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Introduced by Senator Christopher Lawrence "Bong" T. Go
AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR A NATIONAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION 
AND FINANCING PROGRAM, REGULARIZING ITS APPROPRIATION FOR 
ITS IMPLEMENTATION
EXPLANATORY NOTE
It is provided under Article XIII, Section 9 of the Constitution 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 underprivileged and 
homeless citizens in urban centers and resettlement areas. It shall also promote 
adequate employment opportunities to such citizens."
However, for the past years, millions of Informal Settler Families (ISFs) 
continue to live in the most uncomfortable housing situations. As of 2019, there are 
18.4 million informal settlers in the country, based on the data gathered by the United 
Nations Statistics Division. In fact, social housing is a resounding problem of 
governments around the world. According to the United Nations, an estimated 25% 
of the world's urban population live in informal settlements, with 213 million informal 
settlement residents added to the global population since 1990.1
'University of Birmingham (2016). Avis, W. https;//gsdrc.org/topic-guides/urban-governance/key-policy- 
challenges/informal-settlements/


Hence, a specific housing and financing program is pertinent to meet the 
country's growing social housing demands and meet the needs of numerous 
underprivileged and homeless citizens.
In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.
SENATOR CHRISTOPHEIvlAWRENCE "BONG" T. GO


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Introduced by Senator Christopher Lawrence "Bong" T. Go
AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR A NATIONAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION 
AND FINANCING PROGRAM, REGULARIZING ITS APPROPRIATION FOR 
ITS IMPLEMENTATION
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assem bled:
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Section 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "National Housing
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Development, Production and Financing (NHDPF) Act of2022. ”
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Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared a policy of the state to: a)
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undertake, in cooperation with the private sector, a continuing program of housing
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and urban development which shall make available at affordable cost, decent housing
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and basic services especially to the underprivileged and homeless citizens; b) pursue
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the realization of a modern, humane, economically viable and, envlronmentally-
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sustainable society where the urbanization process is manifest in towns and cities
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being centers of productive economic activity and is led by market forces; where urban
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and rural areas have affordable housing, sustainable physical and social infrastructure
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and services facilitated under the democratic and decentralized system of governance;
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and where urban and rural areas provide the opportunities for an improved quality of
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life and eradication of poverty; c) ensure that poor dwellers shall be provided with
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appropriate and innovative housing program and support mechanisms to discourage
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further growth of blighted communities; and d) encourage on-site development,
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creation of new settlements with basic facilities and utilities and development of 
sustainable urban renewal programs.
Cognizant of the role of housing as stimulus of economic growth and 
development, it is hereby declared a state policy to strengthen, promote and support 
the component activities of housing production and finance by ensuring 
continuous/sustained funding support to scale-up the implementation of the major 
components of the National Housing Development and Production Program.
Sec. 3. Statement of Objectives. - The State shall:
a. ) Increase housing production by forging partnership among housing
stakeholders to address the housing needs of the Filipino families by 2040.
b. ) Generate and mobilize funds for housing purposes of Filipino families, giving
priority to the homeless and underprivileged.
c. ) Ensure the provision of support mechanisms/subsidy program to improve
access of Filipino families to a variety of housing options.
d. ) Guarantee the development of a strong, sustainable, accessible and affordable
housing finance system.
e. ) Encourage public and private sector participation in the implementation of
government National Housing Development and Production Financing Program.
Sec. 4. National Housing Development Production Program Implementation. - 
Consistent with the aforementioned policy and objectives, the Department of Human 
Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) and its attached Key Shelter Agencies, 
shall intensify the implementation of the vital components of the National Housing 
Development Production and Financing Program. The implementation of this program 
shall be carried out by the following agencies:
A. National Housing Authority (NHA) - The sole national government agency tasked 
to implement and develop the following housing programs intended for the 
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(1) Resettlement - This program addresses the requirements of families affected 
by a) government infrastructure projects, b) those living along danger areas 
and c) those affected by Supreme Court Mandamus. It entails the provision of 
vertical and/or horizontal housing units, community facilities, socio-economic 
and other community support programs. The program also involves the 
implementation of local/regional resettlement projects as joint National 
Government-Local Government undertakings to address the resettlement 
requirements of Local Government Units (LGUs) outside Metro Manila involving 
families in danger areas, those affected by infrastructure projects, indigenous 
peoples and former rebels. The government infrastructure agencies shall 
submit an inventory of Informal Settler Families to be affected by their projects 
and their location to the appropriate housing agencies at least two years prior 
to its implementation and shall incorporate in their respective project costs the 
amount needed for the relocation and resettlement of affected families.
(2) Government Employees Housing Program - This program is intended to provide 
decent and affordable housing to low-salaried government employees.
(3) Settlements Upgrading- This program aims to address the security of tenure 
and infrastructure requirements of informal settlements on government-owned 
lands proclaimed or designated as socialized housing sites.
(4) Housing Program for Calamity Victims - This program is intended to respond 
to the housing needs of low and marginal-income and/or informal shelter 
families for transitional and/or permanent shelter affected by calamities such 
as typhoons, landslides, earthquakes, and fires for relocation to safe areas.
(5) Land Banking - This refers to the acquisition of land, which includes idle 
government lands, at values based on existing use in advance of actual need 
to promote planned development and socialized housing programs with a view 
to distribute the land to qualified socialized housing beneficiaries. It covers 
survey and titling of individual lots for disposition to qualified occupants.


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infrastructure development, housing construction and rehabilitation of existing 
project sites.
B. Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC) is mandated to undertake social 
housing programs that will cater to the formal and informal sectors in the low- 
income bracket and to take charge of developing and administering social housing 
programs, particularly the Community Mortgage Program and its different 
modalities:
(1) Community Mortgage Program (CMP) - This is a mortgage financing 
program, which assists legally organized associations of underprivileged and 
homeless citizens to purchase and develop a tract of land under the concept 
of community ownership. The primary objective of the program is to assist 
residents of blighted or depressed areas to own the lots they occupy, or 
where they choose to relocate to, and eventually improve their neighborhood 
and homes to the extent of their affordability. The different modalities of the 
CMP are as follows:
a) Sectoral CMP - a CMP modality that caters to the different sectoral groups 
including but not limited to the basic sector groups needing resettlement 
assistance. A sectoral group represents a group or coalition of persons who 
share similar concerns and interests and intend to avail of resettlement 
assistance from SHFC, including Indigenous Peoples (IPs), Indigenous 
Cultural Communities (ICCs) and other ethnic minority groups.
b) Housing for Peace Process and Nation Building CMP - a CMP modality which 
would lead to the achievement of national peace and development through 
the provision of housing to former rebels/rebel returnees (FR/RR). This also 
includes rebuilding damaged or destroyed homes in post conflict-areas of 
internally-displaced persons (IDPs).
c) Post-Disaster Rehabilitation and Reconstruction CMP - a CMP modality which 
provides assistance to community housing projects in times of disaster. This 
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construction and site development which adhere to the minimum standards 
and specifications of the design and structural components of disaster- 
resilient housing projects, as well as materials.
d) Industrial Workers CMP - a CMP modality intended primarily for low-income 
employees of companies engaged in agro-industrial, industrial processing 
zone, tourist, recreational, commercial and other enterprises.
e) Site Upgrading/Development CMP - a CMP modality intended to provide site 
development and housing/building construction loans for projects whose 
lands are donated by private or public entities applicable to both onsite or 
resettlement projects.
f) Mixed-Use CMP - a CMP modality aimed at developing a self-sustaining 
community by having a balanced mix of residential and commercial spaces, 
well developed infrastructure and recreational amenities along with green 
and open spaces and wellness areas. Under this modality, 9% of the project 
area shall be allotted for green spaces and 1% of project area for friendly 
facilities of Persons with Disabilities (PWD).
National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation (NHMFC) - A government 
corporation mandated to increase the availability of affordable housing loans to 
finance the Filipino homebuyers on their acquisition of housing units through the 
development and operation of a secondary market for home mortgages.
Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) The primary 
national government entity responsible for the management of housing, human 
settlements and urban development including the implementation of the following 
programs:
(1) Public Housing - This is a housing program that is owned and/or managed by 
the government for the purpose of providing security of tenure to the 
underserved families including but not limited to the development of 
proclaimed socialized housing sites intended to promote the establishment of 
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families" refers to those who are disadvantaged in terms of access to basic
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services because of inability to pay or other disparities by reason of economic
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or social status, ethnicity, geographical isolation, and other circumstances.
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(2) Subsidy - This is a financing assistance scheme intended to enhance the
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affordability of well targeted and most financially incapable segment of the
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society. The DHSUD, in coordination with other national government agencies,
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shall be authorized to formulate the criteria and guidelines to select the
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beneficiaries that may qualify for the subsidy program.
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(3) Public Rental Housing- this program involves the extension of fiscal assistance
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of up to a maximum of fifty percent (50%) of the total construction cost for
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the national government agencies and LCDs that shall construct and operate
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public rental accommodation to eligible low-income families and housing
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safety net for the vulnerable sectors. The DHSUD shall formulate the
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guidelines in the implementation of public rental housing assistance including
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the adoption of the lease/rental buy-back scheme.
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(4) Survey of proclaimed lands for socialized housing and inventory of government
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idle lands - This involves the survey of all occupied government lands
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proclaimed by the President as suitable for socialized housing and conduct of
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inventory of government lands which have been idle for more than ten (10)
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years except lands owned by the GOCCs and government financial institutions
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engaged in shelter financing as part of its fiduciary obligations to its members
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and/or taken possession of in their ordinary conduct of business.
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(5) Such other program components as may be determined by the DHSUD
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Hundred Thirtv'-Five billion. One Hundred Fourteen Million Pesos
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(P135,114,000,000.00) is hereby authorized to be appropriated in the General
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Appropriations Act commencing from the year immediately succeeding the effectivity
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of this Act and until such time that the total fund requirements provided for in this Act
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shall have been fully released.
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to impose an additional one-half percent (0.5%) tax on the assessed value of all lands
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in urban areas. The proceeds from the imposition of Socialized Housing Tax shall
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accrue to the special funds of the LCDs, which shall be used for the development of
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socialized housing projects and construction and estate management of public rental
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housing of the LGUs.
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Operations Program. - The NHDP Securitization for the development of the secondary
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market for home mortgages of and other housing related receivables, conveyances
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and financial instruments and the development/promotion of and investments in new
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housing related financial instruments and investment vehicles and the capital markets
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thereof, to increase and sustain funds available for housing and home development
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1. The NHMFC shall be the sole implementing agency for the NHDP securitization;
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2. The NHMFC in coordination with the DHSUD, DOF and BSP and other concerned
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agencies and private sector organizations, shall formulate a program, the
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proceeds of which shall accrue to the Centralized Housing Fund.
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component programs of the NHDP Program shall be sold and transferred to
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NHMFC, which shall also serve as asset pool for securitization.
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Securitization shall manage the whole securitization process which includes the
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following activities: determining the eligibility criteria for the asset pool;
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defining the preliminary structure of the notes, bonds and or instruments to be
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issued, third parties to be hired; and education/briefing of target investors for
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from the registration requirements under the Securities Regulation Law in order
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debentures and such other similar instruments shall be exempt from the twenty
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percent (20%) final tax on income, documentary stamps tax, gross receipts tax
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housing-related bond or asset-backed securities (ABS) issued by NHMFC
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directly or through a special purpose entity under the Securitization Act shall
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be exempt from income tax. Such issuances shall enjoy all the tax exemptions
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granted under Republic Act No. 9627 or the Securitization Act of 2004 pursuant
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to the State's policy of promoting the securitization of mortgage and housing-
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related receivables of government housing agencies, to generate investment
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and accelerate the growth of the housing finance sector, especially for
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socialized and economic housing.
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8. Bonds purchased by private real estate developers shall be considered as an
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alternative compliance to the balanced housing requirements under section 18
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of RA 7279 as amended by RA 10884, subject to the rules promulgated by the
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9. The Philippine Guaranty Corporation created pursuant to Executive Order No.
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58 (S. 2018) shall guaranty payment of the balance outstanding and due on
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the guaranteed principal obligation, plus interest and yields thereon up to
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eleven percent (11%) per annum for socialized housing packages, ten percent
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(10%) per annum for low-cost housing packages, nine and a half percent
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(9.5%) per annum for medium-cost housing packages and eight and one half
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percent (8.5%) per annum for open housing packages.
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(NHMFC). - The authorized capital stock of the NHMFC is hereby increased from
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P5,500,000,000.00 pesos to P50,000,000,000.00 pesos to expand its leveraging
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capacity based on the volume of mortgage loans being serviced to improve its
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profitability by reducing the average cost of its fund made available for home lending
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The capital of the National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation (NHMFC) shall be 
Fifty billion pesos (P50,000,000,000.00), to be fully subscribed by the Government of 
the Republic of the Philippines, hereafter referred to as the Government: Provided, 
That half of the capitalization shall be funded from the General Appropriations Act and 
the other half shall be funded from the declared dividends of the NHMFC in favor of 
the National Government. For this purpose, any and all declared dividends of the 
NHMFC in favor of the National Government shall be deposited in a special account in 
the General Fund, and earmarked for the payment of NHMFCs increase in 
capitalization. Such payment shall be released and disbursed immediately and shall 
continue until the increase in capitalization has been fully paid."
Sec. 9. Tax Exemptions. - The NHMFC shall be exempt from all national, 
provincial, municipal and city taxes on income derived from its governmental
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functions, specifically income from its activities or transactions in the exercise of its
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Sec. 10. Multi-Year ObiigationaiAuthority. - The Secretary of the DHSUD and
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Heads of its attached housing agencies, pursuant to the National Housing
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Development, Production and Financing Program, projects and appropriations
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approved by Congress, shall, subject to the provisions of existing laws and regulations
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including those of the Commission on Audit and other such terms and conditions most
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favorable to the government, be given multi-year obiigationai authority for housing
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program or project which will take more than one year to complete that requires multi-
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Sec. 11. Private Sector Participation - To fast track the approval and
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implementation of housing projects and reduce the cost of socialized and low-cost
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housing units, the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the Department of Agriculture, the
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Local Government Units, the Land Registration Authority and the Department of 
Human Settlements and Urban Development shall facilitate the release of the required 
housing-related permits, licenses, certifications and tax exemptions/rulings in 
accordance with Republic Act 11032 or an Act Promoting Ease of Doing Business and 
Efficient Delivery of Government Services Amending for the Purpose Republic Act 9485 
Otherwise Known as the Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007 and for Other Purposes and 
Executive Order No. 45 (S. 2001).
In case the responsible officers of the agencies concerned fail or refuse to dispose of 
the application within the periods prescribed under RA 11032, the applicable 
administrative and criminal liability as stated in Section 22 of RA 11032 shall be 
imposed.
All the incentives enumerated under Section 20 of Republic Act 10884 or an Act 
Strengthening the Balanced Housing Development Program, Amending for the 
Purpose Republic Act No. 7279, as Amended, Otherwise known as the Urban 
Development and Housing Act of 1992 shall be extended to the private sector engaged 
in socialized and low-cost housing development including the construction and estate 
management of public rental housing.
The participation of owners and/or developers In any of the component programs of 
the NHDPFA shall be treated as one of the manners of compliance to the balanced 
housing requirements subject to the conditions set forth under RA 10884.
Sec. 12. Collection Efficiency. - In order to improve collection efficiency, the 
NHA, SHFC and NHMFC shall have authority to foreclose mortgages, and/or evict 
beneficiaries in accordance with existing laws.
Sec. 13. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The DHSUD promulgate rules 
and regulations necessary for the implementation of this Act. shall
Sec. 14. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, executive orders, proclamations.
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rules and regulations and the issuances, or parts thereof which are inconsistent with 
the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
Sec. 15. Pena! Clause - kny person who violates any provision of this Act shall 
be imposed the applicable administrative and criminal liability as stated in Section 22 
of RA 11032 or the Ease of Doing Business and Government Service Delivery Act of 
2018.
Sec. 16. Separability Clause. - If for any reason, any provision of this Act is 
declared invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining provisions not affected thereby 
shall continue to be in full force and effect.
Sec. 17. Effectivity Clause. -This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
complete publication in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation.
Approved,
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