President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law creating the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD).
Republic Act 11201, signed by the President on Feb. 14, and a copy of which was released by the Palace on Tuesday, consolidates the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) and the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB).
The department shall act as the primary national government entity responsible for the management of housing, human settlement, and urban development, and be the sole and main planning and policy-making, regulatory, program coordination, and performance monitoring body for all housing, human settlement, and urban development concerns.
Under the new law, the government will establish Housing One-Stop Processing Centers to centralize the processing and issuance of all required housing-related permits, clearances, and licenses.
The department must include the formulation of a national housing and urban development policies, strategies and standards that are consistent with the Philippine Development Plan, crafting of housing finance and production policies, and conduct of comprehensive studies and research necessary for housing and urban development.
The department shall also be in charge of environmental, land use and urban planning and development, as well as housing and real estate development regulation.
Under the law, the HLURB is reconstituted as the Human Settlements Adjudication Commission. Also created under the law is the National Human Settlements Board.
The department shall exercise administrative supervision over the National Housing Authority, National Home Mortgage Finance Corp., Home Development Mutual Fund, and Social Housing Finance Corp. These corporations shall continue to function according to existing laws and their respective charters.
The law also calls for the identification, within 180 days from its effectivity, of government lands suitable for housing and rural development.
“That all government lands which have been idle for more than 10 years, except lands owned by government-owned and -controlled corporations and government financial institutions… are hereby prioritized for housing and urban development purposes,” the law reads.
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