October 11, 2017
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Rep. Albee Benitez joined President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, HUDCC Chair Eduardo del Rosario, NHA GM Jun Escalada, Bulacan Governor Wilhelmino Alvarado and San Miguel Mayor Marivee Coronel this afternoon in the Groundbreaking Ceremony of the Scout Rangers Ville under the AFP/PNP Housing Program of the National Housing Authority in San Miguel, Bulacan.
October 11, 2017
By: Ellson Quismorio
The National Housing Association (NHA) is in hot water for failing to act on the use of substandard materials for housing projects in “Yolanda”-ravaged Eastern Samar.
Negros Occidental Rep. Alfredo Benitez, chairman of the Committee on Housing and Urban Development, said during a joint House inquiry yesterday that someone must answer for this very disturbing negligence on the part of the NHA.
By: Vince F. Nonato - Reporter / @VinceNonatoINQPhilippine Daily Inquirer / 04:53 PM October 10, 2017
The National Housing Authority is set to terminate the contract of a construction firm that allegedly used substandard materials in the houses meant for the resettlement of families in Eastern Samar that were displaced by Typhoon Yolanda (internationally known as Haiyan) in 2013.
A notice to terminate and a show-cause order was issued to J.C. Tayag Builders, Inc., back in August, NHA Visayas Management Office officer-in-charge Grace Guevarra said on Tuesday during the joint inquiry of the House of Representatives’ housing and good government committees on Tuesday.
Published October 10, 2017 1:21pm
By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News
Lawmakers on Tuesday grilled officials of the National Housing Authority (NHA) over the supposed delays in the resolution of the alleged substandard construction of housing units for the victims of Typhoon Yolanda.
During a joint House inquiry into the snail-paced implementation of housing relocation and resettlement projects for Typhoon Yolanda victims, Juanito Tayag, owner of contractor J.C. Tayag Builders Inc., reiterated that they did not purchase or use substandard materials for the housing units.
This, even as the House Committee on Housing and Urban Development earlier sent an inspection team to the construction site to check the housing units.
posted October 06, 2017 at 12:01 am by Maricel Cruz
The House of Representatives has adopted a joint resolution granting the National Housing Authority the authority to award unoccupied and unassigned housing units previously reserved for uniformed personnel of the government to other qualified beneficiaries.
In a unanimous vote from 212 lawmakers, the House approved House Joint Resolution authored by Negros Occidental Rep. Alfredo Benitez and several other members of the House committee on housing and urban development.
Published October 5, 2017, 10:00 PM
By Ben Rosario
The House of Representatives has unanimously adopted a joint resolution that would grant the National Housing Authority (NHA) the power to award other qualified beneficiaries the thousands of unoccupied and unassigned housing units previously reserved for uniformed personnel of the government.
Voting 212 for and zero against, the Lower Chamber approved House Joint Resolution (HJR) No. 15 authored by Negros Occidental Rep. Alfredo “Albee” Benitez and several other members of the House Committee on Housing and Urban Development that he chairs.
October 3, 2017
KONTI NA LANG!
Panukalang batas na magtatatag ng Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development, na itinataguyod ni Cong. Albee Benitez bilang tagapangulo ng Committee on Housing and Urban Development, pasado na sa Committee on Appropriations.
By Jovee Marie de la Cruz - October 1, 2017
Offices of national government agencies may soon inch their way out of Metro Manila to outlying regions, as a proposal for their relocation gains traction in the House of Representatives.
House Committee on Housing and Urban Development Chairman Alfredo Benitez of Negros Occidental said his panel has recently approved a substitute bill moving national government administrative offices from the National Capital Region (NCR) to the provinces.
September 29, 2017
Cong. Albee Benitez graced today the 26th National Convention of the Subdivision and Housing Developers Association (SHDA), where he stressed the need to maximize government lands for in-city housing for informal settler and low-income families to close the housing gap. He also emphasized the importance of creating a Department of Human Settlements and of strong multi-stakeholder partnership to address the country's housing needs.
Published September 28, 2017, 12:04 AM
By Ben R. Rosario
Acting on the low occupancy rate of housing units originally intended for uniformed personnel, the House of Representatives unanimously backed a joint resolution authorizing the National Housing Authority (NHA) to redistribute the thousands of completed houses in government developed communities.
Voting through viva voce, the legislative chamber passed House Joint Resolution 11 authorizing the NHA to award unoccupied and unassigned housing units to other qualified beneficiaries.
Negros Occidental Rep. Alfredo Benitez, chairman of the House Committee on Housing and Urban Development, sponsored the legislative measure that was endorsed for swift approval by the House panel in response to the alleged “house grabbing incident” that the Kadamay urban poor group staged a few months back in Pandi and San Jose del Monte, Bulacan.
