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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 159 - DECLARING
MASS HOUSING AS CENTERPIECE PROGRAM OF THE ESTRADA ADMINISTRATION AND
CONSTITUTING THE PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION FOR MASS HOUSING
WHEREAS,
under the “Erap Para sa Mahirap” vision of the Estrada Administration,
the government identified poverty eradication as the central focus of
all its development programs and interventions;
WHEREAS, the government recognizes that shelter is a basic need for
which the poor, particularly in the urban areas, require assistance;
WHEREAS, in addition to direct provision of housing for the poor, mass
housing projects also generate multiple economic benefits for the poor,
such as provision of employment and promotion of entrepreneurial
activities;
WHEREAS, housing projects can also be used to pump-prime the economy
and stimulate the growth of various industries; and
WHEREAS, the government has identified mass housing as one of the major
components of the Poverty Eradication Program of the Administration.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic
of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by Law and the
Constitution, do hereby order:
Section 1.
Sec. 2.
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The Commission shall be chaired by the President who shall also act as
the “housing czar.” The Commission shall be co-chaired by the
Presidential Adviser on Low-Cost and Open Market Housing and the
Presidential Adviser on Socialized Housing, with the following as
members:
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All government departments, agencies, bureaus and instrumentalities, including Government-Owned-and Controlled Corporations (e.g. PEA, BCDA, PNR, among others), implementing housing projects are directed to seek the clearance and approval of the Commission on their respective housing and related projects.
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The HUDCC shall provide staff support to the Presidential Adviser on Low-Cost and Open Market Housing and the Presidential Adviser on Socialized Housing. Administrative requirements such as budget, office space, office equipment, and the like shall be taken from the existing resources of HUDCC and other housing agencies. All housing agencies are hereby directed to provide assistance as may be needed.
Sec. 3.
Sec. 4. Since 19.07.98.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 12th day of October, in the Year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Ninety-Nine.
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