Years after the typhoon, a significant portion of permanent housing units remains unfinished due to severe implementation delays.

Why It Matters

Recommended Actions

• Management: a. Closely monitor the timelines on the completion of the projects by the contractors
• B. Strictly adhere to Paragraph 9, Annex "E" of the RIRR of RA No. 9184 by: (i) Imposing the corresponding liquidated damages on the contractors for each day of delay by collecting/deducting the same from the progress billings/claims or retention money
• And (ii) Initiating termination/rescission of contracts for infrastructure projects when liquidated damages reaches 10 percent of the total contract price and forfeiting the contractor’s performance security. c. Impose sanctions on erring NHA personnel who may be remiss in their obligations
• And d. Pursue legal actions against the contractors to address the breaches of contract.

Original Audit Finding Excerpt

"Nine years after Typhoon Yolanda struck the Philippines, only 166,034 or 78.94 per cent of the 210,317 revised targeted housing units (HUs) under the Yolanda Permanent Housing Program (YPHP) have been completed. Moreover, among the 166,034 completed HUs, 51,538 or 31 percent remain unoccupied and out of this, 9,329 completed HUs have been turned over to LGUs but are still unoccupied as at December 31, 2022 due to LGUs “No demolition, no relocation” policy, pending validation of actual occupants prior to awarding, and beneficiaries’ personal reasons not to occupy the HUs. Thus, the NHA’s roles in the Comprehensive Rehabilitation and Recovery Plan (CRRP) to implement the land development and housing projects with community facilities, were not met due. In line with the mandate of NHA, pursuant to PD No. 757, to develop and implement a comprehensive and integrated housing program which shall embrace, among others, housing development and resettlement, sources and schemes of financing, an"

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