Home Development Mutual Fund/Pag-IBIG Fund

Officer 11:24 AM, Sep 16, 2021

16 September 2021

Dear MR. KEVIN ABEL TIAMBENG,

This refers to your eFOI request received on 26 August 2021 via the eFOI portal of the Home Development Mutual Fund (Fund) wherein you requested for information regarding:
 
1.	Total number of Pag-IBIG Fund members as of 26 August 2021;
2.	Demographic of its members (out of total number of Pag-IBIG members)
a.	Age;
b.	Gender;
c.	Geographic Area (per Region / NCR – broken down by city)
d.	Income level; and
e.	Others.

3.	Total number of Pag-IBIG members with housing loans out of the total number of Pag-IBIG members
4.	Demographics of Pag-IBIG members with loans
a.	Age;
b.	Gender;
c.	Geographic area (per Region / NCR – broken down by city)
d.	Income Level; and
e.	Others.

According to you, these queries shall be used for research purposes. 

May we clarify the particular research you are undertaking in. Should this be for academic purposes, kindly submit the following:

1. A copy of your school ID; and
2. An endorsement of your request using your school letterhead duly signed by your College Dean 

This is necessary for our records purposes that it is an official activity sanctioned by your university. Kindly send the scanned copy of your school ID and said endorsement to efoi@pagibigfund.gov.ph.

Also, after submitting the requirements above, kindly be informed that due to the voluminous information being requested which needs to be secured from different offices of the Fund, an additional time is needed by our Office to gather the requested data.

Thank you.

eFOI Receiving Officer

Officer 05:38 PM, Oct 14, 2021

October 14, 2021

Dear Kevin Abel,

Thank you for your request dated Aug 26, 2021 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Total number of PAG-IBIG Members as 2021.

We received your request on Aug 26, 2021 and will respond on or before 14 October 2021, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHgsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEUhETUYtODY0NTcxNjg5Mzc4DA, for request with ticket number #HDMF-864571689378.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Receiving Officer
FOI Officer

Pimentel, Jr. 05:44 PM, Oct 14, 2021

14 October 2021

Dear MR. KEVIN ABEL R. TIAMBENG,

This refers to your eFOI request received on 26 August 2021 sent to the eFOI portal of the Home Development Mutual Fund (Fund) wherein you asked for the following information:

1.	Total number of Pag-IBIG Fund members as of 26 August 2021; 

2.	Demographics of its members (out of total number of Pag-IBIG members)

a.	Age 
b.	Gender
c.	Geographic Area (per Region/NCR – broken down by city)
d.	Income level
e.	Others
 
3.	Total number of Pag-IBIG members with housing loans out of the total number of Pag-IBIG members 

4.	Demographics of Pag-IBIG members with housing loans 

a.	Age 
b.	Gender 
c.	Geographic area (per Region / NCR – broken down by city) 
d.	Income Level
e.	Others

On 16 September 2021, our Office requested you to clarify the particular research you are undertaking in and, if for academic purposes, for you to submit additional documents (i.e. school ID and an endorsement of your request using your school letterhead duly signed by your College Dean). We also advised you that after your submission of the above-mentioned requirements, that due to the voluminous information being requested which needs to be secured from different offices of the Fund, an additional time is needed by our Office to gather the requested data.

On 20 September 2021, we received a clarification from you that the purpose of your request is for work research – PH Housing Market. Thereafter, on 22 September 2021, we informed you that in accordance with the Fund’s Freedom of Information Manual, an additional time of twenty (20) working days is needed for the Operating Units Concerned to gather the data.

Thereafter, we raised this matter to the Operating Units Concerned – the Corporate Planning Department (CorPlan) and Information Systems Group.

In response to your request, please find the attached Annex “A” from our CorPlan containing the available information on:

1.	Total number of Pag-IBIG Fund active members as of August 2021; 
2.	Demographics of Pag-IBIG Fund active members as of August 2021 by age, gender, and income level;
3.	Total number of Pag-IBIG members with housing loans for the period of January to August 2021
4.	Demographics of Pag-IBIG members with housing loans (for the period of January to August 2021) by gender and income level.

With regard to the Demographic of Pag-IBIG Fund active members as of 31 August 2021 by Geographic Area, please find the attached Annex “B” as provided for by our Information Systems Group.

Thank you.


ATTY. JOSE ROBERTO F. PO
Department Manager III, Legal Department and
Deputy Compliance Officer

Attachments:
 Annex A.pdf
 Annex B.pdf