saying that aside from the housing units in Pandi, it also wants […]

AFP at PNP, susundin ang atas ng Pangulo na ipaubaya na sa KADAMAY ang Pandi, Bulacan housing units

(Eagle News) — Nakahanda ang Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)  at  Philippine National Police (PNP)  na sumunod sa utos ng Pangulo na ipaubaya na sa grupong Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (KADAMAY) ang mga bahay sa Pandi, Bulacan na puwersahang inokupa ng grupo noong nakaraang buwan. Katunayan, kinakausap na raw ng AFP ang kanilang mga sundalo para ipaliwanag ang utos ng Pangulo at ibalita. Gayunman, hindi na raw pahihintulutan ng PNP na okupahin din ng […]

Housing committee chair says amendments to nat’l budget needed to accommodate housing for KADAMAY

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The chairman of the House committee on Housing is studying the possible amendments to the General Appropriations Act to accommodate the order of President Rodrigo Duterte for the Kadamay group to stay in the government housing project in Pandi, Bulacan. Cong. Albee Benitez said that amendments are needed in the GAA, or the national budget, because the existing housing projects already have beneficiaries. He said these housing units cannot be […]

Kadamay group grateful President Duterte allowed them to stay in Pandi, Bulacan

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The controversial urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) said it welcomed President Rodrigo Duterte’s statement allowing its members to stay in the government housing project that they occupied in Pandi, Bulacan. Kadamay Chairman Gloria Arellano said that it is a welcome change to have a President that is open-minded about the poor. Arellano also said that the government should look into the housing shortage in the country. “So […]

House committee on housing reminds NHA it cannot give free housing to Kadamay members

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News)  — The House of Representatives Committee on Housing and Urban Development advised the National Housing Authority (NHA) that it cannot grant free housing units to members of the  group that illegally occupied government housing units in Bulacan. Committee chair Negros Occidental Representative Alfred Abelardo “Albie” Benitez said NHA cannot accede to the request of the members of Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (KADAMAY) as NHA is not mandated to provide free housing […]

Iligal na pag-okupa ng Kadamay sa mga housing unit sa Bulacan, iimbestigahan ng Kongreso

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Iimbestigahan na rin ng dalawang kapulungan ng Kongreso ang iligal na pag-okupa ng mga miyembro ng Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap o Kadamay sa mga housing unit sa Pandi 3 Village sa Bulacan. Sa panayam ng programang Feedback sa Radyo Agila, sinabi ni Senador JV Ejercito, chairman ng Senate Committee on Urban Planning, Housing and Resettlement, na may ugnayan na sila ng counterpart sa Kamara para magsagawa ng joint investigation sa […]

Housing units for victims of typhoon Pablo and Yolanda, will be free – Duterte

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday (February 8) during his speech at the National Housing Authority’s housing summit in Quezon City announced the granting of free housing for the victims of typhoons Pablo and Yolanda. “Your housing [unit], after a few years, you have to pay P200,000, even the [victims of typhoons] Pablo and Yolanda. As long as I am the President, that’s for free. No more [payment needed],” the President said. “Honestly, […]