Sen. Bong Revilla questions declining occupancy of relocation housing

Sen. Bong Revilla on Monday questioned the National Housing Authority (NHA) and the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council officials about the declining occupancy of housing units in the country.

During the Organizational Meeting and Briefing of the Committee on Urban Planning, Housing and Resettlement at the Sen. Jose P. Laurel Room, Revilla referred to the results of the Census of Population conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) which states that occupancy rate of urban resettlement, which was at 92.61 percent in 2010, declined to 92.57 in 2015. In 2000, urban occupancy resettlement is at an all-time high of 99.68 percent.

NHA and HUDCC officials pointed out that the main reason behind the decline in occupancy is employment. Most of the beneficiaries said that their relocation is offsite from their work place, not only making it hard for them to travel, but also incurs additional daily expenses.

Since most of the houses are already awarded to the beneficiaries, most of the occupants either abandon or sell their units and return to their previous homes.

The veteran senator promised that he will look closely into the matter and study possible win-win solutions for both NHA and the housing beneficiaries.

PROBLEMA SA PABAHAY KINUWESTIYON NI REVILLA

KINUWESTIYON ni Sen. Bong Revilla, Jr.  ang mga opisyal ng National Housing Authority (NHA) at ang Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council hingggil sa pagtanggi umano ng mga binibigyan ng pabahay sa iba’t-ibang bahagi ng ating bansa.

        Sa gitna ng isinasagawang Organizational Meeting and Briefing of the Committee on Urban Planning, Housing and Resettlement sa Senado ay inilahad ni Revilla ang resulta ng census ng populasyon na isinagawa ng

Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

        Lumalabas na ang occupancy rate ng urban resttlement na 92.61 porsiyento noong taong 2010 ay bumaba sa 92.57 sa taong 2015 at naitala nitong 2000 na ang urban occupancy resettlement ay umabot sa 99.68 porsiyento.

        Ipinaliwanag ng mga opisyales ng NHA at HUDCC na ang mabigat na dahilan sa likod ng pagtanggi ng mga binibigyan ng pabahay ay ang kanilang kabuhayan, trabaho , pag-aaral ng kanilang mga anak na karaniwang mas malaking dagdag gastos na kanilang pinapasan.

        At dahil sa karamihan sa mga pabahay ay ibinigay na ang papeles sa mga dapat umukopa ay minamabuti pa nilang abandonahin ang mga pabahay o kaya ay ipinagbibili at bumabalik sa dati nilang tahanan.

        Dahil dito ay tiniyak ni Revilla na mabigyan ng solusyon ang naturang problema sa lalong madaling panahon na papabor hindi lang sa mga benepisyaryo ng pabahay  kung hind imaging sa panig ng NHA .