LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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:

Formulation of housing program

Developing a Feasibility Study
Site Selection
Beneficiary Selection

ROLE OF GOVERNMENT

Resettlement Projects
Community Mortgage Program
Regular Low-Cost Housing Projects
Medium Rise Housing (MRH) and Rental
Housing
Core Shelter Housing Assistance

FUNDS OF HOUSING PROJECT

National Government
Local Government
Other Sources

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

COMMUNITY MORTAGE PROGRAM

mortgage financing program of the Social Housing
Finance Corporation (SHFC)
OBJECTIVE:
assist residents of blighted areas to own the lots they
occupy, or where they choose to relocate to and eventually
improve their neighborhood and homes to the extent of
their affordability

REGULAR LOW HOUSING PROGRAMS

These projects can be financed through DBP,
Landbank, PNB or other private banks.
provide decent and safe dwellings to eligible
low-income families

MEDIUM RISE HOUSING (MRH)

AND RENTAL HOUSING
an in-city housing alternative that entails the
construction of three to five storey buildings. The
medium rise public housing program is
implemented directly by NHA, utilizing the
allocation for the program under RA 7835 and
units made available under lease arrangement.
On the other hand, the medium rise private
housing program is implanted directly by NHA or
in joint venture with other government agencies
and/ or private sector

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.

Soriano compound will be eligible for on-site relocation. Despite

shelling out P50 monthly amortization fees for 6 months last
year, 15 families of the Soriano clan will be relocated out-of-city,
to Barangay Muzon in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan.
- George P. Moya,
Estero de
San Miguel: Where every settler is a Soriano

CORE SHELTER HOUSING

Entails acquisition
and development of raw land as well
ASSISTANCE

as construction of housing units. The program provides

service lots with housing designed to match the
affordability of target market consisting mostly of lowsalaried government and private sector employees.
Under this program, projects are implemented under
joint venture arrangement with private sector or LGUs.
Partners invest or contribute equity in the project in
terms of land or funds for land development and house
construction.

BALAY BOL-ANON
CORE SHELTER
PROGRAM

This is the core shelter program of Rebuild Bohol Foundation Inc.

More than a month after the 7.2 magnitude earthquake, 14,000
families remain homeless while 54,000 families suffered heavy
damages to their homes and properties. Beyond food and water
relief packages, we need to heal our people by rebuilding homes.
For only P32,000.00, we can build this 2 bedroom home for our
earthquake survivors who have lost their homes.

ISSUES AND
PROBLEMS

HOUSING ISSUES AND PROBLEM

ADDRESSING IN THE
PHILIPPINES

The Philippines is beset with a huge backlog in

providing for land security and housing for the
poor. Two basic problems being faced by the
government in realizing a successful housing
program are:
Money
Availability of land

HOUSING ISSUES AND PROBLEM

ADDRESSING IN THE
PHILIPPINES

Other issues hampering pro-poor land and housing

programs:

high transaction costs due to the confusing and

unclear land use policies .
non-cooperation of land owners to engage in the
Community Mortgage Program (CMP)
misinterpretation and/or non-implementation of local
government units (LGUs)

HOUSING ISSUES AND PROBLEM

ADDRESSING IN THE
PHILIPPINES
Sen. Marcos: Government failed to solve housing problem

SENATOR Ferdinand Bongbong R. Marcos Jr.

has scored the government for its failure to
solve the housing problem in the country.
There exists a 5.5 million housing unit backlog
as he attributed the shortage to the insufficient
funds being allocated by the government to the
housing program.

HOUSING ISSUES AND PROBLEM

ADDRESSING IN THE
PHILIPPINES

A complete relocation program does not only

entail the building of housing units but also the
provision of very basic needs like water, electric
connection, schools, markets, access to
transportation and jobs in the relocation areas
which the government failed miserably to
accomplish.

HOUSING ISSUES AND PROBLEM

ADDRESSING IN THE
PHILIPPINES

The government (both national and local), people, and

non-governmental organizations willing to help in the
housing program of the Philippines.

Ignorance to the law is not an excuse, but of course,

being a poor country, not all people have access to
basic information. It is still, I believe, the task of
government to convey these important information to
public.