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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