Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE 0F REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session
HdusE BILLNo.  9258
Introduced by Representative Ivan Howard A. Guintu
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Section 9, AIticle Jflll of the Constitution mandates that "the State shall, by law, and for
the  common  good,  undertake  programs  of urban  land  reform  and  housing  which  will  make
available at affordable cost decent housing and basic services to underprivileged and homeless
citizens.
Section 3  of Presidential Decree No. 757 tasked the National Housing Authority (NHA)
withtheobjectiveofundertaking"housing,development,resettlementorotheractivitiesaswould
enhance the provision of housing to every Filipino"
According  to  the  2022  Performance   Scorecard  of  the  NHA  -  Estate  Management
Department, the NHA has  a total  of 22,635  housing units,  as  of June 2022, that were  already
awarded but remained unoccupied or vacant. The substantial number of unoccupied or abandoned
housing units of the NIIA calls for measures to ensure that housing units of the NHA are awarded
and utilized by qualified and deserving beneficiaries who will use and occupy the same.
This proposed legislative measure seeks to address the issue of awarded but abandoned or
unoccupied housing units of the NHA by granting the NHA the authority to revoke the award of
socializedhousingunitstobeneficiarieswhoabandonorfailtooccupytheirhousingunits.Intum,


the resources of NHA will be utilized effectively in addressing the housing needs of the most
vulnerable segments of the population.
In view of the foregoing, the early passage of this bill is sought.


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE 0F REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Ses sion
ribusEB|LLNO.9258
Introduced by Representative Ivan Howard A. Guintu
AN ACT
STRENGTHENING  THE  POWERS  0F  THE  NATIONAL  HOUSING  AUTHORITY,
GHENTING   THE   NATIONAL   HOUSING   AUTHORITY   THE   AUTHORITY   T0
REVORE THE AWARD 0F BENEFICIARIES  OF UNOCCUPIED 0R ABANDONED
SOCIALIZED HOUSINGS UNITS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE PRESIDHNTIAL
DHCREE NUMBER 757,  "CREATING THE NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY ANI)
DISSOLVING THE EXISTING HOUSING AGENCIES, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND
FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House Of Representatives Of the Philippines in Congress
assembled:
SECTION 1. A new section to be denominated as Section 6-A is hereby inserted between
Section 6 and Section 7 of presidential Decree No. 757, as anended, to read as follows:
SEC.     6-A.     REVOCATION    OF     AWARD     OF     BENEFICIARIES     OF
UNOCCUPIED OR ABANDONED SOCIALIZED HOUSING UNITS. -
TTH   NATIONAL   HOUSING   AUTHORITY   (NIIA)   SIIALL   IIAVE   TEE
AUTHORITY TO REVOKE TIE  AWARD OF BENEFICIARIES OF UNOCCUPIED
AND ABANDONED  SOCIALIZED HOUSING UNITS,  Pjz07:7DED,  TIIAT  TRESE
HOUSING UNITS IIAVE BEEN UNOCCUPIED AND ABANDONED FOR AT LEAST
1    YEAR   SINCE   TIH   DISPOSITION   OF   TIH   HOUSING   UNIT   TO   TIIE
BENEFICIARY OR TRESE HOUSING UNITS HAVE BEEN ABANDONED AFTER
oCCUpANC¥ FOR A SpAN oF  1  VEAR, PRoy+DEB FufzrfiER,  THAT IN TrH
CASE  OF  OCCUPATION  OF  HOUSING  UNITS  BY  ANOTHER PARTY  OTHER
THAN  THE  BENEFlclARy  oR  ANT  MEp\neER  oF  Hs  HOusEHOLD,  TIH
AWARD OF TI]E ORIGINAL BENEFICIARY SIIALL BE REVOKED AND SIIALL
BE  TRANSFERRED  TO  TIE  ACTUAL  OCCUPANTS  OF  TIE  HOUSING UNIT,
PROVIDED     FINALLY,     THAT     A     REASONABLE     PORTION     OF     TEE
AMORTIZATION   PAYRENTS   MADE   BY   TIIE   BENEFICIARY   SIIALL   BE
RET-D


SEC. 2. Inventory of unoccupied and abandoned socialized housing _upits. : The prHA.
and Local Government Units (LGUs) shall conduct an inventory of unoccupied and abandoned
socialized housing units in their respective cities or municipalities.
SEC. 3. Jfflp/eme#/J.#g RWJes ¢Hd Regw/a/J.o#. - The NIIA shall promulgate the necessary
rules and regulations to properly and efficiently implement this Act within ninety (90) deys from
the effectivity of this Act.
SEC.  4. Sep¢r¢bJ./rty C7¢wse.  - If for any reason,  any provision of this Act is declared
unconstitutional or invalid, parts of provisions of this Act that are not affected shall continue to be
in full force and effect.
SEC.5.j{ep.e¢/!.ngC7¢#se.-Alllaws,executiveorders,presidentialdecrees,implementing
rules and regulations inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
SEC. 6. ELTecfJ.vrty. -This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the
Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
4Pproved,