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per year to address homelessness within two decades.

Two of these proposals have been enacted into law, namely the Balanced Housing Program Amendment Act of 2016 (R.A. 10884) and the creation of the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) in 2019 (R.A. 11201), whose resulting regulations and programs continue to be closely monitored by the Chamber.

Guest speakers included Sen. JV Ejercito, chairman of the Senate Committee on Housing; Secretary Leo Tereso Magno, Presidential Assistant for Eastern Mindanao, Climate Change Commissioner Albert Dela Cruz; Worldbank-International Finance Corporation (IFC) technical specialist for building resiliency Pearl Mars; and heads of the regional offices of the DHSUD and the rest of the key shelter agencies PagIBIG Fund, National Housing Authority and National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation. Conference host was CREBA SOCCSKSARGEN Chapter led by Isidro Protacio, chapter president.