Housing and Urban Development

Question 1

Government Agencies Involved in Housing and Urban Development Programs

Answer 1

HUDCC / HGC / HLURB / NHA / NHMFC / HDMF

Question 2

_______ is the sole regulatory for housing and land development. It ensures rational land use for the equitable distribution and enjoyment of development benefits.

Answer 2

HLURB – Housing & Land Use Regulatory Board (formerly Human Settlement Regulatory Commission)

Question 3

The ____________ focuses on the administration of a nationwide provident fund for the government’s housing program, and formulates other investment strategies relative to housing as well as improve its collection efficiency.

Answer 3

HDMF – Home Development Mutual Fund (more commonly known as the Pag-Ibig Fund)

Question 4

B.S.W.M.

Answer 4

Bureau of Soils and Water Management

Question 5

D.A.P.

Answer 5

Development Academy of the Philippines

Question 6

D.I.L.G.

Answer 6

Department of Interior and Local Government

Question 7

E.M.B.

Answer 7

Environment Management Bureau

Question 8

N.A.M.R.I.A.

Answer 8

National Mapping and Resource Information Authority

Question 9

P.C.U.P.

Answer 9

Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor

Question 10

Republic Act 9161

Answer 10

Rental Reform Act of 2002

Question 11

Presidential Decree 757

Answer 11

An Act Creating the National Housing Authority (NHA)

Question 12

Presidential Decree 1396

Answer 12

Human Settlement Regulatory Commission” (Amendment to PD933)

Question 13

Republic Act 4726

Answer 13

Condominium Law

Question 14

Presidential Decree 772

Answer 14

Anti Squatting Law

Question 15

Republic Act 7160

Answer 15

“Local Government Code”

Question 16

Executive Order no. 419

Answer 16

“Created the Task Force for Human Settlement (TFHS)”

Question 17

“Construction costs:

Socialized Core house”

Answer 17

P 3,750 per sq. m.

Question 18

______was created through Executive Order no. 90. It is the highest policy-making and coordinating office on shelter programs.

Answer 18

HUDCC - Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council

Question 19

______ is the sole government agency engaged in direct shelter production focused on providing housing assistance to the lowest 30% of urban income-earners through slum upgrading, squatter relocation, development of sites and services, and construction of core housing units.

Answer 19

NHA – National Housing Authority

Question 20

B.I.R.

Answer 20

Bureau of Internal Revenue

Question 21

C.H.R.

Answer 21

Commission for Human Rights

Question 22

D.A.R.

Answer 22

Department of Agrarian Reform

Question 23

D.O.E.

Answer 23

Department of Education

Question 24

L.G.U.

Answer 24

Local Government Units

Question 25

N.E.D.A.

Answer 25

National Economic and Development Authority

Question 26

Republic Act 9266

Answer 26

The New Architecture Law

Question 27

Presidential Decree 1267

Answer 27

Creating a National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation (NHMFC)

Question 28

Presidential Decree 933

Answer 28

An Act Creating the Human Settlement Commission (HSC)

Question 29

Republic Act 7835

Answer 29

Comprehensive and Integrated Shelter Financing Act of 1994”

Question 30

Batas Pambansa bilang 220

Answer 30

"Standards for Socialized and Economic Housing”

Question 31

Republic Act 8368

Answer 31

An Act Decriminalizing Squatting”

Question 32

Act 496

Answer 32

“Land Registration Act” (Amended by RA 440)

Question 33

Executive Order no. 648

Answer 33

“Reorganizing the Human Settlements Regulatory Commission”

Question 34

"Construction costs: | Socialized Finished Unit"

Answer 34

P 6,000 per sq. m.

Question 35

______ mobilizes all necessary resources to broaden the capital base for the effective delivery of housing and other related services, primarily for the low-income earners through a viable system of credit insurance, mortgage guarantee, and securities.

Answer 35

HGC – Home Guarantee Corporation (formerly Home Insurance Guarantee Corporation)

Question 36

______ is the major government home mortgage institution.

Answer 36

NHMFC – National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation

Question 37

B.L.I.S.S.

Answer 37

Bagong Lipunan Improvement of Sites and Services

Question 38

D.A.

Answer 38

Department of Agriculture

Question 39

D.E.N.R.

Answer 39

Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Question 40

D.S.W.D.

Answer 40

Department of Social Welfare and Development

Question 41

L.M.B.

Answer 41

Land Management Bureau

Question 42

N.S.O.

Answer 42

National Statistics Office

Question 43

Republic Act 7279

Answer 43

Urban Development and Housing Act of 1992

Question 44

Presidential Decree 1752

Answer 44

Amending the Act Creating the Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF)

Question 45

Presidential Decree 1216

Answer 45

“Law Defining ‘Open Space’ in Residential Subdivision” (Amendment to PD957)

Question 46

Presidential Decree 957

Answer 46

Subdivision and Condominium Buyer’s Protective Decree

Question 47

Republic Act 8763

Answer 47

"Creating the Home Guarantee Corporation” (renaming the HIGC)

Question 48

Republic Act 6657

Answer 48

“Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law”

Question 49

Executive Order no. 90

Answer 49

“Designating HLURB as the regulatory body for housing and land development under the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council”

Question 50

Construction costs: Low / Economic package

Answer 50

P10,000 per sq. m.