sa wet iS
” RECEIVED

Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS,
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 4592

Introduced by Honorable Michael L. Romero and Enrico A. Pineda

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The National Housing Authority (NHA) was tasked to develop and implement a
comprehensive and integrated housing program which shall embrace, among
others, housing development and resettlement, sources and schemes of
financing, and delineation of government and private sector participation

The NHA is a Government-owned and -controlled corporation (GOCC) under
the administrative supervision of the Housing and Urban Development
Coordinating Council (HUDCC) and classified under the Infrastructure Utilities
Group.

This House Bill seeks the development of sites and services projects for families
displaced from danger areas, from land needed by the government for its
infrastructure program and from slum improvement projects and to
accommodate the normal increase in households and in-migration of marginal
and low-income families. To undertake urban land reform and social housing
program to provide deserving landless, homeless and inadequately sheltered
low-income resident citizens reasonable opportunity to acquire land and

decent housing.
ren 2 PINEDA,

Earnest approvaof This bill is hereby requested



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House ait No, 4592

Introduced by Honorable Michael L. Romero and Enrico A. Pineda

AN ACT

INCREASING THE CAPITALIZATION OF THE NATIONAL HOUSING
AUTHORITY (NHA), EXPANDING AND ACCELERATING ITS URBAN
LAND REFORM AND SOCIAL HOUSING PROGRAM, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress
Assembled:

SECTION 1, Declaration of Policy - The State shall hereby provide an
additional Five billion pesos (P§,000,000,000.00) to evolve and implement a
comprehensive national program to meet the housing and related needs of
marginal and low-income families in Metro Manila and other urban centers of
the country. The Ministry of Human Settlements is hereby authorized to re-align its
appropriations, in the current year of the date of the effectivily of this Act to

conform with its mandate and requirements.


SECTION 2. Funding — the amount of Five billion pesos (P5,000,000,000.00)
as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be included in

the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law.

SECTION 3. Periodic Reports- The Ministry of Human Settlements shall
submit periodic reports on its findings and make recommendations on actions to
be taken by Congress and Senate and the appropriate department, and in
order to carry out the objectives and mandates of this Act, an additional

amount of Five billion pesos (P5,000,000,000.00) is hereby appropriated

SECTION 4. Automatic Review - Every three (3) years after the effectivily of
this Act, an independent review panel composed of experts to be appointed
by the President shall review the policies and programs in the NHA and shall
make recommendations, based on its findings, to the President and to both

Houses of Congress

SECTION 5. Repealing Clause. All laws, executive orders, issuances, rules
and regulations inconsistent with this Act are hereby amended, repealed or

modified accordingly

SECTION 6, Separability Clause. If, for any reason or reasons, any portion
‘or provision of this Act shall be held unconstitutional or invalid, the remaining

provisions not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect.

SECTION 7. Effectivity Clause. This Act shall take effect fifleen (15) days

after its publication in any newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,