KEY SHELTER AGENCIES

Transfer of Powers

HUDCC
EO 90

HDMF HGC HLURB NHA NHMFC SHFC

PD 1530 RA 8763 EO 648 PD 757 PD 1267 EO 272
(regulatory, adjudicatory, planning of land use)

DHSUD HSAC
RA 11201 PD 933
(planning and regulatory) (adjudication)
• Primary national government entity
• Sole and main planning and policy-making…

• Land use planning and monitoring functions

• Regulatory function
• HOA

DHSUD is the merger of two agencies HUDCC and HLURB

HUDCC (Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council) was charged with
the main function of coordinating the activities of the government housing agencies to
ensure the accomplishment of the National Shelter Program

Key shelter agencies:

• HDMF
• HGC
• HLURB – Nawala na kasi na absorb na ni DHSUD
• NHA
• NHMFC
• SHFC

HLURB (Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board)

- Has regulatory and adjudicatory powers, and planning of land use (CLUP)
- Land use planning and monitoring function, including the imposition of penalties
for noncompliance to ensure that LGUs will follow the planning guidelines and
implement their CLUPs and Zoning Ordinances
- Regulatory function, including the formulation, promulgation, and enforcement of
rules, standards and guidelines over subdivisions, condominiums and similar real
estate developments, and imposition of fines and other administrative sanctions of
violations pursuant to PD 957, as amended, BP 220 and other related laws;
 - Registration, regulation and supervision of Home Owners’ Associations (HOAs),
including the imposition of fines for violations. Develop and adopt a national
strategy to immediately address the provision of adequate and affordable housing
to all Filipinos, and ensure the alignment of the policies, programs, and projects of
all its attached agencies to facilitate the achievement of this objective.

HSAC (Human Settlements Adjudication Commission)

- Adjudication function (from HLURB)

DHSUD
- Act as the primary national government entity responsible for the management of
housing, human settlement and urban development.
- Be the sole and main planning and policy-making, regulatory, program
coordination, an performance monitoring entity for all housing, human settlement
and urban development concerns, primarily focusing on the access to and
affordability of basic human needs
- Coordinating functions (from HUDCC)
- Planning and regulatory functions (from HLURB)

Attached Agencies of DHSUD

• HDMF (Home Development Mutual Fund) shall provide a mutual provident savings
system for private and government employees and other earning groups,
supported by matching mandatory contributions of their respective employers, with
housing as the primary investments.
• NHA (National Housing Authority) shall continue to function as a production and
financing arm in housing and shall exercise all other functions based on its existing
charter and its other mandates as provided under existing laws
• NHMFC (National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation) is mandated to
increase the availability of affordable housing finance to support the Filipino
homebuyers on their acquisition of housing units through the development and
operation of a secondary market for home mortgages and other housing related
receivables.
• SHFC (Social Housing Finance Corporation) is the lead government agency
tasked to develop and implement social housing programs for low-income groups
in the formal and informal sectors thru responsive shelter financing solutions that
are community-driven.

Frequently asked questions:

1. Which government agency is in-charge of the overall strategies for the country’s
National Housing Program? HUDCC
2. What administers provident fund contributions collected from member employees and
employers, utilizing funds not required for provident benefits for housing loans for
members, and is charged with the development of saving schemes for home
acquisition by private and government employees? HDMF
3. What implements the government’s resettlement programs? NHA
4. What PD 1267 mandates to act as secondary market institution? NHMFC
5. What RA 8763 mandates as guarantor of housing loans, assistance to private
developers to undertake low-to-middle-income mass housing production and
encourage private institutional funds and commercial lenders to finance housing
development and long-term mortgages? HGC
6. What agency is the adjudicator and regulator which sets minimum housing
standards? HLURB
7. What is the supporting agency mandated to be the primary provider of funds for long-
term housing mortgages for low- and middle-income private sector employees? SSS
8. What is the supporting agency mandated to be the primary provider of funds for long-
term housing mortgages for low- and middle-income government employees? GSIS
9. HDMF is also known as? PAG-IBIG Fund
10. What is the law that created the NHA? PD 757