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The document summarizes the creation of the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development in the Philippines through Republic Act No. 11201. It outlines the department's mandate to develop policies around housing, urban development, and land use. It lists the department's bureaus and attached agencies that help implement programs related to public housing, home financing, and homeowners associations. The document also details the department's powers and functions which include policy development, regulation of housing and real estate, community development, and general administrative powers.

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DHSUD Handout

The document summarizes the creation of the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development in the Philippines through Republic Act No. 11201. It outlines the department's mandate to develop policies around housing, urban development, and land use. It lists the department's bureaus and attached agencies that help implement programs related to public housing, home financing, and homeowners associations. The document also details the department's powers and functions which include policy development, regulation of housing and real estate, community development, and general administrative powers.

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I.

Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development


(DHSUD) RA 11201

- An Act Creating the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development,


Defining its Mandate, Powers and Functions, and Appropriating Funds Therefor

The law creating the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development
(DHSUD), Republic Act No. 11201, was signed into law by President Rodrigo Duterte
on February 14, 2019, with the signing announced to the public by the government on
February 19, 2019.

The DHSUD was the result of a merger of the Housing and Urban Development
Coordinating Council (HUDCC) and the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board
(HLURB), with the former becoming defunct and the latter reorganized as the Human
Settlements Adjudication Commission (HSAC).

The law was a consolidation of House Bill 6775 and Senate Bill 1578 which were passed
by the House of Representatives and the Senate on October 10 and November 12, 2018,
respectively. The Implement Rules and Regulations (IRR) for RA 11201 was signed on
July 19, 2019. A five-month transition period will begin with a projected full
implementation of the law by January 1, 2020

List of Secretaries of Human Settlements and Urban Development

# Name Term Began Term Ended President


[5]
1 Eduardo del Rosario January 2, 2020 June 30, 2022 Rodrigo Duterte
Melissa Ardanas (OIC) June 30, 2022 July 29, 2022
Bongbong Marcos
2 Jose Acuzar July 29, 2022 Incumbent

The department is composed of the following bureaus:

• Environmental, Land Use and Urban Planning and Development Bureau


(ELUPDB)
• Homeowners Associations and Community Development Bureau (HOACDB)
• Housing and Real Estate Development Regulation Bureau (HREDRB)

Attached agencies
The following government agencies and corporations are attached to the
department for policy and program coordination:

• Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF, but popularly known as Pag-IBIG


Fund)

- The Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF), commonly known as the


Pag-IBIG ( Pagtutulungan sa Kinabukasan, Ikaw, Bangko, Industriya at
Gobyerno) Fund,[a] is a government-owned and controlled corporation under
the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development of the
Philippines responsible for the administration of the national savings
program and affordable shelter financing for Filipinos.

• Human Settlement Adjudication Commission (HSAC)


• National Housing Authority (Philippines) (NHA)

- The National Housing Authority (NHA) is a government agency


responsible for public housing in the Philippines. Established on July 31,
1975, it is organized as a government-owned and controlled corporation
under the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development as an
attached agency.

• National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation (NHMFC)


• Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC)

Powers and Functions. - The Department shall exercise the following


powers and functions:

1. Policy Development, Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation

(a) Formulate a national housing and urban development policies, strategies and
standards that are consistent with the Philippine Development Plan to promote
social and economic welfare, in coordination and in consultation with national
and local stakeholders, local government units (LGUs), and other government
agencies;

(b) Formulate housing finance and production policies, recommend and facilitate
the development of mechanisms that promote the establishment of a self-
sustaining housing finance and housing delivery systems in coordination with the
relevant agencies;

(c) Formulate housing policies and programs, such as public housing, in


coordination with the attached agencies, for the homeless and underprivileged
families;
(d) Conduct continuing and comprehensive studies and research necessary for
housing and urban development;

II. . Policy Development, Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation

(a) Formulate a national housing and urban development policies, strategies and
standards that are consistent with the Philippine Development Plan to promote
social and economic welfare, in coordination and in consultation with national
and local stakeholders, local government units (LGUs), and other government
agencies;

(b) Formulate housing finance and production policies, recommend and facilitate
the development of mechanisms that promote the establishment of a self-
sustaining housing finance and housing delivery systems in coordination with the
relevant agencies;

(c) Formulate housing policies and programs, such as public housing, in


coordination with the attached agencies, for the homeless and underprivileged
families;

(d) Conduct continuing and comprehensive studies and research necessary for
housing and urban development;

III. Housing and Real Estate Development Regulation

(a) Develop mechanisms and implement programs, in coordination with attached


agencies and concerned agencies, that will initiate and promote the establishment
of estate and new towns, new settlements, urban renewal programs, and
prototypes of housing and urban development interventions, including the
people’s plan approach, while encouraging the participation therein of local
government partnerships with civil society organizations, nongovernment
organizations, private groups and communities;

(b) Manage and oversee the development of proclaimed socialized and economic
housing sites, including the use of these land assets as resource mobilization
strategy to raise alternative resources in developing new housing projects and
efficient financing programs, either by itself or through its attached agencies;

(c) Implement a single regulatory system that shall govern all activities relative to
the planning, production, marketing, and management of housing and urban
development projects; and

IV. Homeowners Association and Community-Development

(a) Register, regulate and supervise the homeowners associations (HOAs) in


subdivision projects and government housing projects;
(b) Provide technical assistance to encourage housing cooperatives and civil
society organizations to serve as the implementing agencies of their housing and
urban development programs;

(c) Promote and encourage partnerships between the government and private
sectors for the provision of decent housing, suitable living environment, and
expanded economic opportunities specially for the homeless and underprivileged
citizens; and

V. General Powers

(a) Enter into contracts, joint venture agreements or understanding, public-private


partnerships, and memoranda of agreement or understanding, either domestic or
foreign, under such terms and conditions as the Department may deem proper and
reasonable subject to existing laws;

(b) Receive, take and hold by bequest, device, gift, purchase or lease, either
absolutely or in trust for any of its purposes from foreign and domestic sources,
any asset, grant or property, real or personal, subject to such limitations provided
under existing laws and regulations;

(c) Discharge all responsibilities of government that may arise from treaties,
agreements and other commitments on human settlement and urban development
to be extended through bilateral or multilateral loans and/or assistance programs

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