The document discusses a case study of missing funds from housing projects for victims of Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines. Originally PHP 75.67 billion was allocated for resettlement housing, but as of late 2018 less than 50% of units were completed. Audits found substandard construction materials used and irregularities in 18 projects worth PHP 1.508 billion. The objectives are to determine reasons for substandard houses, delays, and where missing funds went. Proposed solutions include transparency in budget records and proper project implementation.
The document discusses a case study of missing funds from housing projects for victims of Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines. Originally PHP 75.67 billion was allocated for resettlement housing, but as of late 2018 less than 50% of units were completed. Audits found substandard construction materials used and irregularities in 18 projects worth PHP 1.508 billion. The objectives are to determine reasons for substandard houses, delays, and where missing funds went. Proposed solutions include transparency in budget records and proper project implementation.
The document discusses a case study of missing funds from housing projects for victims of Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines. Originally PHP 75.67 billion was allocated for resettlement housing, but as of late 2018 less than 50% of units were completed. Audits found substandard construction materials used and irregularities in 18 projects worth PHP 1.508 billion. The objectives are to determine reasons for substandard houses, delays, and where missing funds went. Proposed solutions include transparency in budget records and proper project implementation.
The document discusses a case study of missing funds from housing projects for victims of Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines. Originally PHP 75.67 billion was allocated for resettlement housing, but as of late 2018 less than 50% of units were completed. Audits found substandard construction materials used and irregularities in 18 projects worth PHP 1.508 billion. The objectives are to determine reasons for substandard houses, delays, and where missing funds went. Proposed solutions include transparency in budget records and proper project implementation.
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MISSING FUNDS OF
YOLANDA HOUSING PROJECTS CASE STUDY Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan)
• Landfall: November 8, 2013 (Western Visayas Region)
• Category 5 Storm (315kph) • Aftermath: 6,190 dead, 1,785 missing, 28,626 injured • Total Cost of Damage: Php 95.48 billion • Total number of damaged houses: 1,140,332 • Housing units targeted for construction by NHA: 205,128 PROBLEM/ISSUE :
Missing funds of Yolanda Housing
Projects Substandard houses OBJECTIVES:
• To determine the reasons behind substandard houses
• To determine the cause of delay of housing projects
• To determine where the missing funds go
Bunk houses Yolanda Housing Project Fund • Originally Php 75.67 billion allocated for resettlement • As of late 2018, less than 50% only of total number of units are completed • 8mm diameter of steel bars is used instead of 10mm that a contractor had declared in their costing • Concrete mixture found in the housing units did not passed the standards • COA found irregularities in 18 housing projects worth some Php 1.508billion • NHA violated procurement law: Splitting the contract • Unnamed contractors was supposed to take projects worth Php 100million or lower but was awarded a total of Php 654.594million instead • Causes of delay in project: 1. Inadequate supplies 2. Manpower 3. Issuance of permits, licenses, clearances and other documentary requirements 4. Limited Lands Housing Projects ALTERNATIVES Transparency of Budget records, transaction Reasons: To act in any manner or engage in any practice which will tend to bring discredit on the honor or dignity of engineering profession Being honest and impartial and serving with fidelity the public, their employers/employees, and clients Civil engineers shall act in such a manner as to uphold and enhance the honor, integrity,and dignity of the civil engineering profession “The worst disease in the world today is corruption. And there is a cure: transparency.” PROPOSED SOLUTIONS Proper implementation of proposed projects Reasons: To act in any manner or engage in any practice which will tend to bring discredit on the honor or dignity of engineering profession Being honest and impartial and serving with fidelity the public, their employers/employees, and clients Civil engineers shall act in such a manner as to uphold and enhance the honor, integrity,and dignity of the civil engineering profession "Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things" RECOMMENDATION