By

t
tlarh J. Mallari
'20
The newly-formed Department of Human. -
Settlernents and Urban Development
(DHSUD) will.have to make do with a small
iart-up nuOgei under the cash-based scheme
with a meager P6.3 billion allotment in the

The DHSUD will start operating as one department next year by convergng the
National Home Mortgage Finance Corp, the National Housing Authority, the Social
Houslng Finance Corp. and the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council

From page I billion for NHMFC;P3.277 billion for appropriations will be dir-ided
out of the nearly P50 billion it
asked.
Based on the Department of
Budget anil Management (DBM)
proposed budget, the DHSUD could
only come up with 12,000 housing
units in
2020, Housing and Urban
Development Coordinating Council
(HUDCC) chairman Secretary
Eduardo del Rosario said.
The cash-based budgeting will be
implemented in full next year after
its partial implementation this year
due to protests: from members of
the House of Representatives who
wanted to retain the multiyear
obligation-based appropriation that
the DBM considered as conducive
to graft.
We have to work within the
appropriations, and that's
all-in.
The new scheme limits the
budget of a particular agency to
what it is capable of spending.
The agency will start operating
as one department next year by
converging the National Home
Mortgage Finance Corp (NHMFC),
the National Housing Authority
(NIIA), the Social Housing Finance
Corp (SHFC) and the HUDCC.
Based on the proposed
NEf; the,DBM
allotted Fl
NHA; P1.397 billion for the SHFC; into two programs which
and P614 million for the department are the high-density housing
proper. program worth P89Z million and
community mortgage program
Working within budget costing Pb00 million.
Interviewed by the Dai,ly
Tri,bune, Del Rosario said the Based on the DBM
DHSUD proposed P48.9 billion as proposed budget, the
its appropriation for 202A. DHSUD could only come up
HUDCC, which Del Rosario with 12,000 housing units
heads, has supervision over the in 2020. r
three other shelter agenciqs.
He said the DBM's proposed P6.2 The high-density housing
billion will cover housing projects program is designed to benefit
for next year. informal setfler families residing
"we'have to work within the in danger areas in Metro Manila.
appropriations, and that's all-in,"
Del Rosario told the Dai,ly Trtbu,ne. Small initial steps
However, he said that the Del Rosario said while the
department would not meet the DBM-proposed appropriations for
ideal 100,000 housing units a year the DHSUD in 2020 was far lower
laid out under the Philippine than what was proposed, the
Development Plan to address the agency will make sure that the
housing backlog in the country. government housing programs
unified under one department
Modest shelter plans will kick off on the right foot
Based on the 2020 NEP, the starting January.
Pl billion proposed budget'for .It will be a yery good first
the NHMFC will be utilized stgp, having one department
for its maintenance and other overseeing the government's
operating expenses in pursuit housing program... we just have
of providing socialized housing to lay out the proper direction
loans to low-income families. and to ensure that no resources
On the other hand, the P3.277 will be put to waste," Del Bosario
billion NHAappropriations is allotted I'r shid.
in support of the implementation of'-"
of'- "*,
priority programs and projects under ' * AT PAq€ 0
the lot d6velopment and provision
TBO
of housing community facilities sub-
.'prolgram of the government, , ' ,' -,
Meanwhile, the-$'H
P.1.3e? bilr_i