Housing allocation rules were not followed properly, causing thousands of units to be given to high-ranking officers instead of intended low-salaried personnel, with many units left unawarded or unoccupied.

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

"Ref. Audit Observations Audit Recommendations Agency Action Pian Action Plan Person/Dept. Responsible Target Implementation From Date To Status of Implementation Reason for Partial/Delay/ Non- Implementation, if applicable Action Taken/Action to be Taken d. Absence of Notice of Award in favor of the land developer, contrary to Item 2, Section Vill, Annex A of the NEDA JVA Guidelines. e. The original copy of the JVA was not submitted to the OP, NEDA, OGCC, GPPB and DOF, contrary to the provisions of the NEDA JVA Guidelines. Also, no annual report on the status of implementation of the JVA was submitted to DOF. CY 2019 AAR Observation No. 13 page 96 The title of the land for the New Armed Forces of _ the Philippines (AFP)/Philippine National Police (PNP) Housing Project in Barangays Calumpang and Tartaro-Sibul, San Miguel, Bulacan was not transferred to NHA, resulting in difficulty in giving individual title to the beneficiaries and the possibility of not being able to c"

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