To focus providing the housing backlog in the country, top government officials, led by President Rodrigo Duterte, discussed in the second Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) meeting held in Malacañang on Tuesday the one of the proposed proposition under the Rightsizing Bill which will be the creation of Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The House Bill 5707, also known as the “Rightsizing the National Government Act,” is one of the six priority measures of the President Rodrigo Duterte during his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 24, stating that the separate housing department must be envisioned to be more powerful and effective than the current Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council.
The said bill seeks the need to improve the quality of government service delivered by reducing redundancy and rationalizing operations, support systems, and organization structure.
The passage of the bill will further ensure the long term sustainability of the government service through resource mobilization and cost effective public expenditure management.
Other topics that were discussed during the Ledac meeting were the approval of the Sectoral Representatives, approval of the Common Legislative Agenda (CLA), the creation of the LEDAC Executive Committee, and also the agreement to let the Legislative to study and review the bills regarding the procurement process.
The next LEDAC meeting is set to resume in September 20. | (Tina Joyce Laceda – PTV)
