Aired (November 24, 2024): Sa kabila ng mga libreng pabahay sa Rizal na inaalok ng gobyerno, ilang residente ang nagdadalawang-isip na lumipat dahil malayo ito, kulang sa pasilidad, at hindi sapat ang imprastruktura. Paano nga ba maisasakatuparan ang layunin ng pabahay kung hindi nito matugunan ang pangunahing pangangailangan ng mga tao?
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00:00These shortcomings are the reason why Evangeline Agdepa moved to Hermosoville.
00:10Her family lives under a bridge in Cainta, Rizal.
00:16This is what they are going to do. They need to do this so that they can finish their project.
00:30They are among the beneficiaries of the housing project.
00:34We don't want to do this because our livelihood is far away.
00:38She is with her one child and two grandchildren who are studying.
00:43They have to walk five minutes away from their house.
00:47When my two grandchildren are studying, I will take care of them.
00:53That day, we received a letter from Evangeline.
00:58This is our livelihood, ma'am.
01:01Our buyers are coming to buy from us.
01:06Our livelihood is near.
01:09She expects to earn 500 pesos per 100 pieces of land.
01:16This is what Evangeline will be left with if she moves to the housing project in Baras, Rizal.
01:23On our next trip to Hermosoville, we discovered another housing unit that was abandoned.
01:35No one lives there.
01:37It is surrounded by thick walls and is slowly being destroyed.
01:44This is not the first housing project built by Reporters Notebook.
01:48Until now, this is the type of housing project that we are able to reach.
01:54This is one of the houses that can be moved.
01:58According to the housing package cost and monthly amortization that we received,
02:04the beneficiary will pay Php 499,653 within three decades.
02:12Aside from the dilapidated tiles, there is no sink.
02:17Here in the CR, there is no toilet bowl.
02:20According to some of the residents that we talked to,
02:23to be able to live here, they were forced to spend their own money to fix the housing unit that they moved.
02:34In the first year, it is still free to live here in Hermosoville.
02:37But in the following years, they need to pay Php 600 per month within 30 years.
02:45Until now, the value of the housing unit is almost Php 500,000.
02:50Why are there still a lot of unoccupied housing units?
02:54Supposedly, some parts of it came from Taytay.
02:58However, the Taytay residents did not want to go off-city.
03:02They opted to be in-city.
03:07Reporters Notebook also interviewed the contractor of the housing project.
03:11Is this completed for you or not?
03:14Not yet, ma'am.
03:15Not yet?
03:16It is completed as housing construction, ma'am.
03:18Completed as housing?
03:20Construction and development.
03:23So where are the sinks and toilets?
03:26It is already with us, ma'am.
03:27It is for installation in the units.
03:29For installation?
03:30Yes, ma'am.
03:31This is the amount paid by the general contractor, ma'am.
03:35We are the ones who will provide for the units.
03:37The beneficiaries are already there.
03:39The fund is already with us, ma'am.
03:42But where did the fund go?
03:45Where is the money?
03:48NHA will clarify.
03:50When we say fully completed, it does not mean that it is 100% disbursed.
03:54Our disbursement is when they request for billing,
03:59there is a 10% retention left for them.
04:03We do not immediately pay them.
04:04But we declare it as fully completed
04:07because the unit is ready so that when the person relocates,
04:11we will install the detachables.
04:16You have already disbursed 90% of the total project cost.
04:21Yes, ma'am.
04:22So 10% is basically your debt to them.
04:25Yes, ma'am.
04:27Not only in Baras Rizal,
04:28you can see the abandoned, dilapidated and damaged houses.
04:33In Naikavite, you can find the Parkstone Estates.
04:39In the document that we got from NHA Region 4,
04:42this project has 2,300 units.
04:46But as of September 2024,
04:48only 630 units are occupied.
04:54July 18, 2022 is the date of completion of the project
04:58July 18, 2022 is the date of completion of the project
05:02and the value is more than Php 1 billion.
05:08One of the residents of Parkstone Estates is the family of Roselle Orgonia.
05:13In March 2021,
05:15her family moved from a village in Binondo, Manila.
05:20Inside the unit, it is okay.
05:22But our electricity is a month before we installed it.
05:27The water is smelly.
05:30It's like a mess.
05:34Php 750 per month is the payment for the first year.
05:38But it will increase in the next five years
05:41until the unit's value reaches Php 400,000.
05:46Roselle and I also accompanied her
05:48to collect some vacant units in the house.
05:50This place is 30 plus.
05:53This is also 30.
05:54They are 60.
05:56It's broken.
05:57The unit is broken.
05:59When we moved it, it's like this.
06:01It's a mess.
06:02It's a mess.
06:04The window is broken.
06:07This is how we installed it.
06:09It's a mess.
06:12We are the only ones who cleaned it.
06:14We filled it with water.
06:17Why are there still many unoccupied housing units in Parkstone Estates?
06:23NSA Region 4 explained...
06:25These are what we call old inventories.
06:28It was a crossover during the time of PBBM.
06:31Now, there are several units that we are finishing.
06:35Now, there are around 200.
06:39We cannot change the design
06:41because the contract specifies that it will look like that.
06:47We also interviewed the developer of the housing project.
06:50They called the NHA.
06:51It's good for our awarding so that we can live.
06:55Losses are increasing.
06:57If the house is awarded, I hope they can live.
07:00It's a waste.
07:02We also showed to a structural engineer
07:05the housing projects that the reporters visited.
07:09Cracks appearing like this must be checked by the developer,
07:13by the structural engineer because the vegetation that's growing around unnecessarily
07:19may cause the foundation to move.
07:22It may cause those kinds of cracks.
07:24The house is very exposed to further deterioration.
07:30First of all, it doesn't have a door.
07:33It can be entered by animals.
07:34And exposed to weather,
07:36the water can damage the walls, columns, and structural elements.
07:42There should be a proper feasibility study
07:45to make sure that there will be people that will occupy your project.
07:50Otherwise, it's a waste of money.
07:52You don't spend just to have projects.
07:54You spend to make the people comfortable.
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