Philippines Creation Department Tender

Following the footsteps of former President and Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Pampanga Rep. Juan Miguel Macapagal-Arroyo 2nd District Pampanga sought to fast-track the granting of proper homes to Filipinos through the creation of a Department of Housing and Urban Development DHUD. Arroyos proposal is embodied in House Bill No. 2962. The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved on third and final reading a similar proposal House Bill 6775 during the past 17th Congress. Former Speaker Arroyo who initiated a number of socialized housing projects during her presidency was among the authors of HB 6775.In his explanatory note of HB 2962 Arroyo explained that the DHUD shall consolidate rationalize and coordinate the functions and powers of the key agencies under the supervision of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council HUDCC and the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board HLURB to adequately address the basic housing needs and requirement of the Filipino family. He noted that there are too many bureaucratic layers that decelerate the implementation of the governments national housing program.The ultimate goal is to provide decent and affordable housing to every Filipino family at the soonest possible time and at least cumbersome manner Arroyo said. To this end the bill shall establish the Department of Housing and Urban Development DHUD to act as the primary national government entity responsible for the management of housing and urban development. It shall be the sole and main planning and policy-making regulatory program coordination and performance monitoring body for all housing and urban development concerns.When approved the DHUD shall be headed by a Department Secretary and be comprised of four Undersecretaries for the 1 Bureau of Policy Development and Program Coordination Monitoring and Evaluation 2 Bureau of Environmental Land Use and Urban Planning and Development 3 Bureau of Regulation of Housing and Real Estate Development and 4 Bureau of Homeowners Homeowners Associations and Community Development.The bill also provides for the establishment of Social Housing One-Stop Processing Centers SHOPCs in all administrative regions of the country. SHOPCs shall be in-charge of the centralized processing and issuance of all required housing-related permits clearances and licenses pursuant to Executive Order No. 45 s. 2001 entitled Prescribing Time Periods for Issuance of Housing Related Certifications Clearances and Permits and Imposing Sanctions for Failure to Observe the Same.The measure also provides for the reconstitution of the HLURB to be known as the Human Settlements Adjudicatory Commission HSAC. The HSAC shall be a quasi-judicial body with original and exclusive jurisdiction over all issues and controversies arising from the interpretation and implementation of Republic Act No. 7279 or the Urban Development and Housing Act of 1992.Meanwhile for policy as well as program coordination monitoring and evaluation purposes the following shall be attached to the DHUD a National Housing Authority NHA b Home Guaranty Corporation HGC c National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation NHMFC d Home Development Mutual Fund HDMF and e Social Housing Finance Corporation SHFC.These agencies shall continue to undertake their existing functions but their heads shall be entering into performance contracts annually with the DHUD Secretary. The contract shall embody national targets and include the overall administration of each agency.For the initial implementation of the Act the necessary budget shall be charged against the current years appropriations of the HUDCC and the HLURB. Thereafter the funding needed for its continued implementation shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.The measure mandates the DHUD to conduct a review of its performance and submit a report to Congress on its findings at the end of the second year from the date of effectivity.