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RESPONSE
TO HOUSING
PROBLEM
ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
ARTICLE 2 SECTION 9 OF THE PHILIPPINE
CONSTITUTION
SECTION 9. The State shall promote a just and
dynamic social order that will ensure the
prosperity and independence of the nation
and free the people from poverty through
policies that provide adequate social
services, promote full employment, a rising
standard of living, and an improved quality
of life for all.
ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
ARTICLE 13 SECTION 9 & 10
Section 9. The State shall, by law, and for the common
good, undertake, in cooperation with the private
sector, a continuing program of urban land reform
and housing which will make available at
affordable cost, decent housing and basic services
to underprivileged and homeless citizens in urban
centers and resettlement areas. It shall also promote
adequate employment opportunities to such citizens. In
the implementation of such program the State shall
respect the rights of small property owners.
ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
ARTICLE 13 SECTION 9 & 10
Section 9. The State shall, by law, and for the common
good, undertake, in cooperation with the private
sector, a continuing program of urban land reform
and housing which will make available at affordable
cost, decent housing and basic services to
underprivileged and homeless citizens in urban
centers and resettlement areas. It shall also promote
adequate employment opportunities to such citizens. In
the implementation of such program the State shall
respect the rights of small property owners.
ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
Section 10. Urban or rural poor dwellers shall
not be evicted nor their dwelling
demolished, except in accordance with
law and in a just and humane manner.
No resettlement of urban or rural dwellers shall
be undertaken without adequate consultation
with them and the communities where they are
to be relocated.
ESSENTIALS
National Housing Authority (NHA)
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.
ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
Local Government Units (LGU)
Governmental functions are those that
concern the health, safety and the
advancement of the public good or
welfare as affecting the public generally.
Proprietary functions are those that seek to
obtain special corporate benefits or earn
pecuniary profit and intended for private
advantage and benefit.
ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
Republic Act No. 7279
stipulates the mandate of LGUs to provide for the
housing needs of their homeless constituents,
thus justifying the need for them to implement
their respective local housing programs.
Process includes:
ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
Resettlement Projects
Community Mortgage Program
Regular Low-Cost Housing Projects
Medium Rise Housing (MRH) and Rental
Housing
Core Shelter Housing Assistance
HOUSING
PROJECTS
RESTELLEMENT PROJECT
Resettlement Projects
Community Mortgage Program
Regular Low-Cost Housing
Projects
Medium Rise Housing (MRH) and
Rental
Core Shelter Housing Assistance
HOUSING PROJECT
joint-venture arrangements or
under the sites and services
program of the NHA
NHA- National Housing Authority
ESTERO DE SAN
MIGUEL
PROJECT OBJECTIVES
1. No eviction without decent
relocation.
2. Support for area upgrading
and in-city resettlement.
3. Provide basic services to
poor communities.
4. Housing budget.
5. Jobs.
6. Increased cooperation with
local government units.
7. Peace.
8. Post-Ondoy Rehabilitation
Program.
9. Appointments.
10.Participation and
When the project is completed, though,
only 5 families in the
stakeholdership.
BALAY BOL-ANON
CORE SHELTER
PROGRAM
ISSUES AND
PROBLEMS
ADDRESSING IN THE
PHILIPPINES