FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC)
OF THE PHILIPPINES )
3"? Regular Session )

House of Representatives

House Bill N&Q6'7 4

Introduced by : Representative Atty. MA. THERESA B. BONOAN-DAVID
4" District, City of Manila

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The 1987 Constitution provides 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 under-privileged and homeless citizens in urban centers and resettlement
areas. x x x." (Article XIlI,Section 9) «

True to the above mandate, numerous agencies, public and private, as well as the
local government units, have been given imprimatur by the State to institute programs and
construct facilities aimed at delivering to our citizens the most basic commodity of shelter.
However, credible and current statistics show that there still remains a heavy backlog in the
housing sector, which now stands at a dismal 3.63 million housing units. (Housing and
Urban Development Coordinating Council Organizational Meeting, 19 January 2011).

While the housing need for all Filipino families is a constant priority, the government
has to notice also the largest beneficiary group on whom all government depends: its loyal
and hardworking-and equally needy government employees, who render valuable services
and without whom its machinery would be rendered paralyzed. Because of the built-in
facility of an administrative and transactional link and network between the State and its
employees as result of their symbiotic relationship, the government can and must tap into
such a facility by accessing its database, and readily reach out to them and implement an
effective housing program specially for them. The government only has to lay down the
policy and coordinate the efforts and the interconnections of the various key shelter
agencies (KSAs) involved in addressing the housing need, including the local government
units and also the private sector, all of which have their multifarious respective programs for
housing financing

The goal of this bill is not only to create a national housing program specifically for
government employees, but also to integrate into such program all existing individual
housing loans of which government employees are the beneficiaries. This bill intends to
establish a "one-stop shop" for the housing needs of government employees and integrate
into one single program the various housing programs of these agencies and LGUs,
including those of the particular mother units of employees (Le., the Socialized Housing for
Teachersand Employees [SHELTER Program] of the Department of Education) under one
national office that shall administer the same. In the process, the government will hot only
be able to address the housing backlog, but also find efficiencies to obviate the bureaucratic
delays that normally accompany the implementation of a housing program. This is specially
true for the very persons in its own employ, the government employees, with whom they are
symbiotically linked in a contractual relationship of employment. Moreover, on the other side
of the bargaining table, the parties participating in the Program, both public and private,
shall also be assured of incentives and reasonable returns on their investments. More
importantly, in line with the pending initiative in the House of Representatives to establish a
single housing agency in the form, of a Department of Housing and Urban Development,
this effective and systemic coordination and interplay of functions and programs in the field
of housing that is hoped for in this Program will become all the more logical and will no
longer be a far-fetched possibility. In the absence of a Department of Housing, this bill
proposes the establishment of an Executive Committee to implement and administer the
proposed national housing program for government employees. For now, it shall act under
the administrative supervision of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council
(HUDCC).


It is ultimately hoped that this Program would eventually be realigned into the ambit of the
authority and jurisdiction of Department of Housing and Urban Development once the latter
bill gets past the legislative mill.

In view of thereof, the passage of this bill is earnestly requested.

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Atty. MA. THERESA B. BONOAN-DAVID
Representative, 4” Dist. City of Manila


FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC)
OF THE PHILIPPINES )
3® Regular Session )

House of Representatives
House Bill No. 66'74

Introduced by : Representative Atty. MA. THERESA B. BONOAN-DAVID
4" District, City of Manila

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM FOR GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES, APPROPRIATING 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. Title. - This Act shall be known as “The Civil Service Housing
Program of 2012”

SEC 2. Declaration of Policy. - the State hereby affirms the state policies enshrined
in the Constitution and in various national laws to provide decent housing for its citizens,
especially government employees, such as but not limited to the following: *

1. 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, in cooperation with the private sector.

2. Full protection to labor, since the State is indubitably acting as the employer of
government personnel.

3. Decentralization and full participation of local government units.

4, Participation of non-governmental, community-based, or sectoral organizations that
promote the welfare of the nation

5. Equitable allocation of national funds for purposes of housing programs and projects for
housing purposes.

SEC. 3. The Civil Service Housing Program. - There is hereby created a Civil
Service Housing Program that shall be developed and implemented by the Civil Service
Housing Executive Committee that is hereby created in Section 5 hereunder. The Civil
Service Housing Program shall systematize and institutionalize a comprehensive housing
program for government personnel, under certain conditions and factors to be determined
by the Committee, after prior consultation with the Key Shelter Agencies (KSAs) and
participating Local Government Units (LGUs) as stated hereunder. The Program shall also
integrate and subsume all existing housing programs of which government employees are
the beneficiaries, in accordance with Sections 6, 7 and 8 of this Act.

SEC. 4. Coverage. - The Civil Service Housing Program shall extend to all
government personnel embraced in the term "Civil Service", as defined by Section 4 of
Presidential Decree No: 807 .

SEC. 5. Civil Service Housing ‘Executive Committee. - A Civil Service Housing
Executive Committee is hereby created to administer the Civil Service Housing Program,
The Civil Service Housing Executive Committee shall be composed of the Housing and
Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) Chairman as ex officio Chairman and,
as ex officio members, the Secretary or appropriate Undersecretary of the Department of
Interior and Local Government, the heads of Social Security System (SSS), Government
Service Insurance System (GSIS), Home Developme,rt Mutual Fund (HDMF/Pag-IBIG
Fund), National Home Mortgage Financing Corporation, Home Guaranty Corporation,
National Housing Authority (NHA), Socialized Housing Financing Corporation (SHFC),


SEC. 6. Participation and Coordination of Key Shelter Agencies (KSAs). - The
Program shall effectively involve and coordinate the various housing and financing
programs of the key shelter agencies that are involved in the housing sector, namely, the
Social Security System (SSS), Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), Home
Development Mutual Fund (HDMF/Pag-IBIG Fund), National Home Mortgage Financing
Corporation, Home Guaranty Corporation, National Housing Authority (NHA), Socialized
Housing Financing Corporation (SHFC), and those of the other Departments, agencies and
offices of the government. The Program shall also effectively integrate and subsume all
existing housing loans which have been availed of by government employees,

SEC 7. Participation of Local Government Units (LGUs). — The housing
programs of the local government units (LGUs) specifically intended for government
employees shall be effectively’ integrated to the Civil Service Housing Program for program
and policy coordination, LGUs shall also determine and provide available lands for the
Program, including idle and underutilized lands, as provided in Section 10 hereof.

SEC. 8. Participation of the Private Sector. - For the successful implementation of
the Program, the Act hereby encourages the full and effective participation of the private
sector and other non-governmental organizations (NGOs), which are recognized as
indispens'!3ble partners in addressing the housing backlog, The Program shall provide a
fiscal incentives program for participating representatives from the private: sector and
NGOs, whether as landowner, developer, or financier, donor, or" otherwise, without
prejudice to Section 12 (g) of this Act on deductibility of donations,

SEC. 9. Prohibition on Alienation. - Sale, conveyance, assignment of or any
transfer of right over the housing unit purchased or availed as a result of the Program shall
be strictly prohibited within a period of ten (10) years, unless the transfer shall be made in
favor of the employee's family member up to the second degree by consanguinity

SEC. 10. Comprehensive Inventory and Geo-hazard Mapping of Available
Lands. - Within sixty (60) days from the effectivity of this Act, the Executive Committee, in
consultation with the KSAs and the local government units, shall conduct a comprehensive
inventory of available lands of the Government, including idle and underutilized ones, which
may be used for the Program, In conjunction with the Department of Environment and
Natural Resources, the Executive Committee shall conduct the necessary geo-hazard
mapping and urban planning study of all lands earmarked for the Program, including the
lands donated by the private sector and the LGUs

SEC. 11. Program Official Database. - The Executive Committee shall establish
and maintain an official database of the Program, including all integrated housing programs
and loans whose beneficiaries are government employees.

SEC 12. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within sixty (60) days from
effectivity of this Act, the Executive Committee shall promulgate the rules and regulations to
effectively implement the Program and the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 13. Funding Sources. - For the initial implementation of this Act, the amount
of One Billion Pesos ,(PhP1,000,000,000.00) shall be appropriated from the General
Appropriations Act of the year of effectivity of this Act. Other sources of funds shall include

a) Specific budget allocation for the Program in the yearly appropriations for the key shelter
agencies (KSAs) that derive budgetary support from the National Government;

b) Specific budget allocations from the funds of the local government units (LGUs);

c) One percent (1 %) of the Value-Added Tax collections under the National Internal
Revenue Code of 1997;

4) Gratuitous financial assistance and donations from legitimate sources from the private
sector and NGOs which shall be exempt from the donor's tax and the same shall be
considered ,as allowable deductions from the gross income of the donor, in accordance with
the provisions of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997: as amended: Provided, That
the allowable deductions shall be equivale" nt to one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the
value of such donation

SEC. 14. Separability Clause. — the provisions of this Acts are hereby declared to
be separable and if any clause, sentence, provision or section of this Act or its application
thereof to any person or circumstance should, for any reason, be held invalid or
unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the other provisions or
application of this Act which can be given force and effect.


SEC. 15. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, charters, executive orders,
Administrative Orders, proclamations, rules and regulations, or parts thereof insofar as they
are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 16. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after completion of
publication in the Official, Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation. '

Approved,