THE Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) said on Monday that private developers will build more housing units, following the release of the certificates of registration and licenses to sell (CR-LS). DHSUD Secretary Jose Ramon Aliling lauded the agency’s Regional Offices (ROs) and the Housing and Real Estate Development Regulation Bureau (HREDRB) for acting on 129 pending applications for CR-LS during the first 10 working days of 2026. “With the issuance of the CR-LS and other DHSUD reforms, the production of socialized housing by private developers is expected to go full blast,” the DHSUD chief said. Compliant applications were released immediately, while others were returned to the concerned developers for completion of requirements, and some were terminated for being non-compliant, Aliling said. Supervising Senior Undersecretary Sharon Faith Paquiz said that other applications for CR/LS were either assessed with incomplete requirements, which are now for compliance by the concerned developers, or were terminated due to failure to submit the requirements within the deadline. “To achieve this output, Secretary Aliling issued a policy streamlining the process for the developer-applicant, ROs, and HREDRB," Paquiz stressed. The released CR-LS covered various socialized, economic, and open market housing projects throughout the country, according to the housing department. To sustain the positive momentum, the DHSUD chief vowed that new applications for 2026 will be processed within the period indicated in the applicable streamlined guidelines. On Jan. 5, the housing czar ordered all ROs to release pending CR-LS applications for 2025 with completed requirements within the first 10 working days of 2026 or by Jan. 16. The move was aimed at boosting the ongoing nationwide rollout of the Marcos administration’s expanded Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino (4PH) program, the DHSUD said. Late last year, the DHSUD and the Department of Economy, Planning and Development released a joint memorandum that adjusted the price ceiling for socialized housing to P950,000 for a house and lot package or horizontal development, and P1.8 million for condominium-type. The DHSUD also convinced the Bureau of Internal Revenue to simplify and streamline the application for tax exemption of socialized housing projects.