Purpose and Rationale
- Addresses bureaucratic delays and cumbersome processing of permits necessary for socialized housing projects.
- Seeks to streamline issuance of permits, clearances, certifications, and licenses to cut project implementation time and costs.
- Complies with Section 20 of RA No. 7279 mandating creation of one-stop offices with a 90-day processing period.
Creation of Socialized Housing One-Stop Processing Centers (SHOPCs)
- SHOPCs established in all administrative regions to facilitate permit issuance.
- Manned by representatives from six key government agencies: HUDCC, HLURB, DAR, DENR-LMB, DA, DILG.
- Each agency required to designate officials with delegated authority to evaluate, process, and issue necessary documents.
- Private sector organizations such as CREBA and LGCM may establish desks to provide monitoring and coordination support.
Powers and Functions of SHOPCs
- Authority to issue locational clearances, conversion orders, development permits, licenses to sell, and environmental clearance certificates.
- Determine disturbance compensation for tenant-farmers and ensure proper compensation.
- Simplify and expedite permit processing to meet the 90-day issuance mandate.
- Ability to request assistance from other agencies for effective operations.
Agency Desk Responsibilities
HUDCC Desk:
- Coordinates, monitors, and administers SHOPC operations.
- Determines operational costs and staffing requirements.
- Liaises with other government offices and submits status reports.
HLURB Desk:
- Accepts and evaluates project applications.
- Conducts site inspections and recommends land conversion when appropriate.
- Issues locational clearances and licenses to sell.
- Certifies absence of environmental restrictions.
DAR Desk:
- Fixes disturbance compensation following prescribed formula.
- Evaluates land conversion and CARP exemption applications.
- Issues certificates for land conversion and exemption.
DENR-LMB Desk:
- Issues environmental clearance certificates for projects in critical areas.
- Verifies land surveys and approves subdivision plans.
DILG Desk:
- Coordinates with local governments to facilitate necessary local approvals.
CREBA and NGO Desks:
- Monitors SHOPC compliance and facilitates coordination.
- Provides additional manpower and liaises with relevant government offices.
Processing Guidelines and Monitoring
- Agencies tasked to jointly prepare and amend guidelines and flow charts for expediting applications.
- Ensures applications are processed within 90 days as mandated.
Submission of Supporting Documents and Maps
- Various agencies must submit relevant master lists, maps, zoning plans, land-use maps, and environmental data to HUDCC and SHOPCs.
- Requirements include agricultural lands, zoning ordinances, environmentally critical areas, town/city plans, CARP coverage, and tenant-farmer data.
- Data to be updated regularly, at least quarterly.
Developer/Proponent Obligations and Penalties
- Developers must submit a sworn undertaking to complete projects within specified periods (1 year for projects <5 hectares, 5 hectares per year otherwise).
- Non-compliance may result in:
- Cancellation or suspension of permits and licenses.
- Suspension from engaging in real estate development.
- Reversion of land to agricultural status.
- Agencies to promulgate implementing guidelines for penalties.
Fees and Costs
- SHOPCs may impose additional fees beyond those of individual agencies, subject to HUDCC determination.
- Component agencies shall budget for their proportional share of SHOPC operational costs.
Legal Provisions
- Separability clause: invalid provisions do not affect the rest of the order.
- Repealing clause: inconsistent prior executive or administrative issuances are amended or repealed.
Effectivity
- The Order took effect immediately upon issuance on June 27, 1994.