EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 195
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 195 -
RE-DIRECTING THE FUNCTIONS AND OPERATIONS OF THE HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATING COUNCIL AND ALL HOUSING AGENCIES
WHEREAS,
Executive Order (EO) No. 90 dated 17 December 1986, identified the
government agencies essential for the National Shelter Program, defined
their mandates and created the Housing and Urban Development
Coordinating Council (HUDCC) to coordinate the activities of the
government housing agencies to ensure the accomplishment of the
National Shelter Program;
WHEREAS, for administrative purposes under existing laws, the President
of the Philippines is the head of, and exercises direct control and
supervision over the coordinating, key and support agencies of the
National Shelter Program;
WHEREAS, the President, through the issuance of EO 159 on 12 October
1999, has identified mass housing as the centerpiece program of his
Administration and created the Presidential Commission on Mass Housing
(PCMH) through which he shall personally oversee the mass housing
program of the government;
WHEREAS, there is a need to rationalize the government’s housing sector
to ensure accountability and to establish a reporting system with clear
lines of authority among the housing agencies;
WHEREAS, there is a need to realign the offices under each of the
housing agencies to delineate responsibilities based under the
following functional categories: production, regulation, financing,
marketing and estate management, in accordance with existing laws,
rules and regulations on the same;
WHEREAS, Sec. 31, Chapter 10, Title III, Book III of EO 292
otherwise known as the Revised Administrative Code of 1987, vests the
President with continuing authority to reorganize his Office subject to
the policy in the Executive Office, and in order to achieve simplicity,
economy and efficiency;
WHEREAS, Sec. 20, Chapter 7, Title I, Book III of EO 292, empowers
the President to exercise such powers and functions vested in him which
are provided for under existing laws;
WHEREAS, under Sec. 77 of the General Provisions of Republic Act
(RA) No. 8745 (FY 1999 General Appropriations Act), the President may
direct changes in the organization and key positions in any department,
bureau or agency;
WHEREAS, Sec. 79 of the General Provisions of RA 8745 mandates the
scaling-down, phase-out or abolition of activities which are no longer
essential in the delivery of public services;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic
of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do
hereby order the following:
Section 1. Re-directing the Functions and Operations
of the HUDCC and the offices, agencies and government corporations
under or attached to it. — Consistent with the desire of the
Administration to make housing as its centerpiece program, the
government’s housing sector composed of the HUDCC, the National Home
Mortgage and Finance Corporation (NHMFC), Housing and Land Use
Regulatory Board (HLURB), Home Insurance and Guaranty Corporation
(HIGC), the National Housing Authority (NHA), including the Home
Development Mutual Fund (HDMF), are hereby mandated to maximize their
effectiveness in the provision of housing units and other housing
services.
Sec. 2. Roles and Focus of the Housing Agencies. —
Pursuant to above goals, the following shall be the respective roles
and focus of the housing agencies:
a.
HUDCC . The HUDCC shall primarily be involved in staff functions. It
shall render technical, secretariat and other support services to the
PCMH. Pursuant to this, it shall serve as the lead agency to assist the
President and the PCMH in formulating the national objectives, policies
and strategies for housing and urban development, and in designing
broad strategies for the accomplishment of the government’s housing
objectives.
b. HLURB.
HLURB shall continue to ensure rational land use for the equitable
distribution and enjoyment of development benefits. To effect this, and
to sustain a balance in economic development, social justice and
environmental protection, HLURB shall facilitate the devolution of town
plan review functions. Relative to this, it shall extend comprehensive
and productive planning assistance to provinces, cities and
municipalities towards the formulation of Comprehensive Land Use Plans
(CLUPs).
c. NHA. NHA
shall focus on socialized housing. To accomplish this mandate, NHA
shall develop and implement a comprehensive and integrated housing
development and resettlement; fasttrack the determination and
development of government lands suitable for housing; as well as ensure
the sustainability of socialized housing funds by improving its
collection efficiency, among others.
d. HIGC . HIGC
shall mobilize all necessary resources to broaden the capital base for
the effective delivery of housing and other related services, primarily
for the low-income earners through a viable system of credit insurance,
mortgage guarantee and securitization.
e. NHMFC . The
NHMFC shall re-direct its operations to the development and provision
of a secondary mortgage market to finance mortgage take and fasttrack
the disposition of existing mortgages.
f. HDMF . To
enable it to support the PCMH and the new directions in the housing
sector, the HDMF shall focus on the administration of a nationwide
provident fund for the government’s housing program, formulate other
investment strategies relative to housing as well as improve its
collection efficiency.
Sec. 3. Coordination with PCMH/HUDCC. — All
Departments, regular agencies, government-owned and controlled
corporations, and local government units are hereby directed to
coordinate the formulation and implementation of their respective
housing programs with the PCMH/HUDCC.
Sec. 4. Formulation of a Rationalization and
Streamlining Plan (RSP). — In view of the functional and operational
re-direction indicated above, and to effect efficiency and
effectiveness in all the activities of the housing agencies, said
agencies shall prepare their respective Rationalization and
Streamlining Plans (RSPs) which shall be the basis of the operational
and organizational adjustments. The RSPs shall provide the framework
for the following:
a)
The clustering, scaling-down or phasing-out of offices and/or units in
ways that will ensure effectiveness and accountability;
b) The
establishment of a reporting system with clear lines of authority
between and among the housing agencies, the HUDCC and the PCMH, as well
as among the offices under these agencies;
c) The
realignment of offices/units delineating responsibilities based on the
following functional categories: production, regulation, financing,
marketing and estate management in accordance with existing rules and
regulations on the same;
d) The
privatization of housing services which can be handled with more
facility, effectivity and efficiency by the private sector;
and
e) The
rationalization of these agencies’ staffing pattern, ensuring that the
resulting revised staffing complement of said agencies duly include a
rationalization and/or integration plan for the occupants of said
positions.
Sec. 5. Submission of the RSPs to the President. —
The RSPs shall be submitted to the President for his approval within 30
days after the effectivity of this Executive Order.
Sec. 6. Redeployment of Personnel. — As necessary,
the existing personnel of the housing agencies shall be redeployed in
accordance with the requirements of the RSP and existing civil service
laws and rules. Such redeployment shall not result in the diminution in
rank and compensation of affected personnel.
Sec. 7. Funding. — The financial resources
required to implement the RSP of the HUDCC and the other housing
agencies shall be taken from funds available in these agencies:
Provided, That the total cost of the approved staffing pattern shall
not exceed the authorized appropriations of these agencies for Personal
Services under RA 8745 (FY 1999 General Appropriations Act) and/or from
available corporate funds.
Sec. 8. Repealing Clause. — All other Executive
Orders and Issuances inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby
rescinded or modified accordingly.
Sec. 9. Separability Clause. — If any provision of
this Executive Order is held invalid, other provisions not affected
thereby shall be valid and binding.
Sec. 10. Effectivity. — This Executive Order shall
take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 31st day of December, in the year of the Lord, nineteen hundred
and ninety-nine.
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