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SB 1458

Senate·20th Congress·Filed Oct 22, 2025

Free Housing Usufruct Act

An Act Ordaining a National Policy of Free Housing Through Usufruct, and Appropriating Funds Therefor

Status

Pending in the committee

What does this mean?

It’s being studied in committee, which may hold hearings before deciding whether to recommend it. Most bills stay at this stage.

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Status history

No changes since we started checking daily on Oct 4, 2026.

Primary committee: Urban Planning, Housing and Resettlement
Secondary: Local Government, Finance

Status via BatasWatch (independent source)

Author · Senator

Camille A. VillarReceipts →

In plain language

The bill would let the government give free-use housing to poor, homeless Filipinos who own no land, while the state keeps the title.

Housing and Urban DevelopmentPublic Works and Infrastructure

Automated summary by BatasWatch. It may miss nuance — read the bill text before citing it.

Author · Senator

Camille A. VillarReceipts →

Official sources

SBN-1458 (AS FILED)
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Printed from CivicSync PH: https://civicsync-ph-gamma.vercel.app/bills/SBN-1458. Status changes over time; check the link for the latest.

SBN-1458 · Sources: BatasWatch

SB 1458: Free Housing Usufruct Act · CivicSync PH

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