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Housing ‘Super Body’ NATIONAL HUMAN SETTLEMENTS BOARD Housing ‘super body’ CONFIRMED National Shelter Month: Marawi City: From P7 DHSUD runs after scammers P12 ashes to progress P28 Editor’s Note 3 It is with great pleasure to welcome you, dear readers, to the 2nd issue of The Shelter. Much has happened since June and we cannot wait to share all the Contents Secretary’s Corner Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development has accom­ plished in very little time. Topping it off is the inaugural meeting of the National Human Settle­ 3 SECRETARY’S CORNER ments Board (NHSB) in October, which coinciding with the celebration of the 4 - 5 PROFILES Banner 2020 for DHSUD National Shelter Month, which is our main story in this issue. COMMUNITY BUILDING his year, the Department of Human standards in public service, we signed a And of course, who can forget the confirmation of our good Secretary 6 DHSUD-SHDA partnership Settlements and Urban Develop- Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) with Eduardo Del Rosario, who got the Commission on Appointment’s nod last Resettlement of PAPs in railway projects underway November to become the first-ever head of the DHSUD. Tment (DHSUD) had its hands full as the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) Our private partners from SHDA (Subdivision and Housing Developers FEATURE it launched several projects and programs that streamlined the documentation st Association) is also with us for the 2nd issue highlighting our partnership. 7 Making history: SEDDR is 1 ever DHSUD chief despite the limitations brought about processes for common towers to improve DHSUD joins ‘Build Back Better’ Task Force Much like before, we received updates from our Regional Offices and Key by the COVID-19 pandemic, all with the the country’s Information and Commu- Shelter Agencies on their past and current initiatives. And, we get to know MONEY MATTERS aim of further improving and elevating nication Technology facilities. We take some of DHSUD’s key officials, including Undersecretary Meynardo Sabili 8 Pag-IBIG @ 40: More aid to members the status of the housing industry in the this as an opportunity to make DHSUD who joined the family in October. 9 NHMFC’s BALAI BERDE country. a champion of “Ease of Doing Business.” nd So let us give you a tour around the Philippine’s housing and urban deve­ 10-11 SHFC marks CMP’s 32 anniversary In between the launching of these pro- DHSUD is not only about the housing lopment landscape for the 2nd half of 2020. jects, planning, strategizing, and to say, industry and urban development. It NATIONAL SHELTER MONTH SPECIAL Enjoy! laying the foundation that sets the tone has been quick in extending financial 12 Celebrating shelter month and direction of the housing sector for the assistance to victims of the successive 13 Campaign vs real estate scammers years to come, were made. typhoons that battered the country in HIGHLIGHT The changes and major undertakings the last quarter of 2020, partnering with Editorial Board 14 - 19 NHSB: Housing ‘super body’ were taken and implemented just one other government agencies. Chairman of the Board year after the DHSUD was carved out of For its KSAs, the National Housing Secretary Eduardo D. Del Rosario FROM THE REGIONS two housing agencies and rose to become Authority has financed and constructed 20 - 21 Secretary Del Rosario visits CAR Members a single housing body with a mammoth duty and mandate of 24,139 housing units from January up to December 19, 2020 Undersecretary Meynardo A. Sabili Director Stefan Ema Mae P. Corregidor DHSUD-8 conducts assessment on Yolanda housing helping the underprivileged, especially the informal settler while the Home Development Mutual Fund or Pag-IBIG Fund Asst. Secretary Melissa A. Aradanas Director Atty. Michael Victor C. Tezon families (ISFs), realize their dream of owning a house. has financed 75,582 units. On the other hand, the Social Housing Asst. Secretary Leira S. Buan OIC-Director Atty. Angelito F. Aguila 22 HOA orientation goes virtual Office of the Undersecretary OIC OIC-Director Atty. Ma. Lorina J. Rigor DHSUD-7 assists in census For a start, DHSUD worked on the National Housing and Finance Corporation has financed 13,256 units. Marylin M. Pintor OIC-Director Jeanette E. Cruz Urban Development Sector Plan, a 20-year roadmap in the form In Mindanao, the once bustling City of Marawi, which was Chief-of-Staff Zyril D. Carlos OIC-Director Nora L. Diaz 23 DHSUD-4A’s SIKAT Project of short, medium and long term strategies, plans and programs devastated by the Daesh-inspired terrorism, has bubbled into Head Executive Asst. Leouel A. Santos OIC-Director Rowena P. Dineros Challenge accepted Director Atty. Alvin T. Claridades OIC-Director Mylene A. Rivera by DHSUD, Key Shelter Agencies (KSAs) and other stake holders. life as its rehabilitation went into full blast beginning in July 24 MEDIA CORNER The National Human Settlements Board was also formed and with President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s approval and release of Editorial Staff three resolutions were immediately approved during its inaugu- ₱3.56-billion budget. Simultaneous ground breaking and laying 25 FEATURE Editor-in-Chief ral meeting in October. (See main story) of foundation for critical infrastructures like road networks, Mario J. Mallari 25 HOME & LETTERS We have also started revisiting and amending existing bridges, barangay centers, school buildings, market and mosques Managing Editor/Art Director housing guidelines to cope-up with the current challenges, such were undertaken. Water and power supplies were restored in Mariae Francesca R. Acosta 28 BANGON MARAWI as the ongoing pandemic. some parts of the city’s Most Affected Area. Marawi City: From ashes to progress Editor Following the imposition of a nationwide enhanced commu- I reiterate our commitment to complete Marawi’s rehabilita- Christian V. Cabajar nity quarantine (ECQ), I ordered a three-month moratorium on tion within the administration. Creative Director Connect with us monthly amortizations on housing and other loan payments In October, the DHSUD spearheaded the celebration of the Glory M. Duller Send your contributions, messages and feedback from the KSAs in compliance with the Bayanihan to Heal as National Shelter Month, which was highlighted by the launch of Writer One Act. Later on, we also imposed another 60-day moratorium the unified and intensified effort against real estate scammers by to [email protected] or [email protected] Adriana T. Roncesvalles under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act. Both measures bene- all our 16 Regional Offices. Photographer fitted some 5.5 million Filipinos. On a lighter side, we’ve witnessed the birth of this newsletter, Mary Lyn M. Bosogon In our effort to help private developers amid the pandemic, The Shelter, which was launched virtually in July. Editorial Assistant DHSUD expanded the Pag-IBIG Fund’s Housing Construc- With such a busy year and a rather unconventional start due Lorraine P. Valencia tion Finance Loan facility from ₱2-billion to ₱10-billion, while to the COVID-19 pandemic, the DHSUD marches forward ready Contributors About the cover we also asked the developers to provide a grace period for to face existing and future challenges head on. Aireen B. Ogrimen Allan Leandro D.A. Merin Jesha Abesamis home-buyers under their in-house financing program. Princess Rizza Ong Camille Lelina Ed Alain G. Aguelo he cover features a visual representation Nini Go Sanchez Santiago F. Ducay of the National Human Settlements Board, Likewise, we issued guidelines on the extension of deadlines T its role and aim for the Philippine housing and interruptions of periods for compliance with requirements, sector. Synergy among members of the multi- wherein an advisory on the Implementing Rules and Regulations The Official Publication of The Department of Human Settlements and agency housing “super body” can only lead to an that ensures the provisions of uniform procedure for the grant of Urban Development upward direction or progress that symbolizes the additional time of completion for projects whose development have been delayed or affected by the pandemic was issued. DHSUD Building, Kalayaan Avenue corner Mayaman Street, Diliman, uplifting of the lives of all Filipinos, especially the Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines 1101 underprivileged, through increased and wider In our effort to promote transparency and stick to the highest SECRETARY EDUARDO D. DEL ROSARIO access to decent and affordable housing. www.dhsud.gov.ph [email protected] @DHSUDgovph Cover illustrated by Glory M. Duller. 4 DECEMBER 2020 Profiles MEYNARDO A. SABILI UNDERSECRETARY One of the newest additions to the DHSUD family, Usec Meynard, who is a holder of JULIUS ERVIN O. ENCISO a Master of Laws degree as Summa Cum Laude from the University of Santo Tomas MARIA O. AMOROSO DIRECTOR IV, REGIONAL OFFICE 4B DIRECTOR IV, REGIONAL OFFICE - CORDILLERA Graduate School of Law, is no stranger to public service after having served as Mayor Regional Director (RD) Enciso was appointed by President Rodrigo Roa ADMINISTRATIVE REGION (CAR) of Lipa City, Batangas for nine consecutive years (2010-2019). Duterte on May 15, 2020 as Director IV of the DHSUD His extensive background in managing and spearheading housing and urban RD Mary, as known to her peers, was and was designated by DHSUD Secretary Eduardo D. Del Rosario appointed a permanent director development initiatives in the local level had tasked him to lead DHSUD’s Regional as the first RD of Region 4B or MIMAROPA. of DHSUD-CAR after heading it as He had served as Head Executive Assistant to Housing and Land Operations where the agency could best tap his expertise. officer-in-charge from January Use Regulatory Board (HLURB) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Usec Meynard is a recipient of various local and international awards as a local up to October 2020.
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