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PRRD's Gift of Love P3 Ksas Halt Loan Payments 3 DHSUD: PRRD’s KSAs halt loan DHSUD celebrates gift of love P3 payments P11 1st anniversary P26 4 FEATURE 5 Editor’s Note JUNE 2020 Today, we introduce to you The Shelter, the Department of Human Settle- ments and Urban Development’s (DHSUD) new and official publication, or newsletter, if you will. The DHSUD had wanted a platform to showcase its policies, plans, Contents programs, activities, and most of all, its accomplishments. But more than tooting our own horn, it shall bear testament and witness to the dedication FEATURE 3 DHSUD: PRRD’s gift of love of all the men and women who undertook the pledge of public service in the DHSUD: PRRD’s gift of love housing and community building sector. 4 SECRETARY’S CORNER It begins with the Secretary’s corner, followed by Profiles of DHSUD’s current leaders. In Features, you’ll find curated stories from DHSUD’s Central BY MARIAE FRANCESCA R. ACOSTA 5 PROFILES Office, complemented by stories from DHSUD’s Regional Offices inFrom the Regions. In this issue, we have released a COVID-19 Special culminating with MONEY MATTERS On February 14, 2019, President Rodrigo Roa a Highlight on the ‘New Normal.’ Money matters would be stories from the 6 - 7 Pag-IBIG, SHFC post milestones home financing arm of DHSUD, andLegal matters would house the adjudica- Duterte signed into law Republic Act 11201 tion stories. Meanwhile, Community building, as the name suggests, contains COVID-19 SPECIAL that created the Department of Human updates on housing, township and other development projects. Media Corner 8 - 9 Work-from-Home, safety measures enforced amid lockdown will feature DHSUD stories that have been published in mainstream media. 10 Belt-tightening measures to raise fund vs COVID Settlements and Urban Development Finally, some positive vibes have earned their space in Home & Letters. DHSUD-7 promotes bayanihan amid ECQ (DHSUD) as a gesture of love to every Filipino May you, dear readers, feel our determination to uphold our pledge 11 Loan payments halted ₱10-B stimulus package for partner-developers with the turn of every page, and then find inspiration and hope, especially, who dreamed of owning a home someday. 12 - 13 NHMFC migrates services online in these challenging times. With our deep commitment to service, we offer you, The Shelter. “It would be our main A 2016 study revealed that HIGHLIGHT engine in making decent more than 1.2 million infor- 14 - 19 The ‘New Normal’ Coping with change is the way to move forward and affordable homes for our mal-settler families in the underprivileged and home- country were either homeless, Editorial Board FROM THE REGIONS less citizens,” President Dute- living in shabby conditions Chairman of the Board 20-21 DHSUD staff take ‘virtual’ oath rte said of the DHSUD during or sharing tiny spaces with President Rodrigo Duterte signs Republic Act 11201, which paved the way for the Secretary Eduardo D. Del Rosario Region 8 opens new office his 2019 midterm report to other families. This number establishment of the DHSUD. NCR braces for resumption of real estate activities Photo courtesy of PTV News Members the nation. is just a fifth of the housing Taal rehab on full-throttle Assistant Secretary Melissa A. Aradanas OIC-Director Atty. Angelito F. Aguila 22-23 As the central manager gap in the Philippines, which Corporation, Home Develop- dication Commission, which Assistant Secretary Leira S. Buan OIC-Director Atty Siegfrid D. Lapasaran Accounting of public lands ongoing in Visayas and primary national govern- was pegged at 6.57 million for ment Mutual Fund and Social was created and attached to Commissioner Marylin M. Pintor OIC-Director Atty. Ma. Luisa G. Pangan Work as usual for DHSUD offices in Northern Luzon ment entity in all aspects of five years between 2017 and Housing Finance Corpora- DHSUD for policy, planning Chief-of-Staff Zyril D. Carlos OIC-Director Atty. Ma. Lorina J. Rigor Head Executive Asst. Leouel A. Santos OIC-Director Jeanette E. Cruz housing, human settlements, 2022. tion. and program coordination. LEGAL MATTERS Director Alvin T. Claridades OIC-Director Nora L. Diaz and urban development, the The DHSUD merged and President Duterte appoin- The new law also estab- Director Stefan Ema Mae P. Corregidor OIC-Director Rowena P. Dineros 24 The HSAC chronicles Director Mylene A. Rivera OIC-Director Lourdes N. Ureta newly created department absorbed the functions of the ted former HUDCC Chairman lished the Environmental, would be in a perfect posi- two former housing agencies Eduardo Del Rosario as the Land Use and Urban Plan- COMMUNITY BUILDING Editorial Staff 25 Housing assistance offered to BP2 beneficiaries tion to address the country’s — the Housing and Urban first Secretary of the DHSUD. ning and Development, Managing Editor housing need and scale-up Development Coordinat- As the head of the DHSUD, Housing and Real Estate Mario J. Mallari FEATURE the administration’s commit- ing Council (HUDCC) and Secretary Del Rosario would Development Regulation, 26 DHSUD marks first anniversary ment in providing decent and the Housing and Land Use take the helm in steering and Homeowners Associa- Editor/Art Director Mariae Francesca R. Acosta affordable homes to every Regulatory Board (HLURB) the administration’s hous- tions and Community Devel- 27 MEDIA CORNER Filipino family. — which include planning, ing direction, with focus on opment bureaus under the Associate Editor Christian V. Cabajar President Rodrigo Duterte is joined by policy-making, regulatory, policy and program develop- DHSUD. 27 HOME & LETTERS DHSUD Secretary Eduardo Del Rosario in a program coordination, and ment as chair of the National In creating the DHSUD, Creative Director time capsule laying ceremony for a housing Glory M. Duller project in Talisay, Negros Occidental. performance monitoring of Human Settlements Board, President Duterte wished to COMMUNITY BUILDING all housing and community with the Socioeconomic Plan- realize the dream of 81% of Contributors 28 Despite COVID-19 Marawi rehab on target development concerns. ning Secretary, Budget Secre- Filipino families to have their Reynaldo M. De Leon Also, the DHSUD was tary, Public Works Secretary, own homes. Eva Maria P. Marfil Camille Lelina tasked to exercise admin- Finance Secretary, Interior “I am resolute in my Roma Mae Quijano istrative supervision and Local Government Secre- commitment to ensure that Ed Alaine Aguelo About the cover Nini Go Sanchez over the country’s tary and all the heads of KSAs our people are provided with The cover features a composite image Key Shelter Agen- as members. decent and affordable hous- of a worker with a “safety first” sticker cies (KSAs) which Meanwhile, adjudica- ing,” he said. on his helmet. Health and safety get first are the National tion in the housing sector, “Having decent and afford- The Official Publication of The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development priority, in particular, for the housing Housing Author- a key function of the former able shelter is one of the key sector as it rises from lockdown and ity, National Home HLURB, was transferred to aspects of a comfortable life,” DHSUD Building, Kalayaan Avenue corner Mayaman Street, Diliman, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines 1101 enters into a new phase of doing things Mortgage Finance the Human Settlements Adju- President Duterte added. coined as the “new normal.” www.dhsud.gov.ph [email protected] Photo courtesy of PIA @DHSUDgovph 6 7 JUNE 2020 JUNE 2020 Profiles EDUARDO D. DEL ROSARIO SECRETARY The hardworking Secretary Del Rosario is DHSUD’s first ever head after being appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte in January. Previously, he had occupied key positions in the government and is no stranger to the housing industry. Served as the Chairperson of the defunct Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) before he was tasked by the President on the housing portfolio. It was under his helm of the HUDCC when the administration’s national shelter program for Filipino communities known as the BALAI (Building Adequate, Livable, Affordable and Inclusive) was launched and initiated. The DHSUD, under his leadership, has crafted the 10-point agenda that addresses the agency’s core functions of production, finance and regulation of the housing sector. “Housing is a need as well as a right, and it is our responsibility to assist the 81% of Filipinos who wish to have a house of their own,” he says. Secretary’s Corner elcome to The Shelter’s maiden ments and Urban Development has suspended issue; a beginning fraught with housing and short-term loan payments in order to trials and challenges, yet already ease the burden on our 5.5 million member-benefi- MELISSA AVANCEÑA ARADANAS LEIRA S. BUAN LEOUEL A. SANTOS baptized by fire — the COVID-19, ciaries — the people who we care to serve first and ASSISTANT SECRETARY ASSISTANT SECRETARY HEAD EXECUTIVE ASST. TO THE SECRETARY the deadly virus that has swept foremost. Asec Mel, as known by colleagues, oversees As an Assistant Secretary, HEA, as popularly called in the department, takes charge Wthe world and has turned our lives upside-down. To further complement this, we immediately the DHSUD’s Environmental, Land Use and Ate Lei, as fondly called of the operations and the day-to-day activities of the Office It has exposed vulnerabilities, both in our bodies consulted our stakeholders and partners to craft ways Urban Planning Development Bureau, Housing by colleagues, oversees of the Secretary. As such, he makes things happen and the and Real Estate Development Regulation all DHSUD Regional job looks easy for the Secretary. and in the current global system. Schools, shops, on how best we can assist to revitalize the housing Bureau and Homeowners Association and Offices particularly in the He had worked in the Executive Department for years services and even governments around the world were industry, thereby pump-prime our economy.
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