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Introduced by Senator JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBlRl 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Provision of access to shelter is one of the basic mandates of the government. It 
.is also one of the areas where the government has a huge backlog of housing units 
considering that the Philippines is the world's most populous country in the world with 
88.57 million people. 
The most highly urbanized cities are also grouped around three mega-city 
clusters, namely Metropolitan Manila, Metropolitan Cebu and Metropolitan Davao. The 
government implements its shelter mandate through housing agencies and financial 
institutions namely the National Housing Authority (NHA), Home Development Mortgage 
Fund (HDMF), Home Guarantee Corporation (HGC), Socialized Housing Finance 
Corporation (SHFC), Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), Social Security 
System (SSS), Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), Land Bank of the 
Philippines (LBP), and PaglBIG. 
Access to shelter and the state of the housing industry is also a determinant of 
the health of our economy. Taking this into account, the government implements its 
housing construction mandate by supporting private sector projects through the grant of 
housing loans and support to developers eyeing the big market of housing rental, 
dormitories and rent-to-own types of investments and projects. 
However, many Filipino households still cannot afford to purchase new housing 
units built by government and private housing developers. Likewise, the concentration 
of employment opportunities, schools, hospitals and other infrastructure have forced 
people to fight for their own place in the mega-cities and growth areas in the provinces. 
Of 15,278,808 households, only 10,866,001 or roughly two-thirds live in houses 
owned / being amortized; 2,047,970 live free of charge in houses with the owners' 
consent; 190,748 live in houses free of charge without the owner's 
consent; and 
631,451 households have no' reported dwelling units. The sector that this bill hopes to 
assist by way of extending the Rent Control Act totals 1,542,538 households. (2008 
Philippine Statistical Yearbook published by National Statistical Coordination Board) 
The five regions with the most numerous households renting their dwellings are 
the National Capital Region with 687,048 households; Southern Tagalog with 245,510 
households; Central Luzon, with 137,028 households; Central Visayas with 90,536 
households; and Southern Mindanao with 85,561 households. 


Not presented in the datasets are the large populations of students and workers 
who rent near their schools and places of work. Students in the so-called University Belt 
in Metropolitan Manila is just one of the centers where in-transit population rely on 
renting their dwelling units. Another, would be the white and blue collar workers who are 
forced by circumstance to rent near financial, trading and manufacturing centers like the 
cities of Manila, Makati, Cebu, Davao and Zamboanga. People renting their dwellings 
need our support to protect them from excessive rental payments and unreasonable 
ejections that may occur once the Rent Control Act lapses by the end of this year. 
Thus, urgent approval of this bill is earnestly sought 
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UEL F. ZUBlRl 


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Introduced by Senator JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBlRl 
AN ACT 
TO EXTEND THE EFFECTIVITY OF THE RENT CONTROL ACT OF 2005, 
AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 17 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9341, 
ENTITLED “AN ACT ESTABLISHING REFORMS IN THE REGULATION OF RENT 
OF CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL UNITS, PROVIDING MECHANISMS THEREFOR AND 
FOR OTHER PURPOSES” 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Extension of the Effectivity of the Rent Control Act of 2005 - 
The effectivity of Republic Act No. 9341, entitled “An Act Establishing Reforms in the 
Regulation of Rentals of Certain Residential Units, Providing the Mechanisms Therefor, 
and for other Purposes” is hereby extended for a period of three (3) years from January 
1,2009 to December 31,201 1. 
Section 17 of Republic Act No. 9341 is hereby amended and modified 
accordingly. 
SEC. 2. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect immediately following its 
publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) national newspapers of general 
circulation. 
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Approved,