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S. No. 574 
INTRODUCED BY HON. MANUEL B. VILLAR, JR. 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
As a policy, the State recognizes the vital role of the youth in nation-building 
and shall promote their physical, moral, spiritual and intellectual well-being. 
Consistent with such policy, this measure confronts the problems that beset 
student housing. It is a fact that most student dormitories and boarding houses 
are dilapidated or below the normal living standards. 
Hence, this bill proposes the regulation of student housing to ensure that the 
said dwellings are livable and are conducive to studying. 
In view of the foregoing, urgent passage of this bill is earnestly sought. 
MANUEL B. VI LAR, JR. 
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THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
S. No. 
574 
INTRODUCED BY HON. MANUEL B. VILLAR, JR. 
AN ACT 
ESTABLISHING A COMPREHENSIVE AND INTEGRATED STUDENT HOUSING 
PROGRAM, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
SECTION 1. Declaration ofPolicy. - It is hereby declared the policy of the State 
to develop a comprehensive, and integrated student housing and dormitory program in 
order to promote the welfare of the students. 
SECTION 2. Powers. - The National Housing Authority, in addition to the 
powers granted under existing laws, is hereby authorized to do any of the following: 
a. 
To finance under liberalized credit terms student housing or dormitories 
under any of the following schemes: 
1. Affordable interest rates and long-term repayment terms; 
2. Graduated 
amortizations 
scheme 
that 
will 
ensure 
smaller 
amortizations during the initial period of payment; and 
3. Subsidy of a portion of the interest payment, or a portion of the 
capital cost of construction; 
To establish throughout the country student housing or dormitories in 
places where educational institutions are located; 
To regulate the reasonable margin of profit of any person, corporation or 
partnership investing in student housing or dormitory under this Act. 
b. 
c. 
SECTION 3. Tax Exemption. - Any provision of law to the contrary 
notwithstanding, all lands, buildings, and improvements, actually, directly, and 
exclusively used under the purposes of this Act and all the incomes derived therefrom 
shall be exempt from all kinds of taxes, duties, fees, charges and other assessments 
for five (5) years from the actual use of the student housing or dormitory. 
SECTION 4 Free student housing program. - The National Housing Authority 
shall, in coordination with the Department of Education, establish a program whereby 
a minimum of five (5%) percent of the occupancy spaces of the student housing or 
dormitories constructed pursuant to this Act, shall be furnished for free in favor of 


poor deserving students. This provision shall be made integral part of the credit 
arrangement granted by the National Housing Authority under this Act. 
SECTION 5. Rules and Regulations. - The National Housing Authority shall 
promulgate the rules and regulations necessary to implement this Act. 
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SECTION 6 .  Appropriation. - For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of 
this Act, the sum of Fifty Million (P50,000,000.00) Pesos shall be appropriated 
annually for five (5) years from the effectivity hereof. 
SECTION 7. Date of Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after 
its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) national newspaper of 
general circulation, whichever comes earlier. 
Approved, 
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