57K houses for police, soldiers unoccupied

BACOLOD CITY: Of the 60,000 housing units for members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) nationwide, 57,000 remain unoccupied, according to Sen. Joseph Victor Ejercito.

Ejercito, chairman of the Senate Committee on Urban Planning, Housing and Resettlement, who visited on Friday the AFP and PNP housing units in Barangay Felisa, Bacolod City, said the National Housing Authority (NHA), in consonance with a joint resolution filed by him and Rep. Alfredo Benitez (3rd District, Negros Occidental) that was approved by President Rodrigo Duterte, was authorized to redistribute the housing units to willing takers, who are qualified beneficiaries.