A local one-stop shop for housing? Why not?

CREBA members recently wrote to Congressman Ruffy Biazon and House Committee chair Albee Benitez regarding House Bill 1722, or the proposed act creating a local housing board in all cities and first to third class municipalities in the country. The Chamber is inclined to support the bill for seeking to transfer the power of the […]

Social Housing One-Stop Processing Center (SHOPC)

In 1992, Congress enacted Republic Act No. 7279, otherwise known as the Urban Development and Housing Act (UDHA). Section 18 of the law imposed a 20% social housing quota on developers undertaking subdivision projects. At the same time, Section 20 provided incentives to said developers, including the creation of one-stop offices for the processing, approval […]