Stay-at-Home Moms May Soon Earn P1,500 Monthly

New bill wants to pay stay-at-home moms P1,500/month. Fair? Or long overdue?

Published on Aug 28, 2025

Studies have shown the significant unpaid work that full-time, stay-at-home mothers contribute to their families. One study indicates that mothers work the equivalent of 2.5 full-time jobs, while another found that their work should be valued at $145,000 a year. Mothers play a crucial role in managing their households and caring for their families, most of which goes uncompensated.

The value becomes even more significant in underprivileged households, where every peso counts. In this setting, stay-at-home moms often sacrifice potential earnings to focus on the essential, yet unpaid, work of raising their families.

In response to this, a new bill has been filed in the House of Representatives aimed at acknowledging the unpaid labor of full-time mothers. House Bill No. 3141, or the Nanay ng Tahanan Act, seeks to provide a monthly financial aid of P1,500 to housewives who stay home full-time to care for their children and do not have any form of paid employment. Authored by Rep. Nathaniel “Atty. Nat” Oducado, the bill highlights the often-overlooked contributions of mothers who manage households and care for young children.

Who Qualifies

To be eligible for this assistance, a mother must:

Be unemployed, with no part-time or home-based job.

Belong to a family with an income below the poverty threshold.

Be caring for a child aged 12 or younger, or for a child with a mental incapacity who cannot care for themselves.

Conditions for Support

The bill outlines specific conditions to ensure accountability and encourage active community involvement:

Children under the mother’s care must attend public school with at least 85% attendance.

Children must demonstrate responsible behavior within the community.

Families must participate in quarterly barangay assemblies aimed at empowering them to become responsible members of the locality.

Implementation and Funding

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will oversee the program's implementation in coordination with local government units (LGUs). Funding will come from the General Appropriations Act.

Additionally, Congress, in consultation with the DSWD, will review the compensation assistance every three years to adjust for inflation and align it with legislated wage increases.

Other Bills

A similar bill was introduced in Congress in 2019—House Bill 8875, or the “Housewives Compensation Act,” which proposed a monthly P2,000 financial assistance to stay-at-home moms, also to be provided by the DSWD.

“The State must therefore recognize the work of stay-at-home women, mothers, or housewives as valuable economic activity. It is time to appreciate their worth and contribution in nation-building,” writes Albay Rep. Joey Salceda, who is the principal author of the bill. “The homemaker or housewife deserves at least an amount equivalent of a minimum wage, considering that household work is also a full-time job.

The Housewives Compensation Act was referred to the Committee on Women and Gender Equality in 2019, but was not enacted into law.

This stay-at-home mom received 13th month pay from husband.

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Em is a section editor at Smart Parenting (smartparenting.com.ph). A mother of two school-aged children and happily married for 15 years, she draws on her background in Public Relations and Digital Marketing to create meaningful content.