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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 179 - CREATING
A PRESIDENTIAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE ONE-STOP CENTER (PRESIDENTIAL
HAOS-CENTER) TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO BENEFICIARIES AND DEVELOPERS OF
SOCIALIZED AND LOW-COST HOUSING PROJECTS
WHEREAS,
Sec. 9, Article III of the Constitution mandates the provision of
decent housing and basic services to the underprivileged and homeless;
WHEREAS, the government recognizes that shelter is a basic need for
which the poor require assistance;
WHEREAS, pursuant thereto, mass housing has been declared as the
Centerpiece Program of the Administration;
WHEREAS, under the program, the Administration targets to produce
350,000 housing units per year over the period 2000-2004;
WHEREAS, to attain the target, maximum private sector participation is
imperative;
WHEREAS, recent policies and strategies on housing are expected to
generate interest among the intended beneficiaries who may wish to
avail of housing assistance;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic
of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the
Constitution, do hereby order:
Section 1.
The Presidential HAOS Center, which will be under the direct
supervision of the Presidential Commission for Mass Housing (PCMH),
shall be based in the Presidential Management Staff and shall be manned
by a composite team composed of representatives from the PMS, HUDCC and
line departments and agencies involved in housing.
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Sec. 3.
The R-HAOS Centers and P-HAOS Centers shall address bottlenecks, issues
and problems related to the implementation of socialized and low-cost
housing projects.
The Regional Field Units of PMS and the Provincial Governments shall be
the lead coordinators of the R-HAOS Centers and P-HAOS Centers,
respectively. Line departments and agencies involved in housing shall
provide the manpower support and technical assistance to these Centers,
as necessary.
Sec. 4.
Funds for the operation of these Centers shall be released through the
PCMH, subject to the submission of the Work and Financial Plan to the
Department of Budget and Management.
Sec. 5.
Sec. 6. Since 19.07.98.
DONE, in the City of Manila,
this 23rd day of November, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred
and ninety-nine.
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