President Benigno S. Aquino III appointed Atty. Chito M. Cruz as the new HUDCC Chairman on July 31, 2015.  As HUDCC Chairman, Atty. Cruz also serves as Chairman of the Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF) or Pag-IBIG Fund, Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB), National Home Mortgage Financing Corporation (NHMFC), National Housing Authority (NHA) and Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC), and Vice Chairman of the Home Guaranty Corporation (HGC).

            Prior to his appointment, Chairman Cruz served as the General Manager of the NHA for five years, where he led the implementation of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Philippine National Police (AFP/PNP) Housing Program, Housing Program for Informal Settler Families (ISFs) living in danger areas, and permanent housing projects for calamity victims.  Through these programs, he helped realize the government’s social contract with the Filipino people relative to addressing the housing need of the country.

            As the new Chairman of HUDCC, Atty. Cruz is expected to ensure the delivery of the government housing agencies’ targets and commitments under the Philippine Development Plan.  He aims to continuously live up to the expectation of providing decent, adequate and affordable housing to the most number of marginalized Filipinos.  

            Chairman Cruz is a native of Dinalupihan, Bataan. He earned his degrees in Law and AB at the Ateneo de Manila University. He passed the bar in 1986 and started as an Associate in Belo, Abiera Associates Law Firm. Together with his colleagues, they established in 1993 the Cruz, Cruz and Navarro Law Offices. From 1998 to 2004, he served as the senior deputy administrator of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA).