GENERAL FUNDAMENTALS
EO 209
The Family Code of the Philippines
(Effective August 3, 1988)
EO 227
Amending the Family Code
(Right to remarry, no prescription for declaration of nullity
Under article 36 of the Family code)
EO 1037
Creating the Philippine Retirement Park System
EO 26
The control and supervision of PRA was to the Board of Investments (BOI)
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Allowing former natural born Filipino citizens to own land for
residential purposes
PD 27
Emancipation of Tenant-farmers from bondage of the soil
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------RA 6809
An Act Lowering the Age of Majority from 21 to 18 years and Amending EO 209
RA 6657
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988
RA 6713
Cod of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials
RA 7042
Foreign Investments Act of 1991
RA 7160
Local Government Code of 1991
RA 7652
Investors Lease Act
RA 7881
Amendments to RA 6657
RA 7905
An Act to Strengthen the Implementation of the CARP
RA 791 6
The Special Economic Zone Act of 1995
RA 8179
An Act to further Liberalize Foreign Investments, Amending RA 7042
(Also for natural-born Filipino citizen to own land for investment purposes)
RA 8424
Tax Reform Act of 1997
RA 8748
An Act Amending RA No. 7916
RA 8981
PRC Modernization Act of 2000
RA 8139
The Administrative Naturalization Law of 2000
RA 9160
Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2001
RA 9194
Amending the AMLA RA 9160
RA 9225
Citizenship Retention and RE-acquisition Act of 2003
RA 9485
Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007
RA 9646
Real Estate Service Act of the Philippines
RA 9653
Rent Control Act of 2009
RA 9700
Amending RA 6657 (CARPER)
RA 9858
An Act Providing for the Legitimation of Children Born
to Parents Below Marrying Age
RA 10023
An Act Authorizing the Issuance of Free Patents to
Residential Lands
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EO 71
devolution of HLURBs function to approve subdivision plans to LGUs.
EO 72
providing for the preparation and implementation of the Comprehensive
Land Use Plans (CLUPs) of Local Government Units pursuant to the
Local Government Code of 1991 and other pertinent laws.
EO 90
Identifying the government agencies essential for the National Shelter Program
And defining their mandates, creating Housing and Urban Development (HUDCC)
[(NOW DSHUD)], rationalizing funding sources and lending mechanisms for
Home mortgages.
EO 124
Establishing priorities and procedures in evaluating areas for land conversion in
regional agricultural/industrial centers, tourism development areas and sites
for socialized housing
EO 184
Creating socialized housing one-stop processing centers
EO 648
Chapter of the Human Settlements Regulatory Commission [Declared the HLURB
NOW DSHUD as the planning, regulatory and quasi-judicial instrumentality of
Government for land use development]
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An act to Regulate the Sale of Property Under Special Powers Inserted in or
Annexed to Real Estate Mortgages
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An act authorizing the Ministry of Human Settlements to establish and
promulgate different levels of standards and technical requirements
For economic and socialized housing projects in urban and rural areas from
those provided under Presidential Decrees No. 957, 1216, 1096 & 1185
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Code of Sanitation of the Philippines
PD 953
Requiring the Planting of Trees in Certain Places and Penalizing Authorized
Cutting
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EO 21
Creating The Mount Makiling Reserve Area and Laguna De Bay Commission
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PD 813
Amending The Provisions of RA 4850 (LLDA)
PD 1517
Urban Land Reform Act
PD 1530
Creating The Home Development Mutual Funds
PD 1586
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) System
PD 2016
Prohibiting the Eviction of Occupant Families From Land identified
And proclaimed as Areas of Priority Development (APD) or as Urban
Land Reform Zones and exempting such from payment of real property taxes
PP 2146
Proclaiming Certain Areas and Types of Projects as Environmentally
Critical and Within the Scope of the Environmental Impact Statement System
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------RA 4850
An Act Creating the Laguna De Bay Development Authority
RA 8749
Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999
RA 7279
Urban Development and Housing Act of 1992
RA 8371
The Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997
RA 9003
Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000
RA 9175
RA 9275
Chain Saw Act of 2002
Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004
RA 9679
Home Development Mutual Fund of 2009
RA 9729
Climate Change Act of 2009
RA 10121
Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010
RA 10174
Amending RA 9729 “Climate Change Act of 2009
RA 11201
An Act Creating The Department of Human Settlement and Urban Development,
Defining Its Mandate, Powers and Functions, and Appropriating Funds therefor
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PD 957
The Subdivision and Condominium Buyer’s Protective Decree (regulating the sale
Of subdivision lots and condominiums, providing penalties for violations thereof)
PD 1216
Defining “Open Space” in residential subdivision and amending Sec. 31 of PD 957
Requiring subdivision owners to provide roads, alleys, sidewalks and reserve
Open space for parks or recreational use
PD 1344
Empowering the NHA to issue writ of execution in the enforcement of its
Decisions under PD 957
PD 1529
Property Registration Decree
PD 1752
Home Development Mutual Fund Law of 1980
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The Condominium Act (An act to define condominium, establish requirements
for its creation, and govern its incidents)
RA 6732
Allowing Administrative Reconstitution of Original Copies of Certificates of Titles
Lost or Destroyed due to Fire, Flood, and Other Force Majeure
RA 7899
Amending Sections 4 & 6 of RA 4726 (The Condominium Act)
RA 6552
Realty Installment Buyer Protection Act {Maceda Law}
RA 8974
An Act to Facilitate the Acquisition of Right-of-Way, Site or Location for
National Government Infrastructure Projects
RA 8763
Home Guaranty Corporation Act of 2000
RA 8791
General banking Act of 2000
RA 9856
The Real Investment Trust (REIT) Act of 2009
RA 9904
Magna Carta for Homeowners and Homeowners Associations
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------HLURB Board Resolution No. 890 Series of 2012
Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations to Govern Section 18 of Republic Act No. 7279
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