PERTINENT LAWS
PLANNING 2
Prepared by: Ar. Louisel Jill Lim
TODAY'S LESSON OBJECTIVES
You will be able to distinguish the pertaining laws
in urban planning.
You will be able to know the purpose of these
pertaining laws.
LESSON INTRODUCTION
Laws & Agencies to be discussed:
HGC
Republic Act No. 7279
HLURB
Republic Act No. 11201
NHMFC
HUDCC
HDMF
NHA
SHFC
REPUBLIC ACT
NO. 7279
REPUBLIC ACT
NO. 7279
Urban Development and Housing Act of 1992
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7279
Urban Development and Housing Act of 1992
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A COMPREHENSIVE
AND CONTINUING URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND
HOUSING PROGRAM, ESTABLISH THE
MECHANISM FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7279
It shall be the policy of the State to undertake, in
cooperation with the private sector, a
comprehensive and continuing Urban Development
and Housing Program, hereinafter referred to as
the Program, which shall:
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7279
It shall be the policy of the State to undertake, in
cooperation with the private sector, a
comprehensive and continuing Urban
Development and Housing Program, hereinafter
referred to as the Program, which shall:
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7279
(a) Uplift the conditions of the underprivileged
and homeless citizens in urban areas and in
resettlement areas by making available to them
decent housing at affordable cost, basic services,
and employment opportunities;
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7279
(b) Provide for the rational use and development
of urban land in order to bring about the
following:
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7279
(b - 1) Equitable utilization of residential lands in
urban and urbanizable areas with particular
attention to the needs and requirements of the
underprivileged and homeless citizens and not
merely on the basis of market forces;
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7279
(b - 2) Optimization of the use and productivity of
land and urban resources;
(b - 3) Development of urban areas conducive to
commercial and industrial activities which can
generate more economic opportunities for the
people;
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7279
(b - 4) Reduction in urban dysfunctions,
particularly those that adversely affect public
health, safety and ecology; and
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7279
(b - 5) Access to land and housing by the
underprivileged and homeless citizens;
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7279
(c) Adopt workable policies to regulate and direct
urban growth and expansion towards a dispersed
urban net and more balanced urban-rural
interdependence;
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7279
(d) Provide for an equitable land tenure system
that shall guarantee security of tenure to
Program beneficiaries but shall respect the rights
of small property owners and ensure the
payment of just compensation; Tenure:
Occupancy
Ownership
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7279
(e) Encourage more effective people’s participation
in the urban development process;
(f) Improve the capability of local government units
in undertaking urban development and housing
programs and projects.
Pertinent laws: RA 7279
REPUBLIC ACT
NO. 11201
R.A. 11201
Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development Act
An Act Creating the Department of Human
Settlements and Urban Development, Defining
its Mandate, Powers and Functions, and
Appropriating Funds Therefor
Pertinent laws: RA 11201
R.A. 11201
Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development Act
Section 5. Powers and Functions. - The
Department shall exercise the following powers
and functions:
Pertinent laws: RA 11201
R.A. 11201
Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development Act
Section 5. I. Policy Development, Coordination,
Monitoring and Evaluation
Pertinent laws: RA 11201
R.A. 11201
Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development Act
Section 5. II. Environmental, Land Use and
Urban Planning and Development
Pertinent laws: RA 11201
R.A. 11201
Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development Act
Section 5. III. Housing and Real Estate
Development Regulation
Pertinent laws: RA 11201
R.A. 11201
Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development Act
Section 5. IV. Homeowners Association and
Community-Development
Pertinent laws: RA 11201
R.A. 11201
Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development Act
Section 5. V. General Powers
Pertinent laws: RA 11201
HOUSING
AGENCIES
HUDCC
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HUDCC
Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council
(EO90)
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HUDCC
Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (EO90)
Established by President Corazon
Aquino through Executive Order
No. 90, Series of 1986.
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HUDCC
Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (EO90)
The umbrella agency of several
housing and development offices
of the Philippine government.
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HUDCC
Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (EO90)
MANDATES
Main function of coordinating the activities of
the government housing agencies to ensure
the accomplishment of the National Shelter
Program.
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HUDCC
Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (EO90)
MANDATES
Determine the participation and coordinate
the activities of the key government housing
agencies in the national housing program;
Section 3. Executive Order No. 90 Series of 1986
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HUDCC
Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (EO90)
MANDATES
Formulate national objectives for housing and
urban development and to design broad
strategies for accomplishment of these
objectives;
Section 3. Executive Order No. 90 Series of 1986
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HUDCC
Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (EO90)
MANDATES
Monitor, review and evaluate the effective
exercise by these agencies of their assigned
functions;
Section 3. Executive Order No. 90 Series of 1986
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HUDCC
Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (EO90)
MANDATES
Assist in the maximum participation of the
private sector in all aspects of housing and
urban development;
Section 3. Executive Order No. 90 Series of 1986
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HUDCC
Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (EO90)
MANDATES
Recommend new legislation and
amendments to existing laws as may be
necessary for the attainment of
government’s objective in housing;
Section 3. Executive Order No. 90 Series of 1986
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HUDCC
Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (EO90)
MANDATES
Formulate the basic policies, guidelines and
implementing mechanisms for the disposal or
development of acquired or existing assets of
the key housing agencies;
Section 3. Executive Order No. 90 Series of 1986
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HUDCC
Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (EO90)
MANDATES
Exercise or perform other powers and
functions as may be deemed necessary,
proper or incidental to the attainment of its
purpose and objectives.
Section 3. Executive Order No. 90 Series of 1986
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HUDCC
Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (EO90)
MANDATES
Reaffirming mass housing as a centerpiece
program in the poverty alleviation efforts of
the government and further strengthening
the Housing and Urban Development
Coordinating Council
Executive Order No. 20 Series of 2001
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HUDCC
Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (EO90)
MANDATES
Serves as the lead agency to in formulating
the national objectives, policies and strategies
for housing and urban development;
Executive Order No. 20 Series of 2001
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HUDCC
Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (EO90)
MANDATES
Coordinate and monitor the activities of all
government agencies undertaking housing
projects, including those of Local Government
Units (LGUs), to ensure the accomplishment
of the goals of the government’s housing
program;
Executive Order No. 20 Series of 2001
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HUDCC
Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (EO90)
MANDATES
Encourage the maximum participation of the
private sector in all aspects of housing and
urban development;
Executive Order No. 20 Series of 2001
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HUDCC
Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (EO90)
MANDATES
Formulate the basic policies, guidelines and
implementing mechanisms for the disposal or
development of acquired or existing assets of
the key housing agencies which are not
required for the accomplishment of their basic
mandates;
Executive Order No. 20 Series of 2001
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HUDCC
Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (EO90)
MANDATES
Identify, plan and secure local and foreign
funding for housing programs and projects;
Executive Order No. 20 Series of 2001
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HUDCC
Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (EO90)
MANDATES
Provide directions to the Housing and Land Use
Regulatory Board (HLURB) to ensure rational
land use for the equitable distribution and
enjoyment of development benefits.
Executive Order No. 20 Series of 2001
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HUDCC
Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (EO90)
MANDATES
Recommend new legislation and amendments
to existing laws as maybe necessary for the
attainment of government’s objectives in
housing;
Executive Order No. 20 Series of 2001
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HUDCC
Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (EO90)
MANDATES
Undertake other functions as provided by
existing laws that are not contrary to the
above-mentioned.
Executive Order No. 20 Series of 2001
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HUDCC
Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (EO90)
An office mandated to coordinate and
supervise the government's housing sector, and
involved in policy formations.
The highest policy-making and coordinating
office on shelter programs.
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
NHA
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
NHA
National Housing Authority
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
NHA
National Housing Authority
Agency responsible for public
housing in the Philippines.
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
NHA
National Housing Authority
Established on July 31, 1975, it is
organized as a government-owned
and controlled corporation under the
Department of Human Settlements
and Urban Development as an
attached agency.
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
NHA
National Housing Authority
Sole government agency engaged in
direct shelter production focused on
providing housing assistance to the
lowest 30% of urban income-earners
through slum upgrading, squatter
relocation, development of sites and
services, and construction of core
housing units.
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
NHA
National Housing Authority
Undertakes programs for the
improvement of blighted urban
areas and provides technical
assistances for private developers
undertaking low-cost housing.
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
Low-Cost Housing
Defined as units sold for more than P1. 7 million but less than P3
million.
Residences that sell for P450,000 to P1. 7 million are classified as
economic housing, while homes that sell for less than P450,000
are classified as socialized housing.
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HGC
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HGC
Home Guaranty Corporation
(formerly HIGC - Home Insurance and Guaranty Corporation)
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HGC
Home Guaranty Corporation
A government-owned and controlled
corporation (GOCC) under the
administrative supervision of the
Housing and Urban Development
Coordinating Council (HUDCC).
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HGC
Home Guaranty Corporation
Takes the risk out of private
investment in housing by providing
risk covers and fiscal incentives to
housing credits extended by
developers, banks and other
financing institutions.
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HGC
Home Guaranty Corporation
The more HGC guarantees-the more
private funds flow for housing and
urban development.
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HLURB
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HLURB
Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board
(formerly Human Settlement Regulatory )
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HLURB
Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board
Sole regulatory for housing and land
development.
Ensures rational land use for the
equitable distribution and enjoyment
of development benefits.
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HLURB
Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board
Charged with encouraging greater
private sector participation in low-
cost housing through liberation of
development standards,
simplification of regulations, and
decentralization of approvals for
permits and licenses.
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HLURB
Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board
Extends comprehensive and
productive planning assistance to
provinces, cities, and municipalities
toward the formulation of
Comprehensive Land Use Plans
(CLUPs).
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
Comprehensive Land Use Plans (CLUPs).
Materializes the vision of the local government for the territory on
its land resources. By implementing the land use plan, primarily
through passing the zoning ordinance, the local government acts
towards achieving its vision for its land resources.
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HLURB
Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board
A national government agency
tasked as the planning, regulatory
and quasi-judicial body for land use
development and real estate and
housing regulation.
Quasi-judicial means
“court like.”
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
NHMFC
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
NHMFC
National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
NHMFC
National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation
The major government home
mortgage institution.
Charged with the development of a
system that will attract private
institutional funds into long-term
housing mortgages.
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HDMF
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HDMF
Home Development Mutual Fund
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
HDMF
Home Development Mutual Fund
More commonly known as PagIBIG Fund
Focuses on the administration of a
nationwide provident fund for the
government's housing program, and
formulates other investment
strategies relative to housing as well
as improve its collection efficiency.
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
SHFC
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
SHFC
Social Housing Finance Corporation
(EO273)
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
SHFC
Social Housing Finance Corporation (EO273)
The lead agency to undertake
social housing programs than
cater to the formal and informal
sectors in the low-income bracket
and shall take charge of
developing and administering
social housing program schemes.
Pertinent laws: Housing Agencies
