National Housing Authority(NHA)

July 2, 2019 Dear Ms. Baldeo: I refer to my letter of June 16, 2019, about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, re data on Informal Settlements. We requested for your submission of a letter addressed to NHA General Manager Marcelino P. Escalada, Jr., using your school letterhead and duly endorsed by your course professor and college dean. However, up to this date, we have not received any communication from your end. During the period of us awaiting your reply, your request will be put on hold. If we do not receive a reply on or before September 24, 2019, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Very truly yours, MARICRIS G. MANINIT Information Chief A Alternate Decision Maker & FOI Compliance and Monitoring Unit Head

Sep 24, 2019 Dear Mydel, I refer to my letter of Jul 02, 2019 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Informal Settlements. In particular, I had requested specific information for you to clarify upon in order for us to proceed with the request. As we have not received a reply within the 60-day working period since the letter requesting for clarification was sent out, we regret to inform you that this request will be closed as of Sep 24, 2019. You may wish to submit a new request describing the specific information you are looking for, and we will be able to consider it under the guidelines as stated in Executive Order No. 2. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to or visiting our central office. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, Ivanswenda V. FOI Officer