Housing

1.  Create alternative funds and mobilize resources, to spur housing production through the revival of the SSS, GSIS and GFIs' contribution in the housing sector pool; reinstate the entitlements of the housing sector under the Comprehensive and Integrated Shelter Finance Act (RA 7835); involve rural banks, cooperatives and microfinance institutions in implementing a housing micro-finance program, catering to the marginalized sector and rural homebuyers; and develop an effective and viable secondary mortgage market and rationalization of the guarantee system;

2.  Build strong partnerships with LGUs to accelerate housing production through land use and local shelter planning, land inventory and creation of Local Housing Boards (LHB); re-channel development funds to LGUs for housing projects for their constituents; and set aside lands for socialized housing in accordance with the Urban Development and Housing Act (RA 7279);

3.  Engage NGOs (e.g., Gawad Kalinga, Habitat for Humanity, ABS-CBN Foundation) and the private sector in building and scaling up socialized housing projects;

4.  Promote the use of "green" technology and materials in housing construction and in building "disaster-resilient homes"; and

5.  Develop a strong, cohesive and responsive shelter team (e.g., key shelter agencies and stakeholders) to bring significant changes and institutional reforms, including simplifying loan application procesing for development and homebuyer's loans, and reducing red tape in the issuance of land titles and housing and development permits, at the national and local levels; and ensure transparency and good governance in the housing sector.