The government's housing projects for Yolanda typhoon victims are behind schedule and many completed houses are not being occupied because of poor location, lack of basic services, and poor construction quality, which is wasting resources and failing to help beneficiaries.

Why It Matters

Recommended Actions

• Management: (a) Act immediately on requests for final inspection and acceptance and create an inspectorate/Acceptance Committee once the housing project reaches an accomplishment of 95 per cent pursuant to Section 7, Annex E of the Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act (RA) No. 9184
• (b) Require from the contractor the immediate rectification and correction of housing construction defects after final inspection and findings per the Constructors Performance Evaluation System
• (c) Immediately turnover the administration, operation, management and/or maintenance of the developed lots and completed housing units, including the provision of electrical and water facilities and its appurtenances, to the LGUs duly covered with DOTA to ensure its proper maintenance and immediate transfer of intended beneficiaries to their housing units
• And (d) Include the timeline for the occupancy of the turned-over completed housing units in the MOA.

Original Audit Finding Excerpt

"b. _ Require the Sector Office/Regional Office/District Office (SO/RO/Dos) and Corporate Operations and Systems Development Department (COSDD) to: i. Strictly comply with the timely submission of the required Billing and Collections System (BCS) generated reports such as Group Award (GA)/Sales Report (SRs), Schedule of Rebates, Schedule of Balances (SOBAL) and Aging Reports (AR) to Accounting Department - Branch Accounting and Property Division (AD-BAPD); and ii, Facilitate the inclusion of accounts that are not only demandable and in arrears/past due, but also those demandable within the next 12 months afier the reporting period, and those not yet demandable for each project in the consolidated ARs while the COSDD is currently enhancing the system. cc. Require the Accounting Department (AD) to: i Ascertain the complete recording of the GA/SRs by checking the sequential series of the approved GA/SRs, as well as the cancelled awards and Schedule of Rebates for each project prior to"

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