FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S.B. NO. 2699 
'11 
FEB 14 P 5 :31 
Introduced by SENATOR FERDINf-ND R. MARCOS, JR. 
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Explanatory Note 
The 1987 Constitution provides that, "the State shall, by law, and for the 
common good, undertake, in cooperation with the private sector, a continuing 
program of urban land reform and housing which will make available at 
affordable cost, decent housing and basic 'services to under-privileged and 
homeless citizens in urban centers and resettlement areas. x x x." (Article XIII, 
Section 9) 
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True to the above mandate, numerous agencies, public and private, as 
well as the local government units, have been given imprimatur by the State to 
institute programs and construct facilities aimed at delivering to our citizens the 
most basic commodity of shelter. 
However, credible and current statistics show that there still remains a 
heavy backlog in the housing sector, which now stands at a dismal 3.63 million 
housing units. (Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council 
Organizational Meeting, 19 January 2011) 
While the housing need for all Filipino ·families is a constant priority, the 
government has to notice also the largest beneficiary group on whom all 
government depends: 
its 
loyal 
and 
hardworking-and 
equally needing-
government employees, who render valuable services and without whom its 
machinery would be rendered paralyzed. 
Because of the built-in facility of an administrative and transactional link 
and network between the State and its empl,oyees as result of their symbiotic 
relationship, the government can and must tap into such a facility by accessing 
its database, and readily reach out to them and implement an effective housing 
program specially for them. The government only has to lay down the policy and 
coordinate the efforts and the interconnections of the various key shelter 
agencies (KSAs) involved in addressing the housing need, including the local 
government units and also the private sector, all of which have their multifarious 
respective programs for housing financing. 
The goal of this bill is not only to create a national housing program 
specifically for government employees, but also to integrate into such program all 
existing individual housing loans of which .government employees are the 
beneficiaries. This bill intends to establish a ""one-stop shop" for the housing 
needs of government employees and integrate into one single program the 
various housing programs of these agencies and LGUs, including those of the 
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particular mother units of employees (Le., the Socialized Housing for Teachers 
and Employees [SHELTER Program] of the Department of Education) under one 
national office that shall administer the same. 
In the process, the government will hot only be able to address the 
housing backlog, but also find efficiencies to olDviate the bureaucratic delays that 
normally accompany the implementation of a housing program. This is especially 
true for the very persons in its own employ, the government employees, with 
whom they are symbiotically linked in a contractual relationship of employment. 
Moreover, on the other side of the bargaining table, the parties participating in 
the Program, both public and private, shall also be assured of incentives and 
reasonable retums on their investments. 
More importantly, in line with the pe'nding initiative in the Senate to 
establish a single housing agency in the form, of a Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, this effective and systemic coordination and interplay of 
functions and programs in the field of housing that is hoped for in this Program 
will become all the more logical and will no longer be a far-fetched possibility. 
In the absence of a Department of Housing, this bill proposes the 
establishment of an Executive Committee to implement and administer the 
proposed national housing program for government employees. For now, it shall 
act under the administrative supervision of the Housing and Urban Development 
Coordinating Council (HUDCC). It is ultirtlatery hoped that this Program would 
eventually be realigned into the ambit of the authority and jurisdiction of 
Department of Housing and Urban Development once the latter bill gets past the 
legislative mill. 
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This bill hopes to expand the coverage of the bills pending in the Senate 
Committee on Urban Planning, Housing and Resettlements (SBNs 700 [Sen. 
Estrada] and 1203 [Sen. Villar]), which propose to establish a national housing 
program for public school teachers. 
In view of thereof, the passage of this bill is earnestly requested. 
, 
o R. JARCOS, JR 
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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
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SENATE BILL NO .. 2699 
'11 
FEB 14 P 5 :31 
Introduced by Senator FERDINAND R. MARCOS, JR. 
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM FOR 
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
AND FOR OTHER PUROSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the 
Philippines in Congress assembled: 
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SECTION 1. 
Title. - This Act shall be known as "The Civil Service 
Housing Program of 2011." 
SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. - the State hereby affirms the state 
policies enshrined in the Constitution and in various national laws to provide 
decent housing for its citizens, especially government employees, such as but 
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not limited to the following: 
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1. Continuing program of urban land reform and housing which will make 
available at affordable cost, decent hou'sing and basic services to under-
privileged and homeless citizens in urbqn centers and resettlement areas, 
in cooperation with the private sector. 
2. Full protection to labor, since the State is indubitably acting as the 
employer of government personnel. 
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3. Decentralization and full participation of local government units. 
4. Participation 
of 
non-governmental, 
community-based, 
or 
sectoral 
organizations that promote the welfare of the nation. 
5. Equitable allocation of national funds for purposes of housing programs 
and projects for housing purposes. 
SECTION 3. 
The Civil Service Housing Program. - There is hereby 
created a Civil Service Housing Program that shall be developed and 
implemented by the Civil Service Housing Executive Committee that is hereby 
created in Section 5 hereunder. The Civil Service Housing Program shall 
systematize 
and 
institutionalize 
a 
comprehensive 
housing 
program 
for 
government personnel, under certain conditions and factors to be determined by 
the Committee, after prior consultation with the Key Shelter Agencies (KSAs) and 
participating Local Government Units (LGUs) as stated hereunder. 
The Program shall also integrate and subsume all existing housing 
programs of which government employees are the beneficiaries, in accordance 
with Sections 6, 7 and 8 of this Act. 


SECTION 4. 
Coverage. - The Civit Service Housing Program shall 
extend to all governrnent personnel embraced in the term "Civil Service", as 
defined by Section 4 of Presidential Decree No: 807 . 
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SECTION 5. 
Civil Service Housing 'Executive Committee. - A Civil 
Service Housing Executive Comrnittee is hereby created to administer the Civil 
Service Housing Program, The Civil Service Housing Executive Committee shall 
be composed of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council 
(HUDCC) Chairman as ex officio Chairman and, as ex officio members, the 
Secretary or appropriate Undersecretary of the Department of Interior and Local 
Government, the heads of Social Security SYj>tem (SSS), Government Service 
Insurance System (GSIS), Home Developme,r1 Mutual Fund (HDMF/Pag-IBIG 
Fund), National Home Mortgage Financing Corporation, Home Guaranty 
Corporation, National Housing Authority (NHA), Socialized Housing Financing 
Corporation (SHFC), 
SECTION 6. Participation and Coordination of Key Shelter Agencies 
(KSAs). - The Program shall effectively involve and coordinate the various 
housing and financing programs of the key shelter agencies that are involved in 
the housing sector, namely, the Social Security System (SSS), Government 
Service 
Insurance 
System 
(GSIS), 
Home 
Development 
Mutual 
Fund 
(HDMF/Pag-IBIG Fund), National Home Mortgage Financing Corporation, Home 
Guaranty Corporation, National Housing Authority (NHA), Socialized Housing 
Financing Corporation (SHFC), and those of the other Departments, agencies 
and offices of the government. 
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The Program shall also effectively integrate and subsume all existing 
housing loans which have been availed of by government employees, 
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SECTION 7. Participation of Local Government Units (LGUs). - The 
housing programs of the local government units (LGUs) specifically intended for 
government employees shall be effectively' integrated to the Civil Service 
Housing Program for program and policy' coordination, LGUs shall also 
determine and provide available lands for the Program, including idle and 
underutilized lands, as provided in Section 10 hereof. 
SECTION 8. Participation of the Private Sector. - For the successful 
implementation of the Program, the Act hereby encourages the full and effective 
participation of the private sector and other non-governmental organizations 
(NGOs), which are recognized as indispens'!3ble partners in addressing the 
housing backlog, The Program shall provide a fiscal incentives program for 
participating representatives from the private: sector and NGOs, whether as 
landowner, developer, or financier, donor, or" otherwise, without prejudice to 
Section 12 (g) of this Act on deductibility of donations, 
SECTION 9. Prohibition on Alienation. - Sale, conveyance, assignment 
of or any transfer of right over the housing unit purchased or availed as a result 
of the Program shall be strictly prohibited within'a period of ten (10) years, unless 
the transfer shall be made in favor of the employee's family member up to the 
second (2nd) degree by consanguinity. 
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SECTION 10. Comprehensive Inventory and Geo-hazard Mapping of 
Available Lands. - Within sixty (60) days from the effectivity of this Act, the 
Executive Committee, in consultation with the KSAs and the local government 
units, shall conduct a comprehensive inventory of available lands of the 
Government, including idle and underutilized ones, which may be used for the 
Program, In conjunction with the Department of Environment and Natural 


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Resources, the Executive Committee shall conduct the necessary geo-hazard 
mapping and urban planning study of all lands earmarked for the Program, 
including the lands donated by the private sectbr and the LGUs. 
SECTION 11. Program Official Database. - The Executive Committee 
shall establish and maintain an official database of the Program, including all 
integrated housing programs and loans whose beneficiaries are government 
employees. 
SECTION 12. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within sixty (60) 
days from effectivity of this Act, the Executive Committee shall promulgate the 
rules and regulations to effectively implement the Program and the provisions of 
this Act. 
SECTION 13. Funding Sources. - For the initial implementation of this 
Act, the amount of One Billion Pesos ,(PhP1,OOO,OOO,OOO.OO) shall be 
appropriated from the General Appropriations Act of the year of effectivity of this 
Act. Other sources of funds shall include: 
a) Specific budget allocation for the Program in the yearly appropriations for 
the key shelter agencies (KSAs) that derive budgetary support from the 
National Government; 
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b) Specific budget allocations from the funds of the local government units 
(LGUs); 
c) One percent (1 %) of the Value-Added Tax collections under the National 
Internal Revenue Code of 1997; 
d) Gratuitous financial assistance and donations from legitimate sources 
from the private sector and NGOs, whic~ shall be exempt from the donor's 
tax and the same shall be considered ,as allowable deductions from the 
gross income of the donor, in accordance with the provisions of the 
National Internal Revenue Code of 1997: as amended: Provided, That the 
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allowable deductions shall be equivalent to one hundred fifty percent 
(150%) of the value of such donation. 
SECTION 14. 
Separability Clause. -' The provIsions of this Act are 
hereby declared to be separable and if any clause, sentence, provision or section 
of this Act or its application thereof to any person or circumstance should, for any 
reason, be held invalid or unconstitutional, su,ch invalidity or unconstitutionality 
shall not affect the other provisions or application of this Act which can be given 
force and effect. 
SECTION 15. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, charters, executive 
orders, administrative orders, proclamations, rules and regulations, or parts 
thereof insofar as they are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby 
repealed or modified accordingly. 
SECTION 16. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days 
after completion of publication in the Official, Gazette or in a newspaper of 
general circulation. 
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Approved,