Republic of the Philippines

Eastern Visayas State University

Tacloban City

College of Architecture and Allied Discipline

RESEARCH NO. 1

IN

ARCH. 533

Submitted By:
Carlo C. Bustillo
Bs Architecture –5D

Submitted to:
Ar.Cherry Rose F. Acebedo , Uap

August 20, 2019

 PHILIPPINE PERSPECTIVE ON HOUSING: CURRENT HOUSING
NEEDS, DEMAND AND SUPPLY

Housing, or more generally living spaces refers to the construction and assigned usage of
houses or buildings collectively for the purpose of sheltering people.

The Philippine Housing industry believes that every Filipino family has the right to live
with dignity in the comfort of one’s own home regardless of economic status. The housing sector
has enormous potential for growth as demand for living spaces continues to increase. Through
several industry-led initiatives, the sector hopes to sustain its robust growth and development at
affordable price for the Filipino household.

The housing backlog is 3.9 million households. Assuming that production of housing units
would average 200,000 units every year from 2012 to 2030, the backlog would still persist and hit
6.5 million households by 2030. The highest demand would come from the economic housing
segment, followed by socialized housing, and lastly by low-cost housing.

The low-cost, socialized, and economic housing units account for a large share of housing
production. From 2010 to 2011, housing production in the high-end, mid-end, and low-cost
categories increased, while production of houses in economic and socialized housing was
relatively flat. From 2000 to 2011, economic, socialized, and low-cost housing cornered close to
70% of total housing production. During this same period, the socialized segment accounted for
27%, the economic segment accounted for 29%, and low cost segment 13%.

As of 2011, there are 3,164 players in the housing industry. Despite the huge number of
firms engaged in housing, only a few firms dominate the industry. Most of these firms are highly
integrated developers that are engaged in various real estate developments besides housing. Many
other firms are into retail real estate, hotels, commercial office buildings, and industrial estate
development.

The Subdivision and Housing Developers’ Association (SHDA) is the largest organization
of housing developers in the Philippines, counting 160 members from its chapters in Luzon,
Visayas, and Mindanao. Other industry participants are members of the Chamber of Real Estate
and Builders’ Associations (CREBA), the Real Estate Brokers Association of the Philippines, Inc.
(REBAP), the Philippine Association of Real Estate Brokers (PAREB), the National Real Estate
Association of the Philippines (NREA), and the Organization of Socialized Housing Developers
of the Philippines (OSHDP).
 Housing needs vary according to family life stages or your perception of
what you need in a house.

Factors of housing needs:

 Climate- vary from warm to cold, and from dry to humid
 Location- which is the specific placement of a home
 Cost- the crucial factor in housing needs
 Taste- this is the sense of what is fitting, harmonious or beautiful
 Lifestyles- this is the kind of lifestyles of all the family members

Supply and demand is a framework we use to explain and predict the equilibrium price and
quantity of a good. This applies to the case that economists call a competitive market.

A market is said to be competitive under than two conditions:

 There are many buyers and many sellers
 The goods that sellers produce are perfect substitutes

The primary factor influencing demand for housing is the price of housing. By the law of
demand, as price decreases, the quantity of housing demanded increases. Demand also
depends on the wealth of households, current income and interest rates.
 CULTURAL RELIEF IN HOUSING: REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS

Culture is considered a central concept in anthropology, encompassing the range of

phenomena that are transmitted through social learning in human societies. Cultural universals are
found in all human societies; these include expressive forms like art, music, dance, ritual, religion,
and technologies like tool usage, cooking, shelter, and clothing. The concept of material culture
covers the physical expressions of culture, such as technology, architecture and art, whereas the
immaterial aspects of culture such as principles of social organization (including practices of
political organization and social institutions), mythology, philosophy, literature (both written and
oral), and science comprise the intangible cultural heritage of a society.

Beliefs are based on sound planning practices for example:

 In Bontoc, the door must face against the flow of a nearby river according to the ancient
folk beliefs.
 In Romblon, the roof of the house must slope following the direction of the incline of the
nearby mountains.
 In the Cordilleras, the ridge of the roof is always positioned at right angles to the ridge of
the mountain on which the house stands.
 In Ibalois, a Benguet ethnic group in Cordilleras, it is customary to give ample space
underneath their houses by elevating their floors to accommodate the future tomb of the
owner to ensure perpetual guidance over the house the dead leaves behind.

Beliefs in Post Columns:

 In Southern Tagalog
 Posts are laid with their bottom ends at the footing on the ground and the top
ends pointing towards the east. The post nearest the east is the first to be raised.

 In Romblon
 Same procedure is followed, one after the other in a clockwise direction as one
leads the plan. This same clockwise manner of raising the posts is practiced on
the island of Romblon and the belief is that it will make the house windproof.

 In Tausugs
 The Tausugs equate the building of a house to the development of a fetus.They believed
that the first to appear in a woman’s womb is the navel. Hence, the first post to the erected
should be the main post within the interior of the house.
Beliefs in Stairs

 In Ilocanos
 An orientation towards the east is also required for stairs. Ilocanos position their
stairs so that they rise with the morning sun.

 Some Builders in Bulacan

 Believes that stairway facing east is considered bad luck because anything
facing the early sun dries up ahead.

 Beliefs in Oro Plata Mata

 Governing the number of steps in one’s stairs starting with the first landing
using the words Oro(gold), Plata(silver) and Mata(death).

Housing Typology
 A building comprising two units either side-by-side is typically considered as semi-
detached or twin homes on separate properties.
 By contrast, a duplex is a dwelling comprising two units on different floors.
 Duplex house are two single dwelling units separated over two floors, connected by an
indoor staircase.
 A triplex house refers to three apartments spread out over three floors.
 The term “duplex” can also be extended to four-plex or quadroplex.
 Because of the flexibility of the term, there is almost no line between an apartment
building and a duplex.
 Apartment buildings tending to be bigger, while duplexes are usually the size of a
normal house.

Theories and Trends on Housing:

 Home prices will continue to rise moderately.

 Interest rates will inch up.
 First-time buyers will continue to struggle.
 Credit will get a little loose.
 It will still be cheaper to buy than rent.
 The suburbs will make a comeback.
 Buyers will want green and smart homes.
 Videos will be the new photos.
 All-cash sales will continue to decrease.
References

 http://industry.gov.ph/industry/housing/
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture
 https://www.slideshare.net/joems_angel2000/housing-in-the-philippines
 Cultural Beliefs in Housing: Regional Characteristics by: Manzano, Gene Ezekiel R.