The National Housing Authority (NHA), now on its 43 years, is a Government-Owned and -Controlled Corporation (GOCC) under the administrative supervision of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) and classified under the Infrastructure Utilities Group.

Under Presidential Decree No. 757 dated 31 July 1975 and promulgated on 15 October 1975, the National Housing Authority was tasked to develop and implement a comprehensive and integrated housing program which shall embrace, among others, housing development and resettlement, sources and schemes of financing, and delineation of government and private sector participation.