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AR-HOUSING L&S: HOUSING IN HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

RSW MT 02:
TITLE: GUIDELINES FOR THE INVENTORY AND IDENTIFICATION OF
LANDS AND SITES FOR SOCIALIZED HOUSING

DATE GIVEN: February 2, 2023

DATE DUE: February 8, 2023
DATE SUBMITTED: February 6, 2023

REFERENCES:

 Studocu. (2023). Inventory of Lands. Retrieved February 4, 2023

https://www.studocu.com/ph/document/lyceum-of-
alabang/accountancy-business-and-management/inventory-of-
lands/31198826

 Official Gazzette. (1992). Republic Act No. 7279. Retrieved February 4,

2023 https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1992/03/24/republic-act-no-
7279/

STUDENT: Ganaden Mera D.

INSTRUCTOR: Ar. Rojayne Q. Sibayan, uap
 GUIDELINES FOR THE INVENTORY AND IDENTIFICATION OF
LANDS AND SITES FOR SOCIALIZED HOUSING

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7279

SECTION 1. MANDATE housing and resettlement areas for

the immediate and future needs of
These guidelines are enacted
underprivileged and homeless in
pursuant to Section 40 of RA 7279
the urban areas, taking into
which provides, inter alia, that
consideration the degree of
Housing and Urban Development
availability of basic services and
Coordinating Council through the
facilities, their economic
key housing agencies, shall provide
opportunities, and the actual
local government units with
number of registered beneficiaries".
necessary support such as
formulation of standards and The inventory of lands and
guidelines as well as technical subsequent identification of sites for
assistance in the preparation of socialized housing shall serve as
land use plans, in relation to Section inputs in the formulation of the
4.d of E.O. 90 Series of 1992 which National Urban Development
designated the Board as the sole Framework as contained in Section
regulatory body for housing and 6 of this Act
land development. These guidelines
are formulated in the furtherance of
the provisions of the same Act which SECTION 2. OBJECTIVES.
provides respectively: "Within one
These guidelines are intended to
(1) year from the effectivity of the
provide guidance and assistance to
Act, all city and municipal
the Local Government Units (LGUs)
governments shall conduct an
in the implementation of Sections 7
inventory of all lands and
and 8 of R.A. 7279.
improvements thereon within their
respective localities"; and "after the
inventory of all lands the local
SECTION 3. SCOPE.
government units in coordination
with the National Housing Authority These guidelines shall cover the
(NHA), Housing and Land Use inventory of all lands and the
Regulatory Board (HLRB) Land identification of suitable sites for
Management Bureau (LMB), and socialized housing in urban and
National Mapping and Resource urbanize areas.
Information Authority (NAMRIA).
3.1 The following lands shall be
shall identify lands for socialized
covered by the inventory of
 all lands and detailed d.3 marginal agricultural
data/information thereon lands which comply with the
shall be gathered: conversion criteria of DAR;

a. all undeveloped and vacant d.4 government-owned

lands zoned for residential lands which have not been
purposes as delineated in the used for the purpose for
Zoning Ordinance of the which they have been
Local Government Units, duly reserved or set aside for the
approved by the Housing past ten (10) years from the
and Land Use Regulatory effectivity of the Act and
Board; identified as suitable for
socialized housing
b. government-owned lands,
whether owned by the 3.2 The following lands shall be
national government or any indicated on the map, as
of its subdivisions, cited in Section 6.1 although
instrumentalities, or agencies are exempted from the
including, government- coverage of the law:
owned or controlled
a. Those included in the
corporations and their
coverage of Republic Act No.
subsidiaries;
6657 otherwise known as
c. unregistered or abandoned Comprehensive Agrarian
agricultural and idle lands Reform Law;
including idle government
b. Those actually used for
lands;
national defense and security
d. other lands of the State;

d.1 lands located outside c. Those used, reserved or

the zoned built-up areas but otherwise set aside for
suitable for socialized government offices, facilities
housing, as per suitability and other installations,
criteria contained in these whether owned by the
guidelines; National Government, its
agencies and
d.2 squatter settlement,
instrumentalities, including
including Areas for Priority
government-owned or
Development (APD), Zonal
controlled corporations, or
Improvement Program sites
by the local government
(ZIP) and Slum Improvement
units: Provided, however. that
and Resettlement Program
the lands herein mentioned,
(SIR) sites;
or portions thereof, which
have not been used for the
purpose for which they have
 been reserved or set aside for 4.3 Idle lands refer to non-
the past ten (10) years from agricultural lands in urban
the effectivity of the Act. shall and urbanizable areas on
be covered by the Act; which no improvements, as
herein defined, have been
d. Those used or set aside for
made by the owner, as
parks, reserves for flora and
certified by the city.
fauna, forests and
municipal or provincial
watersheds, and other areas
assessor.
necessary to maintain
ecological balance or Idle government lands refers
environmental protection, as to: non-agricultural lands in
determined and certified by urban and urbanizable
the proper government areas on which no
agency; and improvement as herein
defined has been made by
e. Those actually used for
the government including: 1)
religious, charitable, or
patrimonial properties of the
educational purposes.
state; 2) public properties;
cultural and historical sites,
and 3) properties foreclosed
hospitals and health centers,
by the government financing
and cerneteries or memorial
institutions (GFIs), government
parks.
owned and controlled
corporations (GOCCs), as
certified by the city.
SECTION 4. DEFINITION OF TERMS.
municipal and provincial
As used herein the following terms assessor.
and phrases shall have the following
Improvements refer to all
meaning/definitions:
types of buildings and
4.1 Areas for Priority residential units, wall, fences,
Development (APD) refers to structures or constructions of
those areas declared as such all kinds of a fixed character
under existing statutes and or which adhered to the soil
pertinent executive but shall not include trees,
issuances. plants and growing fruits, and
other fixtures that are mere
4.2 Blighted lands refer to the
superimpositions on the land.
areas where the structures
and the value of the
are dilapidated, obsolete
improvements shall not be
and unsanitary, tending to
less than fifty percent (50%) of
depreciate the value of the
the assessed value of the
land and prevent normal
property.
development and use of the
area.
4.4 Government lands refers to 4.8 Socialized housing refers to
parcels of lands which titles housing programs and
are held by national projects covering houses and
government entities or any of lots or homelots only
its subdivisions, undertaken by the
instrumentalities, or agencies, Government or the private
including government- sector for the underprivileged
owned or controlled and homeless citizens which
corporation and their shall include sites and services
subsidiaries and lands placed development, long-term
under the jurisdiction of the financing, liberalized terms on
above entities by virtue of interest payments, and such
proclamations signed by the other benefits in accordance
President. Government lands with the provisions of this Act.
also include rights-of-way or
4.9 Underprivileged and
road titles.
homeless citizens refer to the
4.5 Marginal lands refers to land beneficiaries of this Act and
which are not effective for to individuals or families
crop production due to residing in urban and
constrainsts such as urbanizable areas whose
topography of the area and income or combined
poor yields. household income falls within
the poverty threshold as
4.6 Resettlement areas refer to
defined by the National
areas identified by the
Economic and Development
appropriate national agency
Authority and who do not
or by the local government
own housing facilities. This
unit with respect to areas
shall include those who live in
within its jurisdiction, which
makeshift dwelling units and
shall be used for the
do not enjoy security of
relocation of the
tenure.
underprivileged and
homeless citizens. 4.10. Unregistered or abandoned
lands refer to lands in urban
4.7 Slum Improvement and
and urbanizable areas which
Resettlement Program (SIR)
are not registered with the
refers to the program of the
Register of Deeds or with the
National Housing Authority of
city or municipal assessor's
upgrading and improving
office concerned, or which
blighted squatter areas
are uninhabited by the owner
outside of Metro Manila
and have not been
pursuant to existing statutes
developed or devoted for
and pertinent executive
any useful purposes, or
issuances.
appears unutilized for a
 period of three (3) also provide relevant
consecutive years information on land use and
immediately prior to the zoning and assist in the
issuance and receipt or preparation of Land Use Plans
publication of notice of incorporating the identified
acquisition by the sites for socialized housing.
Government as provided
5.3 The National Mapping and
under the Act. It does not
Resource Information
include land which have
Authority (NAMRIA) shall
been abandoned by reason
provide base maps, aerial
of force majeure or any other
photographs and other
fortuitous event; Provided
cartographic materials
That prior to such event, such
needed for the inventory.
land was previously used for
some useful or economic 5.4 The Land Management
purposes. Bureau (LMB) shall furnish the
LGUs with a cadastral map,
4.11 Urban areas refer to all cities
inventory of government-
regardless of their population
owned lands and other
density and to
relevant data.
municipalities with a
population density of at least 5.5 The National Housing
five hundred (500) persons Authority (NHA) shall make
per square kilometer. available existing guidelines
and criteria on the
identification of sites for
SECTION 5. RESPONSIBLE AGENCIES socialized housing, accept
and act as a repository (of
The following agencies shall be
deeds, TCT's. plans, etc.) of
involved in the in-ventory and site
government-owned lands
identification:
found suitable for the above-
5.1 The Local Government Units stated purpose, and assist the
(LGUs) shall be responsible for concerned LGUs in the
the conduct of inventory and implementation of
identification of sites for appropriate housing
socialized housing. programs arising from the
inventory gathered on
5.2 The Housing and Land Use
socialized housing projects
Regulatory Board (HLRB) shall
prepare guidelines for the 5.6 Other agencies not identified
inventory and identification in Sections 7 and 8 but which
of sites for socialized housing can provide relevant
and provide training and information and data
technical assistance in the requirement are as follows:
conduct of inventory. It shall
a. Bureau of Internal Revenue Utilities Administration (LWUA)
(BIR) shall provide data on shall provide data on water.
land valuation and taxation.
i. Department of Public Works
b. Department of Agriculture and Highways (DPWH) shall
(DA)/Bureau of Soils and provide data on roads and
Water Management (BSWM) other relevant data.
shall provide data on the
j. City/Municipal Assessor's
Network of Protected
Office shall provide tax map
Agricultural Areas.
and listing of all real
c. Department of Agrarian properties with their
Reform (DAR) shall provide corresponding market values
data on lands covered by the and/or assessed values
Comprehensive Agrarian located in their respective
Reform Program (CARP). city/municipality.
d. Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
SECTION 6. GENERAL GUIDELINES
(DENR)/Environmental
AND METHODOLOGY.
Management Bureau (EMB)
shall provide data on The LGUs shall undertake an in-
environmentally critical ventory of all lands to determine
areas. current and actual land uses,
availability of basic services and
e. Department of Transportation
such other information that are
and Communication shall
needed to establish the suitability of
provide data on
sites for socialized housing. The LGUs
transportation and
are not limited to the use of this
communication services.
methodology but may utilize other
f. National Statistics Office available methodologies as well.
(NSO) shall provide data on
6.1 Inventory of Lands
population and other
relevant data. In the conduct of inventory, any or
a com-bination of the following
g. National Power Corporation
techniques Ynay be used:
(NPC), Manila Electric
Company (MERALCO), a. Ocular Inspection
National Electrification
b. Aerial
Administration (NEA) shall
provide data on power. c. Photo Interpretation
h. Manila Waterworks and d. Data sourcing from tax
Sewerage System (MWSS) maps. cadastral maps,
and Local Waterworks and existing land use maps and
other thematic Maps
 e. Interview with local relevant information (Refer to
residents who have sufficient Annex B - Inventory of Lands)
local knowledge.
b.3 summary of lands as
6.2 Documentation identified in Section 3 (Scope)
hereof and corresponding
The aforementioned inventory shall
area in hectares (Refer to
be em-bodied in a report which
Annex C - Summary of
shall include among others:
Inventory). This form shall be
a. Maps submitted to the Housing and
Urban Devleopment
a.1 A base map drawn to a
Coordinating Council
convenient scale
(HUDCC) for planning
wherein the lands
purposes.
covered un-der
Section 3 (Scope) of c. Other pertinent documents
these Guidelines shall
6.3 Site Selection Criteria
be plotted.
The following criteria shall be used to
a.2 Map showing the lands
evaluate the suitability of sites for
suitable for socialized
socialized housing:
housing as identified by
the LGUs based on the a. To the extent feasible,
Suitability Criteria socialized housing and
enumerated in 6.3 of resettlement projects shall be
these Guidelines. located in new areas where
employment opportunities
a.3 Other maps showing
are available:
the assessed/ market
value, actual land use, b. Priority shall be given to areas
zoning classification where basic services and
and basic services. facilites are already existing or
where these can be
b. Tabular forms
introduced within a very short
An inventory/tabular form which time;
shall include but not be limited to
c. Transportation cost to work
the fol-lowing information:
places and other services
b.1 inventory of individual should be affordable
property indi-cating relevant considering that the target
information (Refer to Annex A beneficiaries are the
- Inventory Form) homeless and
underprivileged;
b.2 listing of all properties
inventoried indicating d. The site shall not require
excessive levelling, cutting
 and filling. Sites requiring Sites as validated by the
excessive engineering works National Housing Authority
shall be avoided. Likewise, and LGUs and Slum
sites on steep slopes and/or Improvement and
on weak soil foundation shall Resettlement (SIR) Program
not be considered; Sites which have not yet been
acquired; and
e. Environmentally critical areas
as in fbod prone or e. Bagong Lipunan
earthquake zones or areas Improvement of sites and
near rivers and canals shall be Services (BLISS) sites which
avoided; have not yet been acquired;
and
f. Compatibility with existing
zones; f. privately-owned lands.

g. Financial feasibility and 6.5 Completion and Updating of

viability where land valuation inventor
offered is low; and
The inventory shall be completed
h. Tenurial status. within one (1) year from the
effectivity of these guidelines.
6.4 Priorities in the Selection of Sites
Updating shall be done every three
for Socialized Housing
(3) years.
In selecting from among sites that
For planning purposes, the Housing
equally meet the criteria listed
and Urban Development
above, priorities shall be established
Coordinating Council (HUDCC) shall
based on the following:
be furnished bach local
a. those owned by the government units with a copy of its
government or any of its inventory.
subdivisions, instrumentalities
6.6 Turnover of Government Lands
or agencies, including
government-owned and Public lands acquired by virtue of a
controlled corporations and presidential proclamation and
their subsidiaries; government-owned lands which
have not been used for the purpose
b. alienable of the public
for which they have been reserved
domain;
for the past ten (10) years prior to
c. unregistered or abandoned the effectivity of R.A. 7279 and
and idle lands; which have been identified as
suitable for socialized housing shall
d. those with the declared Areas
be transferred to NHA, subject to
for Priority Development
Presidential approval.
(APD) and Zonal
Improvement Program (ZIP)
SECTION 7. ZONIFICATION OF THE law, the remainder hereof not
IDENTIFIED SITES FOR SOCIALIZED affected hereby shall continue to
HOUSING remain in force and effect.

The identified sites for socialized

housing shall be located in
SECTION 10. EFFECTIVITY CLAUSE.
residential zones, identified in the
City’s or Municipality's Zoning These Implementing Guidelines shall
Ordinance duly approved by the take effect immediately upon
Housing and Land Use Regulatory approval.
Board (HLRB). However, for cities
and municipalities where the
identified sites are not the said
residential zones, the location shall
be confined within the priority sites
and those which conform with the
suitability criteria fined in Sections
6.3 and 6.4 of these Guidelines.

The identified sites shall be zoned as

SOCIALIZED HOUSING ZONES.

The current Zoning Ordinance of the

LGUs therefore shall be reviewed
and revised such that the socialized
housing, component shall be
integrated

SECTION 8. SUPPLEMENTARY AND

INTERPRETATIVE RULES AND POLICIES.
The Chief Executive Officer of the
HLRB is hereby authorized to issue
supplemental rules, and
interpretative policies and
guidelines as to the procedure,
contents, and documentary
requirements of the inventory, in the
implementation of these guidelines.

SECTION 9. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE.

If for any reason any part of these

guidelines is declared as contrary to
WRITE-UPS
Republic Act No. 7279 otherwise known as the “Urban Development and
Housing Act of 1992”, as amended, states that it shall be the policy of the State
to undertake, in cooperation with the private sector, a comprehensive and
continuing Urban Development and Housing Program (Program).
This law aims to provide a comprehensive and continuous urban
development and housing program and establish mechanisms for its
implementation. First, it establishes principles governing urban development
and housing programs. For example, states must ensure reasonable use of land
and provide affordable housing for disadvantaged and homeless citizens. The
law then requires the government to prepare land inventories and identify
public housing sites, and establish rules for land acquisition and disposal.
The law prescribes strategies and requirements for public housing
programs. It sets eligibility criteria for beneficiaries, provides incentives for
national housing authorities and the private sector, and sets standards for basic
services and living elements of these housing. It also establishes procedural
safeguards for eviction and resettlement. The law also creates a community
mortgage program to help disadvantaged and homeless citizens purchase
and develop community-owned land. RA 7279 creates a framework for
program implementation and defines the roles and responsibilities of
responsible housing agencies.
The program aims to improve the living conditions of underprivileged
and homeless citizens in urban and resettlement areas by providing affordable
and suitable housing, basic services, and employment opportunities. increase.
It will not be based solely on market forces but will achieve equitable use of
residential land in urban and urbanize areas, paying special attention to the
needs and demands of disadvantaged and homeless citizens. Therefore, it
assumes rational use and development of land in urban areas.
It aims to provide program beneficiaries with an equitable land tenure
system that guarantees the security of land tenure but respects the rights of
small land owners and ensures fair compensation payments. increase.
Promote more effective participation of people in the urban development
process and improve the capacity of local governments in the implementation
of urban development and housing programs and projects.
The priority of this law is to optimize the use and productivity of land and
urban resources. Development of urban areas that can foster commercial and
industrial activity and create more economic opportunities for people. Reduce
urban dysfunction, especially those affecting public health, safety, and
ecosystems. Access to land and housing for disadvantaged and homeless
citizens. We also need to adopt viable policies that regulate urban growth and
expansion and orient towards a more decentralized urban web and more
balanced urban-rural interdependence.