TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Sept. 8 (PIA) --  Owner beneficiaries of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)/Philippine National Police (PNP) Housing Phase 2, who have fully paid and executed the Deed of Sale of their units in Songculan Dauis can now get their individual Transfer of Certificate of Titles.

This is according to National Housing Authority (NHA) Bohol Field Office Chief Grace Solis.

The NHA implemented the low-cost housing units named Saint Michael Village in Dauis and has successfully put up 500 attached units intended for the AFP and PNP.

The housing units were also offered to men in the uniformed service, Bureau of Fire Protection, and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology and the Bureau of Correction members. 

The single attached units can be upgraded into a two-storey compact house to allow for more floor space and expand the house’s living and working areas.

Priced at P300 a month payable in 30 years, the houses had provisions for power and water utilities, but needed the final tapping to get the beneficiaries moving in.

Finished years back, Saint Michael Village developers, however, had to make slight design adjustments and corrections to fit into the requests of awarded owners, and they have almost completed all requests, Solis said.

Despite the low amortization, the lack of power and water connection has discouraged some beneficiaries who have backed out.

With the unclaimed units, the government through Senate Joint Resolution No 2 authorized the NHA to award to other qualified beneficiaries the un-awarded housing units, those awarded units that are not yet occupied, as well as those units that were surrendered by their beneficiaries resulting to its cancellation.

Owing to the resolution, NHA in Bohol has allowed low-earning government employees from Dauis Municipal Hall to benefit from the housing program.

Some 20 local employees have since been given the chance to avail of the unclaimed and unoccupied units.

Solis bared that for those who can pay in cash, NHA can already facilitate for their title, and for Phase 1 "we are expecting the soonest possible time, the developer can submit it to the NHA." 

She announced that beneficiaries do not need to go to the banks to pay.

“We already have a cashier in our office at the (NHA) Bohol District Office. They can immediately come and pay and immediately get their official receipts,” she said.

Meanwhile, AFP and PNP housing beneficiary Michael Lazo thanked the government for giving them the opportunity to own a house near Tagbilaran City. (RAHC/PIA7 Bohol)