Improper implementation of housing disposition guidelines for AFP/PNP personnel
National Housing Authority · 2023
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What Happened?
Category: ComplianceIssue: Non-complianceThe rules for giving housing units to military and police personnel were not followed correctly. Many units were given to high-ranking officers instead of low-salaried personnel, and many units were not given out or were left empty. This is not fair and goes against the purpose of the program.
Why It Matters
Recommended Actions
- Strictly comply with AO No. 9, on the awarding of units to the low-salaried uniformed men and women of the AFP, PNP, BFP, BJMP and BuCor as the qualified beneficiaries, and paragraphs 14 and 16 of Joint Resolution No. 2, which is consistent with NHA's mandate, on granting the housing units to other qualified beneficiaries, especially those belonging to the lowest 30 per cent of the urban income -earners
- Revisit the MC No. 2018 -021 on the awarding of the AFP/PNP housing units by considering the following: • Timeline for the AFP/PNP Housing Board to fully award the completed housing units to qualified beneficiaries, and occupancy of awarded units by military beneficiaries/awardees temporarily reassigned to other areas and those with other valid causes
- • Defined obligations of the beneficiaries once awarded the housing units
- And • Guidelines on when and how the other low -salaried government employees, ISFs, unprivileged and homeless families and other qualified beneficiaries can avail of the vacant/unoccupied/unavailed housing units under the AFP/PNP Housing Program.
Original Audit Finding Excerpt
"NHA Memorandum Circular No. 2018-021 dated July 19, 2018, providing for the Guidelines for the Disposition of Lots and/or Housing Units to Non-AFP/PNP Personnel in the AFP/PNP Housing Projects pursuant to Senate and House of Representatives Joint Resolution No. 2, was not properly implemented resulting in: (a) 3,965 or 16.63 per cent of the total completed housing units for 27 AFP/PNP housing projects awarded to high ranking officers; and (b) out of the total 64,467 completed housing units, 3,461 housing units not awarded and 26,013 awarded units not occupied by the awardees."