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NHA: 55,000 gov't housing units remain unoccupied nationwide

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/06/14/housing.jpg"/><figcaption>FILE PHOTO: A member of urban poor group Kadamay fetches water for her &quot;occupied home&quot; at the housing community in Pandi, Bulacan, March 27, 2017.<em> Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Some 55,000 houses built by the Aquino administration for low-salaried government workers and poor families remain unoccupied across the country, an official said Thursday. </p><p>The previous administration built around 72,000 housing units in total, but only 18,000 of these have been occupied. The rest remain vacant because the units were &quot;poorly-constructed, cramped and far-flung,&quot; said National Housing Association (NHA) general manager Marcelino Escalada. </p><p>The NHA, he said, is addressing reports that some housing projects also lack power and water lines. </p><p>Among the NHA&#x27;s projects is a housing site for soldiers and policemen in Rodriguez, Rizal.</p><p>Members of the Kadamay urban poor group on Wednesday tried but failed to take over allegedly unoccupied houses there. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/13/18/pabahay-para-sa-mga-pulis-sundalo-inokupa-ng-kadamay">Pabahay para sa mga pulis, sundalo inokupa ng Kadamay</a></li></ul><p>All houses in the area have been awarded to intended beneficiaries who applied for the housing after NHA allowed them to avail and merge 2 units, said Escalada. </p><p>&quot;That is practically a violation of law if and when Kadamay members will continue to occupy that without any authority at all,&quot; he told radio DZMM. </p><figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1431523" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="~//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="~//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>Kadamay last year also laid claim to vacant units in resettlement sites in Pandi, Bulacan, including those intended for government troops.</p><p>President Rodrigo Duterte later promised to build better houses for the uniformed men as he ordered them to <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/04/17/duterte-lets-kadamay-have-bulacan-homes">let Kadamay members have the Pandi houses</a>. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/06/17/kadamay-wont-stop-takeovers-wants-end-to-housing-monthly-dues">Kadamay won&#x27;t stop takeovers, wants end to housing monthly dues </a></li></ul><p>Some Kadamay members, however, may be evicted from the site for refusing to undergo a documentation process to determine if they are qualified to get the housing units, Escalada said. </p><p>&quot;Kailangan ng documentation kasi pangit naman na nandoon sila sa site natin, we really don&#x27;t know kung sino ang occupants ng site natin,&quot; he said. </p><p>(The documentation is necessary because it does no do well for us not to know who are the occupants of our site.) </p>

<p>Some 55,000 houses built by the Aquino administration for low-salaried government workers and poor families remain unoccupied across the country, an official said Thursday, after a militant group attempted to occupy an allegedly stagnant housing project. <br /> </p>

Some 55,000 houses built by the Aquino administration for low-salaried government workers and poor families remain unoccupied across the country, an official said Thursday, after a militant group attempted to occupy an allegedly stagnant housing project.