SENATOR Nancy Binay sees politics behind the move of Malacañang to impound the additional P300 million funding allotted by Congress to the National Housing Authority (NHA) under the 2014 General Appropriations Act (GAA) and intended for the housing needs of thousands of homeless Filipinos displaced by typhoons and other natural calamities.

Binay was the one who requested the funding during the period of amendments to the 2014 proposed GAA last year after learning that the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) gave zero budget for emergency housing assistance, resettlement and other calamity-related funding that the NHA used to have under the General Appropriations Act.

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