MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is made, entered into, and executed this
____________________________ by and between:
The DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT, a national government agency
with office address at the DHSUD Building, Kalayaan Avenue
corner Mayaman Street, Diliman, Quezon City, herein
represented by SECRETARY JOSE RIZALINO L. ACUZAR
[or other authorized DHSUD Official], hereinafter referred to
as “DHSUD”;
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________________________________________________
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
__________________________ hereinafter referred to as
the “_____________”.
DHSUD and the ________ may also be referred to individually as “Party”
and collectively as “Parties”.
WITNESSETH: That
WHEREAS, Republic Act (R.A.) No. 11201 created the Department of Human
Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) as the primary national government entity
responsible for the management, policy, regulation, and program coordination of housing,
human settlement, and urban development concerns;
WHEREAS, the Pambansang Pabahay Para sa Pilipino (4PH) Program is a government
housing project through DHSUD in tandem with its key shelter agencies, which aims to
service the housing needs of the Philippines for over six million families by 2028;
WHEREAS, the __________, in support of the said DHSUD Program, commits to identify
and allocate to DHSUD a parcel or parcels of its land (“Property”) for the development of
the foregoing housing projects;
WHEREAS, the Parties aim to develop housing projects for the benefit of the residents
of ____<location of the project>__________, especially the Informal Settler Families
(ISFs), both for residential and commercial purposes, by pooling together their technical,
financial and manpower resources for the development of the said projects;
NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing premises, the Parties
hereby agree to the following:
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
DHSUD and ____________________________
Pambansang Pabahay Para sa Pilipino (4PH) Program
Section 1. RESPONSIBILITIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF DHSUD. DHSUD shall
facilitate, either directly or through its Key Shelter Agencies (KSAs), the implementation
of the housing projects in collaboration with _____________ and other relevant agencies.
DHSUD shall also assist __________ in the preparation of the necessary documents and
in securing the required permits and licenses issued by national government agencies.
It likewise warrants to expedite the development of the housing projects on the Property.
Section 2. RESPONSIBILITIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE __________. The
___________ shall be responsible for identifying the land that is suitable and safe for
enrolment to the Program.
It shall comply with the technical, financial, and documentary requirements as may be
required under the Program and shall facilitate the processing of all required permits and
licenses to be issued by the local authorities for its full implementation.
It shall carry out the beneficiary listing, which shall include, but not be limited to, social
preparation, ISF census enumeration, socio-economic profiling, and the establishment of
social parameters.
Section 3. EXECUTION OF A SUBSEQUENT AGREEMENT. The Parties bind
themselves to execute the corresponding Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to
effectuate the commitments and obligations of the Parties in this MOU relative to the
realization of the Program in the [Province/City/Municipality] of _______________.
Section 4. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS:
4.1 MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING – This MOU contains the mutual understanding
between the Parties on the subject matter, subject to the definitive agreement
contemplated under Section 3 that the Parties may subsequently enter into.
It is understood that all terms and conditions herein provided are subject to and
subordinate to the internal approvals, existing laws, rules, regulations, and circulars
pertinent to the subject matter of this MOU. In case of conflict, the pertinent
provisions of such rules, regulations, and circulars shall prevail.
4.2 COUNTERPARTS – This MOU may be executed simultaneously in one or more
counterparts, each one of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
4.3 GOOD FAITH – In complying and implementing the terms of this MOU, the Parties
shall exercise good faith and cooperation to ensure the fulfillment of their common
objective.
4.4 BINDING EFFECT – This MOU shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon,
the Parties hereto and their respective successors-in-interest and permitted assigns.
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Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
DHSUD and ____________________________
Pambansang Pabahay Para sa Pilipino (4PH) Program
4.5 NON-WAIVER OF RIGHTS – The rights of a Party will not be prejudiced or restricted
by any indulgence or forbearance extended by it to the other Party, and no waiver
by a Party in respect of any breach of this MOU will operate as a waiver in respect
to any current or subsequent breach thereof;
4.6 SEPARABILITY – If any term, provision, or condition provided in this MOU is
subsequently declared void, contrary to law, or unenforceable by a court of
competent jurisdiction, the validity of the other terms, provisions or conditions not
affected by such declaration shall remain valid and binding. The Parties shall
however endeavor and exert best efforts to agree on the substitution of the void,
illegal or unenforceable provision(s) with legally acceptable clauses approximating
as closely as possible the sense, intent and purpose of the affected provisions and
of this Understanding as a whole; and
4.7 GOVERNING LAW – This MOU shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance
with the laws of the Republic of the Philippines.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have signed and executed this
Memorandum of Understanding this __________________ in __________________.
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
SETTLEMENTS AND URBAN _______________________________
DEVELOPMENT (DHSUD)
By: By:
________________________________ ________________________________
JOSE RIZALINO L. ACUZAR _______<name>________
Secretary [Position]
[or Other Authorized DHSUD Official]
SIGNED IN THE PRESENCE OF:
________________________________ ________________________________
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Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
DHSUD and ____________________________
Pambansang Pabahay Para sa Pilipino (4PH) Program
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPINES }
___________________________} S.S.
BEFORE ME, personally appeared:
1) Jose Rizalino L. Acuzar ID :
[or Other Authorized DHSUD Issued On: :
Official] Issued By: :
Expires On: :
2) ID :
Issued On: :
Issued By: :
Expires On: :
to me known to be the same persons who executed the foregoing instrument, and each
acknowledged to me that they have acted in a representative capacity, that they are duly
authorized to represent as such, and that the same is their own free and voluntary act
and deed as well as of the institutions and local government unit represented.
This Memorandum of Understanding consists of ___ (__) pages, including the page
wherein this acknowledgment is written, signed by the Parties and their witnesses.
WITNESS MY HAND AND NOTARIAL SEAL, this ______ day of ______________ in
________________________________, Philippines.
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