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February 10, 2011In force

Presidential Housing Sector Coordination Program PROVIVIENDA

Poder Ejecutivo

  • Decree: 004-2011
  • Published: February 10, 2011
  • Issuing body: Poder Ejecutivo
  • Gazette: 32,439
  • Category: Administrative
  • Type: Other

Summary

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This decree creates PROVIVIENDA, a program under the Presidency that coordinates all government housing efforts. It unifies scattered housing institutions to formulate coherent policies, manage public and private resources, and ensure subsidies and financing for poor families needing decent housing.

Considerations

Whereas the President of the Republic is responsible for the General Administration of the State, the supreme direction and coordination of the Centralized and Decentralized Public Administration. Among his powers is the authority to direct the general policy of the State and represent it, administer public finances, create, maintain and provide public services and take measures that are necessary for the proper functioning thereof. In the exercise of his functions, he may act on his own or in Council of Ministers.

Whereas the President of the Republic, by Decree in Council of Ministers, may issue within the Centralized Public Administration the regulations required for said acts, create the internal departments that may be necessary for proper administration and reorganize those departments that the efficiency of the Administration demands.

Whereas government attention to satisfy the demand for housing is a duty and a necessity. This attention involves processes in which a multiplicity of actors intervene and, for the majority of families, it is an aspiration and the most important investment they make in their lives, placing it in turn in a preponderant role in economic activity, in investments and in job creation.

Whereas the Government of the Republic has created to date an important number of institutions and departments with the objective of addressing the housing needs of the Honduran population, which in practice has generated isolated or occasional efforts, although valuable and important; this makes it indispensable to clearly define the strategy with which the State will address the housing challenge and deficit and the demands of lower-income persons, in an orderly and coordinated manner, based on previously established guidelines and policies, considering the competencies of the participating institutions, promoting the best parameters for articulation and coordination, directing public investment, unifying the leadership of the sector, its institutionality and legal framework, concentrating efforts, optimizing resources, improving channels of dialogue, the offering of direct subsidies as one of the principal mechanisms to address the housing demand of lower-income families and other aspirations and needs required for such purpose.

Whereas in relation to what is stated in the foregoing recital: (a) by Executive Decree Number PCM-019-2002, published in "La Gaceta", Official Gazette of the Republic on the twenty-ninth (29) of November of two thousand two (2002), the General Directorate of Housing and Urban Development was created, attached to the Department of State for Public Works, Transportation and Housing, substituting in its time the Housing Programs and Projects Unit (UPPV) and which in practice dedicates itself solely to housing subsidies, executing external funds for that purpose; (b) by Executive Decree Number PCM-39-2006, published in "La Gaceta", Official Gazette of the Republic on the twenty-fourth (24) of October of two thousand six (2006) and its Reform Executive Decree Number PCM-016-2010, published in "La Gaceta", Official Gazette of the Republic on the fourteenth (14) of May of two thousand ten (2010), the Citizen Housing Program or Solidarity Credit called PROVICCSOL was created and reformed, respectively, attached to the Presidency of the Republic; (c) by Executive Decree Number PCM-008-2009, published in "La Gaceta", Official Gazette of the Republic on the thirtieth (30) of April of two thousand nine (2009) the Housing Program called "ALBA-CITIZEN POWER" was created, designed and executed by the Government of the Republic and, which by Executive Decree Number PCM-M-015-2009, published in "La Gaceta", Official Gazette of the Republic on the twenty-second (22) of October of two thousand nine (2009) was renamed "RAMÓN VILLEDA MORALES Social Housing Program", also attached to the Presidency of the Republic and, (d) other departments that are dedicated to executing efforts within the sector such as FOSOVI, BANHPROVI, FHIS, FUNDEVI and RAP.

Whereas the foregoing indicates that in practice there exist diverse institutional spaces to address the housing challenge and deficit in the country, a dispersion that does not allow for timely knowledge of the achievements and impacts achieved in favor of the beneficiary population, which is why it is necessary to create a political instance with sufficient hierarchy for decision-making in benefit of the housing sector, that is, a central and constitutionally existing department, with the establishment by the Government of the Republic, among others, of guidelines, policies, legal framework and the most suitable institutionality to develop the housing sector and, which in turn, orders, directs and coordinates all current actors and efforts of the housing sector to provide immediate responses to the population in need of dignified housing, depending that it has strictly temporary oversight, that is, until such time as it constitutes an instance that definitively leads the housing sector of the country and in which the public sector, private enterprise and related civil organizations dedicated to activities of this sector are widely represented.

Articles

Article 1.-

Establish the "PRESIDENTIAL PROGRAM FOR COORDINATION OF THE HOUSING SECTOR" (PRO-VIVIENDA), attached to the Presidency of the Republic, with the purpose of coordinating, articulating, and contributing to all efforts to formulate, promote, and execute the Housing Sector Strategy of the Government and, among its functions and responsibilities, shall be:

  • a)

    Execute the directives and guidelines emanating from the Presidency of the Republic and from the Housing Sector Cabinet;

  • b)

    Promote dialogue and consultation with national and international actors involved in the housing sector to provide legal and institutional mechanisms for the strengthening of the sector;

  • c)

    Propose to the Presidency of the Republic, for its approval, the appropriate institutional structure and mechanisms to govern the sector and establish the necessary mechanisms for this purpose;

  • d)

    Promote the legal framework of the Housing Sector based on the approval of the Framework Law of the Sector, emanating from the Nation Plan and Vision for Country 2010-2038;

  • e)

    Propose to the Presidency of the Republic, for its approval, priority and targeted programs and/or projects to execute public and private funds in the housing sector, from national or foreign sources, even in cases of emergency;

  • f)

    Promote public-private partnerships to encourage greater scale of investments in the housing sector, also considering the possibilities of inclusion or participation in possible Special Development Zones;

  • g)

    Promote structural reform of the sector, which allows the proper functioning of procedures, mechanisms, and systems to channel and rationalize the resources of public and private investment in the sector;

  • h)

    Coordinate and consult with all actors in the housing sector to provide immediate responses to the population in need of dignified housing, with special emphasis on guaranteeing greater access to financing, subsidies, and other benefits;

  • i)

    Promote systematic strategies of communication, guidance, and attention such as campaigns on the different housing programs through web pages, radio announcements, written press, television messages, agreements with municipalities to serve as information and service centers for the sector;

  • j)

    Articulate and locate public and private investments and national and international donations for the housing sector;

  • k)

    Foster and develop conditions for broad participation of the private sector and organized civil society in the design, construction, financing, administration, and evaluation of housing projects through a systematic, coordinated, and sustained process;

  • l)

    Propose and coordinate the simplification and unification of requirements, procedures, and obtaining permits, authorizations, and licenses;

  • m)

    Articulate interventions in municipal jurisdictions with the leading participation of municipalities, in keeping with the decentralization process and other strategies for local strengthening that may be established;

  • n)

    Promote agreements with Municipalities for the development of programs and projects for improvement and construction of housing, as well as the provision of basic services; o) Promote that housing systems, mechanisms, and programs have an equality approach that ensures gender equity, to female heads of families, ethnic minorities, and groups in vulnerable conditions; p) Promote with corresponding public institutions, massive programs for property regularization through land titling; q) Manage financial resources for the housing sector for total and partial subsidies to low-income families, reactivating the sector and channeling and optimizing these resources; r) Promote the coordination of actions with bilateral financing, multilateral, and cooperative entities to obtain resources for the housing sector; s) Promote, through the country's financial system, the availability of long-term resources at competitive rates ensuring the financing of housing solutions; t) Oversee the strengthening, sustainability, and continuity of existing programs and/or projects; u) Promote the incorporation of basic sanitation services, the improvement, expansion, and complementation of existing housing units; v) Promote the creation of opportunities for access to housing units for new households in response to population growth; w) Other functions that the Presidency of the Republic delegates or instructs, or that the Housing Sector Cabinet establishes.

Article 2.-

The "PRESIDENTIAL PROGRAM FOR COORDINATION OF THE HOUSING SECTOR" (PRO-VIVIENDA) shall have a strictly temporary duration, that is, exclusively to formulate, promote, and execute the Housing Sector Strategy of the Government, as reflected in the preceding article, until the Government of the Republic establishes a governing body definitively for the housing sector in which the public sector, private enterprise, and related civil organizations or those dedicated to activities in this sector are broadly represented. The President of the Republic shall appoint a Presidential Commissioner as the head of this program or another related position and, once legally takes office, shall propose to the Housing Sector Cabinet for its approval, the basic administrative-technical structure and the budget estimate for its operations. Once the foregoing is approved, the Secretariat of State in the Ministry of Finance and the other corresponding departments shall identify, authorize, and enable the necessary budget in a timely manner for the operation of the Program, all in accordance with the Budget of Income and Expenditures of the Republic in effect.

Article 3.-

Establish the Housing Sector Cabinet, with the purpose of advising the Presidency of the Republic, establishing directives and guidelines for the formulation of housing policies, institutional coordination for their execution, and, ultimately, to cooperate with the "PRESIDENTIAL PROGRAM FOR COORDINATION OF THE HOUSING SECTOR" (PRO-VIVIENDA) in the fulfillment of its functions and responsibilities established in Article 1 of this Executive Decree or to cooperate with the body that is opportunely established as the permanent governing authority for the housing sector.

Article 4.-

The Housing Sector Cabinet shall be comprised of:

  • a)

    The Secretary of State of the Presidential Office;

  • b)

    The Secretary of State in the Ministry of Public Works, Transportation and Housing;

  • c)

    The Secretary of State in the Ministry of Finance;

  • d)

    The Secretary of State in the Ministry of Social Development;

  • e)

    The Secretary of State in the Ministries of Planning and External Cooperation;

  • f)

    The Director of the Honduran Social Investment Fund;

  • g)

    The head of the "PRESIDENTIAL PROGRAM FOR COORDINATION OF THE HOUSING SECTOR" (PRO-VIVIENDA) or the head of the body that is opportunely established as the permanent governing authority for the housing sector, who shall act with voice but without vote. When the nature of the matters requires it, the President of the Republic may include other Secretaries of State, heads of decentralized and deconcentrated entities, and representatives of private enterprise and civil organizations related to or dedicated to activities in this sector. The Housing Sector Cabinet shall be presided over by the President of the Republic, being able to delegate its coordination to the Secretary of State of the Presidential Office. The Cabinet Secretariat shall be exercised by the head of the "PRESIDENTIAL PROGRAM FOR COORDINATION OF THE HOUSING SECTOR" (PRO-VIVIENDA) or the head of the body that is opportunely established as the permanent governing authority for the housing sector. The various institutions and departments of the Centralized and Decentralized Public Administration are obligated to provide all collaboration that is required.

Article 5.-

This Decree shall be executed immediately and shall be published in "La Gaceta", Official Newspaper of the Republic. Given at Presidential House, Tegucigalpa, municipality of the Central District, on the twenty-fourth (24) day of the month of January of two thousand eleven (2011). BE IT KNOWN AND PUBLISHED. CARLOS ÁFRICO MADRID HART SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE MINISTRIES OF INTERIOR AND POPULATION JOSÉ ALEJANDRO VENTURA SORIANO SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION ARTURO BENDAÑA PIÑEL SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH OSCAR ÁLVAREZ GUERRERO SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SECURITY MARÍA ANTONIETA GUILLÉN VÁSQUEZ PRESIDENTIAL DESIGNATE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE MARLON PASCUA CERRATO SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE CARLOS BORJAS SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE, BY LAW JUAN JOSÉ CRUZ SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE MINISTRIES OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE, BY LAW MIGUEL RODRIGO PASTOR MEJÍA SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE MINISTRIES OF PUBLIC WORKS, TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING FELÍCITO ÁVILA ORDÓÑEZ SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE MINISTRIES OF LABOR AND SOCIAL SECURITY JACOBO REGALADO SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE MINISTRIES OF AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK RIGOBERTO CUÉLLAR CRUZ SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE MINISTRIES OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT HILDA ROSARIO HERNÁNDEZ ALVARADO SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ARTURO CORRALES ÁLVAREZ TECHNICAL SECRETARY OF PLANNING AND EXTERNAL COOPERATION GODOFREDO FAJARDO SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE MINISTRIES OF CULTURE, ARTS AND SPORTS, BY LAW SYNTHIA BENNETT SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TOURISM, BY LAW ANA PINEDA HERNÁNDEZ SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE MINISTRIES OF JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS LUIS GREEN MORALES SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE MINISTRIES OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND AFRO-HONDURANS CÉSAR HAM PEÑA MINISTER DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL AGRARIAN INSTITUTE MARÍA ELENA ZEPEDA MINISTER DIRECTOR OF THE FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM MARÍA ANTONIETA BOTTO HANDAL MINISTER DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WOMEN JOSÉ TRINIDAD SUAZO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FOREST CONSERVATION, PROTECTED AREAS AND WILDLIFE INSTITUTE CONFIRMED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC IN COMPLIANCE WITH ARTICLE 20 OF THE GENERAL LAW OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PORFIRIO LOBO SOSA PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC

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