WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 159 (s. 1999) declared mass housing as a centerpiece program of the Estrada Administration;

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 159 further provided for the creation of the Presidential Commission on Mass Housing (PCMH) with a full-time Secretariat to be composed of personnel from the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) and the Presidential Management Staff (PMS);

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 179 (s. 1999) created the Presidential Housing Assistance One-Stop Center to provide assistance to beneficiaries and developers of socialized and low-cost housing projects nationwide to be based in the PMS and manned by PMS personnel;

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 216 (s. 2000), amending E.O. 179, placed the secretariat of the PCMH under the direct supervision of the Presidential Adviser on Housing;

WHEREAS, there is a need to consolidate housing functions and staff support on housing to the HUDCC to enhance the control and supervision over housing and related activities;

WHEREAS, the HUDCC has already been strengthened and given the necessary support to effectively lead in the attainment of government ™s mass housing goals;

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. Consolidation of the Secretariat Functions for the PCMH to the HUDCC . Section 2.3, item no. 3 of E.O. 159 and Section 1.2 of E.O. No. 216 are hereby amended and all functions of the PMS related to administrative, technical and logistics as Secretariat of the PCMH, and assistance to the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Housing are hereby transferred to the HUDCC.

SECTION 2. Transfer of the Presidential Housing Assistance One-Stop Center to the HUDCC. Section 1 and Section 3 of E.O. No. 179 are hereby amended and the roles and functions of the PMS on the Presidential HAOS Center and the R-HAOS Center are hereby transferred to the HUDCC.

SECTION 3. Separability Clause. If any part or provision of this Executive Order shall be declared invalid, other parts or provisions hereof which are not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect.

SECTION 4. Repealing Clause. All executive and other administrative issuances or parts thereof inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 5. Effectivity. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 29th day of June, in the year of our Lord, twenty hundred.

(SGD.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA

BY THE PRESIDENT:

(SGD.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Executive Secretary