MBC Task Force on Housing

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Introduction
In her first State of the Nation Address last 23 July 2001, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo identified housing as one of her administration's priority areas. She called on the private sector to help government revitalize this sector. During a meeting with the Board of Trustees of the Makati Business Club on 11 August 2001, she asked the group to spearhead a dialogue with all the key members of the housing industry to explore and identify ways to reinvigorate the industry.

MBC member Ayala Land, chaired by Mr. Fernando Zobel de Ayala, was requested to lead the Shelter and Housing Advisory Group. This was one of six groups or task forces organized by MBC in line with the President's economic agenda. The other task forces were on education, ICT (Information and Communications Technology), agriculture, tax reforms, and tourism.

The Shelter and Housing Advisory Group was created on 7 September. It consisted of committees that would focus on important areas of the housing industry namely : finance, production and processes, and institutional support.

The finance committee was chaired by Mr. Roberto de Ocampo and Mr. Romeo Bernardo; the production and processes committee was headed by Zorayda Amelia Alonzo; and the committee on institutional support was headed by Mr. Monico Jacob. Each of the committees was asked to generate short-term and medium- to long-term recommendations for the housing sector.

The Group worked closely with the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) as well as the other housing agencies and Government Financial Institutions throughout the process to make sure that the recommendations would be acceptable to these institutions. The recommendations of the advisory group were incorporated with the suggestions generated from other regional summits on housing that were taking place around the country. The results of these summits were then presented to the President during a National Housing Summit on 24 October 2001. A copy of the Shelter and Housing Advisory Group report, "Towards an Invigorated Housing Industry for Catalyzing National Development," was submitted to H.E. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Housing Secretary Michael Defensor.

Executive Summary of Recommendations

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