SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
First Regular Session )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B.NO. 4830

Introduced by: Cong. Eugene Michael B. de Vera
ABS Partylist

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Congress in December 1994 enacted into Law Republic Act 7835 known as
"Comprehensive and Integrated Shelter Financing Act of 1994."

Paragraph (¢) of Section 4 created the Local Housing Program to implement cost-
recoverable socialized housing projects in select urban and urbanizable areas in all of two
hundred nineteen (219) congressional districts with an initial funding of Three Billion Pesos
(P3,000,000,000.00). To date, not even close to fifty percent (50%) of its implementation has
been complied with estimated unused funds of Two Billion Pesos (P2,000,000,000.00), more
or less.

The afore-cited provision of R.A. 7835 ensure to subsidize the implementation of cost-
recoverable socialized housing project for equitable distribution in all congressional districts

Inasmuch as our Government focuses on poverty alleviation by providing cash subsidies
thru the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in billions of pesos, it is
the opportune time to provide for a Free Housing Program likewise to our citizenry with
preference to those marginalized and under privileged belonging to the poorest of the poor.

Free Housing complements cash subsidies and easy access to public elementary and
secondary educations and perhaps a free college degree scheme in the near future

We feed our citizenry, properly educate and train them and finally provided them with
free shelters


Republic Act 7835 when passed only covered two hundred nineteen (219) districts
without any party-list representation, thus, the existing Local Housing Program does not
include new congressional districts created since its passage (R.A. 7835), moreso, any party-
list representation.

Therefore, there is an urgent need to afford our marginalized and underprivileged but
deserving citizenry non-recoverable housing projects program and expand the coverage of
such by including newly created districts and elected party-lists' constituencies as
beneficiaries amending R.A. 7835 to conform not only with the present priority programs
but as well as to afford our countrymen to realize their long-cherished dreams of owning the
roofs they are living in.

‘The immediate passage of this bill is earnestly recommended.

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EUGENE MICHAEL B. DE VERA


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SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
First Regular Session

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H.B.NO. 4830

Introduced by: Cong. Eugene Michael B. de Vera
ABS Partylist

AN ACT
TO IMPLEMENT FREE HOUSING PROJECTS IN SELECT URBAN AND
URBANIZABLE AREAS UNDER THE LOCAL HOUSING PROGRAM AMENDING
FOR THE PURPOSE PARAGRAPH (e) SECTION 4 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7835,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE COMPREHENSIVE AND INTEGRATED
SHELTER FINANCING ACT OF 1994

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in

Congress assembled

See. 1. Paragraph (e), Section 4 of Republic Act No. 7835 is hereby amended

and to read as follows:

“SECTION 4.

(e) Local housing - To ensure the equitable distribution of housing benefits
across the country, the NHA is hereby tasked to implement free housing projects in selected
urban and urbanizable areas as maybe identified by all sitting members of the House of
Representatives for their respective constituencies. Criteria for the selection of sites shall be
formulated by the HUDCC and NHA pursuant to Republic Act No. 7279. Provided, that any
awardee / grantee shall be prohibited from alienating such award or grant by any mode of
transferring title including thru encumbrances or mortgages except by way of succession
within ten (10) years from the date of award / grant. Provided further, that the award or grant

shall be exempt from levy and or execution as a result of any administrative or judicial


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process. Provided finally, that existing cost-recoverable socialized housing project loans
under the Local Housing Program shall be condoned."

Sec. 2. FUNDING - Funds for this purpose shall be taken from the
unexpended appropriations of the Local Housing Program pursuant to paragraph (e) of
Section 9 of R.A, 7835 to be divided equally among the constituencies afore-mentioned with
emphasis that the NHA shall give top priority to such funding vis-a-vis the other housing
programs as mandated.

See. 3. REPEAL - All laws, decrees, executive orders, proclamations, rules
and regulations or any part thereof, inconsistent with this act are hereby correspondingly
modified or repealed.

See. 4. EFFECTIVITY - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after
publication in the official gazette or in two (2) national newspapers of general circulation

APPROVED.