With 60,000 homes built and only 8,000 occupied, KADAMAY appropriated for themselves the VACANT, IDLE and RAPIDLY DETERIORATING houses. Due to the INEFFICIENCY, INCOMPETENCE and CORRUPTION of housing agency personnel, only the DEVELOPERS and CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY PROFITED TREMENDOUSLY. The houses are too far and too small, at the same time lacking basic amenities. Those are the very reasons why our uniformed personnel (police and military) have not availed of the units that they can own. Now here comes KADAMAY whose members are from a class lower (unemployed, underemployed) than the regularly salaried PNP and AFP men and women, so therefore the housing units are PERFECT (at least until they can upgrade at a later time) for them at the same time that the same units have been REJECTED by the police and military (who want bigger homes). President Duterte thus SOLVED (at least partially) the need for low cost housing for the poor by allowing KADAMAY members to keep the houses that they occupied (after some paper work, of course). Tatay Digong PROMISED to build better subdivisions for the AFP and PNP. Since Kadamay occupied more than 5,000 units, the ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY of the housing agencies increased from 8,000 to 13,000 houses now with “owners”, still a far cry for the available supply of 60,000 but, remember, there are still thousands of KADAMAY members waiting in line. President Duterte has been accused of tolerating or fomenting ANARCHY but a closer look will show that his KADAMAY decision was a WORK of POLITICAL GENIUS – idle units rejected by the intended beneficiaries are accepted by the poorest of the poor. He can now fulfill his promise to the AFP and PNP by building units acceptable to the police and military. This is a classic WIN -WIN situation.

PHOTO: Billions of pesos WASTED in IDLE houses until KADAMAY exposed the INEFFICIENCY, INCOMPETENCE and CORRUPTION of government housing agencies. Only 8,000 out of 60,000 had been previously awarded to the intended beneficiaries, most of whom REJECTED the small and far away units.

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The government’s housing program for soldiers and police was started five years ago under Administrative Order No. 9, s. 2011 with a total budget of ₱20.78 billion to provide homes for “low-salaried” soldiers and police and their families across various barangays in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

Based on the report of Architect Susan Nonato of NHA, over 60,738 houses had been constructed but only 8,397 are occupied as of September 30, 2016.

Commander Elpidio Trinidad Jr., chair of the AFP Housing Board, said that many soldiers were not satisfied with the design of the houses consisting of 22 sqm row houses on 40 sqm lots.

Moreover, Police Senior Superintendent Wilfredo Cayat also raised that there was a mismatch in the location of the housing sites vis-à-vis the needs of the police.

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The housing sites of the AFP-PNP Housing Program are located in the following areas:

Southern Luzon
1. Bgy. Conchu, Trece Martires City, Cavite
2. Bgy. Luciano, Trece Martires City, Cavite
3. Bgy. Biclatan, General Trias, Cavite
4. Bgy. Aguado, Trece Martires City, Cavite
5. Bgy. Timbao, Biñan, Laguna
6. Bgy. Kay-Anlog, Calamba, Laguna
7. Bgy. Looc, Calamba, Laguna
8. Brgy. Banlic, Calamba, Laguna
9. Bgy. Dagatan, Amadeo, Cavite
10. Bgy. Halang, Amadeo, Cavite
11. Bgy. Talaibon, Ibaan, Batangas
12. Bgy. San Miguel, Sto. Tomas, Batangas
13. Bgy. Lagalag, Tiaong, Quezon
14. Bgy. Isarog, Pili, Camarines Sur
15. Bgy. Palestina, Pili, Camarines Sur
16. Bgy. Concepcion Palasan, Sariaya, Quezon
17. Bgy. Molino, Naic, Cavite
18. Bgy. La Curva, San Jose, Occidental Mindoro

Central Luzon
1. Bgy. Tambubong, Bocaue, Bulacan
2. Bgy. Batia, Bocaue, Bulacan
3. Bgy. San Mateo, Norzagaray, Bulacan
4. Bgy. Gaya-Gaya, San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan
5. Bgy. Cacarong Matanda, Pandi, Bulacan
6. Bgy. San Benito, Aringay, La Union
7. Bgy. Bactad, Urdaneta, Pangasinan
8. Bgy. San Luis, Pugo, La Union
9. Bgy. Minante II, Cauayan, Isabela
10. Bgy. Nattanzan, Iguig, Cagayan
11. Bgy. Kalikid Norte, Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija
12. Bgy. Nazareth, Gen. Tinio, Nueva Ecija
13. Bgy. Mabuco, Hermosa, Bataan
14. Bgy. Atate, Palayan City, Nueva Ecjia
15. Bgy. Maimpis, San Fernando, Pampanga
16. Bgy. Sapang Maragul, Tarlac, Tarlac
17. Bgy. San Juan de Mata, Tarlac, Tarlac
18. Bgy. Caoayan, Sual, Pangasinan
19. Bgy. Sipat, Plaridel, Bulacan
20. Bgy. Siling Bata, Pandi, Bulacan
21. Bgy. Bonga Mayor, Bustos, Bulacan

Eastern Part of Metro Manila
1. Bgy. San Isidro, Rodriguez, Rizal
2. Bgy. Pinugay, Baras, Rizal
3. Bgy. Dalig, Teresa, Rizal
4. Bgy. Pantay, Antipolo, Rizal

Visayas
1. Bgy. Felisa, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental
2. Bgy. Cruz, Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo
3. Bgy. Sta. Barbara, Iloilo
4. Bgy. Lonoy, Roxas City, Capiz
5. Bgy. Taytayan, Bogo, Cebu
6. Bgy.Tagpuro, Tacloban City, Leyte
7. Bgy. Anislag/Palanas, Calbayog City, Samar
8. Bgy. Valencia, Carcar, Cebu
9. Bgy. Songculan, Dauis, Bohol

Mindanao
1. Bgy. Bogo, Pagadian City, Zamboaga del Sur
2. Bgy. Cabaluay, Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur
3. Bgy. Alae, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon
4. Bgy. Cuambogan, Tagum City, Davao del Norte
5. Bgy. Bawing, Gen. Santos City, South Cotabato
6. Bgy. Tiniwisan, Butuan City, Agusan del Norte
7. Bgy. Sarmiento, Parang, Maguindanao
8. Bgy. Dansolihan, Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental
9. Bgy. Trinidad, Surigao City, Surigao del Norte
10. Bgy. Tagbak, Indanan, Sulu
11. Bgy. San Jose, Malaybalay, Bukidnon
12. Bgy. Sinoron, Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur
13. Bgy. Lagao, Surigao City, Surigao del Norte

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