IN an effort to further empower homeowners and homeowners’ associations (HOAs), the city of Cagayan de Oro conducted an orientation training led by Mayor Rolando ‘Klarex’ Uy’s administration. The initiative was organized through the City Housing and Urban Development Department (Chudd) in collaboration with the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) Region 10.  […]

The Human Settlements Adjudication Commission in Bicol (HSAC-5) on Friday urged the public to get in touch with the office to help them settle housing disputes in the region. The HSAC was reconstituted from the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB) by virtue of Republic Act 11201, as a purely quasi-judicial agency, mandated to […]

A CANADIAN national has asked the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) 7 to probe alleged mismanagement at a condominium in Barangay Kamputhaw, Cebu City, citing violations of fire safety regulations, among others.  George Nathaniel Hancock, a unit owner at Winland Towers Condominium Corp., is asking the NBI 7 to investigate alleged Fire Code violations, criminal […]

THE Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) has discovered alleged disparities in fire safety documentation and deficiencies in the electrical system of a condominium in Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City. SFO3 Lemuel Vincent Alcoseba II, commander of the Mabolo Fire Substation, said on Monday, March 24, 2025, that the building management of San Marino Residences failed to […]

CJH DEVELOPMENT Corp. (CJHDevCo) urged the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) to respect the rights of condominium unit owners and golf shareholders. “There are about 400 (condo owners), and zero have signed up with BCDA. Why is it zero? Because BCDA is not offering them anything. They just want to take over the condominiums […]

THE Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) has ordered the closure of San Marino Residences in Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City, for failing to comply with fire safety requirements.  On Thursday, March 13, 2025, the BFP issued the closure order after multiple violations were found, including the absence of smoke control systems and atrium fire protection, as […]

Hundreds of condominium homeowners were left in the dark after Visayan Electric Company (VECO) cut off power to three residential buildings due to alleged unpaid electricity bills amounting to millions of pesos.    Read the article…………………………….

Q: I am a homeowner in an exclusive subdivision. I have been paying the annual dues regularly until 2021, when I eventually decided to lease it out to my friend. The lease period is five years, and annexed to our contract is a document in which I expressly authorize the lessee to be a member […]

The ready-for-occupancy (RFO) condominium market in Metro Manila faces significant challenges, with the unsold units expected to take more than eight years to be fully absorbed, based on the latest report from Colliers Philippines.   Read the article…………………………….

Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna inaugurated yesterday the city’s first rent-to-own public condominiums.  According to the local government, the housing project aims to provide affordable condominium units to low-income residents.    Read the article…………………………….

The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has voiced concerns over the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s (BIR) verbal request to Oriental Place for sensitive information, including a list of residential units in the Makati condominium, names and contact details of unit owners leasing their properties, and notarized lease contracts.   Read the article…………………………….

Q: I recently moved into a new condominium in Brgy. Bagong Pag-asa, Quezon City, and I am planning to get a Wi-Fi connection because I need it for my job as a virtual assistant. When I asked the condominium administration about it, they informed me that they have an exclusive partnership with only one Internet […]

The Division for the Welfare of the Urban Poor (DWUP) reminded the city’s homeowners associations (HOAs) to be aware of their rights.  This as DWUP plans to conduct a series of information dissemination drives around the city to remind HOAs regarding the new implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9904 or the Magna […]

AMID complaints from some unit buyers and owners of Tipolo Urban Deca Homes that water disconnections should not be used as a penalty for unpaid association fees, the management defended the measure, saying it was necessary and a last resort to encourage payment.      Read the article…………………………….

Cebu City’s Division for the Welfare of the Urban Poor (DWUP) is set to recognize outstanding homeowners’ associations (HOAs), their officials, and other stakeholders in this year’s Urban Poor Solidarity Week set on the first week of December.  DWUP executive director Ronald Anthony “Butch” Librando said the activity aims to recognize the work of the […]

The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in Cebu City warned against a condominium in Barangay Mabolo in Cebu City after it failed to comply with their recommendations in their previous inspection.   Read the article…………………………….

Occupants of a privately-owned low rise condominium in Brgy. Tipolo sought the assistance of the Mandaue City government after they lost their water supply last October 28.  In a letter which they sent to Mayor Glenn Bercede, the affected families said that the management of Urban Deca Homes cut their water supply to force them […]

Bicol Saro Partylist Representative Brian Raymund Yamsuan wants new legislation that would mandate the creation of conciliation committees within homeowners’ associations (HOAs) to amicably settle disputes among their members.  Yamsuan said the measure, as outlined under House Bill (HB) 10908, aims to provide HOAs with a “simplified and inexpensive means” of resolving disagreements among their […]

UNDERSTANDABLY, frustrations abound with the homeowners of Fiesta Communities Tabun Mabalacat City Homeowners Association, Inc. (FCTMCHAI) due to the uncertainty of the results of the election of the new set of Board of Directors of the Association.    https://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/opinion/frustrations-abound-at-the-hoa

The ongoing dispute between two factions vying for control of the Multinational Village Homeowners Association (MVHA) has resulted in the freezing of the association’s accounts at BDO Unibank Inc. and China Banking Corporation.    Read the article…………………………….

The Revised IRR of the Charter for Homeowners’ Association took effect on Oct. 25, 2021. Whether you are a member, officer or trustee of a homeowner’s association, federation, confederation or involved as a developer, contractor, engineer, architect, security agency, vendor, utility company, financing institution, government agency who needs to deal with homeowner associations, or a […]

THE preamble of the Code of Professional Responsibility and Accountability (the Code) states that “the existence of a free and independent society depends upon the recognition of the concept that justice is based on the rule of law” and a lawyer’s “failure to abide by the Code results in sanctions.”    Read the article…………………………….

AT THE Aprobado sa Konseho meeting on Thursday, Councilor Bai Hundra Cassandra “Sweet” Advincula advised Verdon Parc residents to lodge complaints with the Human Settlements Adjudication Commission (HSAC) while awaiting the Office of the Building Official’s (Ocbo’s) inspection results.    Read the article…………………………….

Bicol Saro party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan has introduced a measure mandating local government units (LGUs) to convene twice a year with homeowners’ associations (HOAs) within their jurisdiction to establish a regular line of communication to address issues of mutual concern.   Read the article…………………………….

Cebu City Councilor Pastor “Jun” Alcover filed a criminal complaint against members of the Homeowners Association of Beverly Hills, Lahug after they allegedly installed another barricade at their gates that bars the entry of the public anew.   Read the article…………………………….

A HOMEOWNERS association based in Barangay Banilad, Cebu City, has lodged a complaint before the Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas against Cebu City Legal Officer Carlo Vincent Gimena and 11 other lawyers for violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.   Read the article…………………………….

Cebu City’s housing summit finally pushed through with various homeowners from different associations in attendance, hoping to finally settle concerns involving their lots, particularly those identified as Capitol-owned properties.  Close to 70 officials from different homeowners, especially those with some lot issues and concern, gathered at the Community Hall of the Cebu City Hall last […]

The management of a condominium unit mentioned in an alleged leaked report of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has been subpoenaed by a Senate panel to attend its next hearing.  In its letter to the Senate committee on public order and dangerous drugs, Rockwell Residential Towers Condominium Corp. invoked the Data Privacy Act in […]

A leadership battle involving abogados, milyonaryos and veteran bankers is shaping up inside Dasmariñas Village, home to some bilyonaryos and celebrities.  Two camps are fighting for control of the homeowners association inside one of the most exclusive enclaves in the country, where prices of properties range from P110 million to P1.3 billion.   Read the article…………………………….

Dear PAO,  I am a homeowner in an exclusive subdivision. I have been paying the annual dues regularly until 2021, when I eventually decided to lease it out to my friend. The lease period is five years, and annexed to our contract is a document in which I expressly authorize the lessee to be a […]

Dear PAO,  I own a house and lot inside a subdivision in Pasig City, where I am a member of the Board of Directors of its registered homeowner’s association (HOA). Last month, I bought another residential property in the neighboring subdivision where my current house is. I would like to know if, as a member […]

HOMEOWNERS of Sunberry Homes in Sudtonggan, Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City continue to complain about exorbitant water rates a year after raising the matter before the government.  Now, they have a new axe to grind: they are accusing the developer of preventing them from using the subdivision’s facilities.   Read the article…………………………….

A unit owner, choosing to remain anonymous, disclosed in a Messenger interview with SunStar Davao that they have already evacuated their unit. They sought repairs for the unit after feeling an intensity 4 earthquake in the city on Friday afternoon, November 17.    Read the article…………………………

Remember that posh and gated subdivision in Pasig hounded by problems such as the alleged lack of transparency from its homeowners’ association? I wrote about it last June 27 in a column titled “Problems hound posh residential subdivision.”  That story seemingly opened a can of worms. It turns out, so say readers, many residential villages, […]

It took a while before Ilonggos started to get a hang of “condo-living.” For the longest time, even if in Metro Manila, condominiums were already all over, people from Iloilo City still literally had their feet planted on the ground by living in bungalows.   Read the article………………………..

THE Quezon City government will inspect businesses located inside subdivisions following the deadly August 31 fire that razed a house that was converted into a business establishment.   Read the article………………………..

WHAT JUST HAPPENED regarding the controversy between the Beverly Homeowners Association on one hand and the Cebu City Government and commuters using or wanting to use subdivision roads on the other: Mayor Michael Rama reportedly gave a “marching order” to start “recovering all public roads” that have been used “exclusively” by some subdivisions in the […]

MULTIPLE concerns have been raised by unit owners of the condominium building next to the one in Grand Residences that was hit by fire on April 14, 2023, and among these was the fire alarm sounding only 40 minutes to one hour after the fire had started and their now being made to return to […]

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) yesterday warned condominium owners against harboring illegal foreign nationals after Sen. Risa Hontiveros reported that some condominiums in Metro Manila are being used in crypto currency scam operations.    Read the article………………………..

Q: The officers of the homeowner’s association in our subdivision decided to put another basketball court in the common area of our subdivision. Do they have the right to decide on this without even consulting us, the homeowners?   Read the Q&A……………………………….

Location remains an integral qualifier in the selection of property to buy or lease. Property within walking distance from work or school saves time and money. As most engagements are in major cities, the trend is for developers to build high-rise properties over limited land. For young professionals and startup families in search of a […]

Trouble has been brewing at the exclusive Tali Beach Resort in Batangas ahead of its homeowners association’s annual elections tomorrow, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023.  From all indications, a team of nine directors looks likely to retain control of the board of directors of the upscale resort, but several other homeowners are chafing at the voting […]

The Confederation of Homeowners Associations of Negros Occidental was formally launched yesterday in Talisay City, making it the first to be organized in Western Visayas, spurred by the Metro 3rd Balay Hilway Program of Third District Rep. Jose Francisco “Kiko” Benitez.   Read the article………………………..

The Court of Appeals (CA) has turned down a petition filed by condominium unit owners against a company which bought the land where their units are located.  The appellate court dismissed the petition of the owners of 10 units in two buildings of Xavierville Executive Townhouse in Quezon City against Barrington Consumer Distributions Corporation.    Read […]

Forty-six homeowners’ associations in the third district of Negros Occidental participated in series of orientation workshops for the formation of a Metro Third Housing Confederation, as facilitated by the congressional office of Rep. Jose Francisco Benitez.   Read the article………………………..