URBAN

DEVELOPMENT
HOUSING ACT OF
1992
A close look at the RA 7279, its mechanism, and
current state of implementation
Objective
To uplift the conditions of the underprivileged
and homeless citizens in urban areas and
resettlement areas through the provision of
decent housing at an affordable cost, and
employment opportunities.

Section 9, Article XIII of the 1987

Constitution
The State shall ensure that
underprivileged and homeless
citizens have access to an adequate,
safe, secure, habitable, sustainable,
resilient and affordable home.
2 ASPECTS OF THE LAW

1. Socialized Housing and Resettlement

to the Program Beneficiaries

2. Urban Renewal and Resettlement

(Rehabilitation and development of
blighted and slum areas)
Key Players

 1. Housing and Urban Development

Coordinating Council (HUDCC)
 2. Local Government Unit (LGU)
 3. National Housing Authority (NHA)
 4. Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board
(HLURB)
 5. Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor
(PCUP)
 6. Private Developers
WHO MAY BE BENEFICIARIES?
 Who may be beneficiaries:
 Filipino citizen
 UNDERPRIVILEDGED AND HOMELESS
 Does NOT own a real property (urban and
rural areas)
 Not a Professional Squatter or member of
squatting syndicates
 Head of the Family
Registration for the beneficiaries of the Program
is through HUDCC in coordination with LGU (they
shall design a system of registration in
accordance with the framework)
DISTINGUISH!

PROFESSIONAL
SQUATTER

HOMELESS AND
UNDERPRIVILEGED
 WHO SHALL BENEFIT FROM
THIS PROGRAM?
Homeless Citizens
Underprivileged and

Squatters
Professional
Individuals or groups who occupy
Individuals or families residing
lands WITHOUT THE EXPRESS
in urban and urbanizable
CONSENT OF THE LANDOWNER and
areas whose income or
who have sufficient income for
combined household income
falls within the poverty legitimate housing; Those persons who
threshold as defined by the have previously been awarded home
NEDA and who do not own lots or housing units by the
housing facilities. This shall Government but who sold, leased or
include those who live in transferred the same to settle illegally
makeshift dwelling units and
in the same place or in another urban
do not enjoy security of
area, and non-bona fide occupants and
tenure
intruders of lands reserved for
socialized housing.
NEW SQUATTER

 Refers to individual groups who occupy land

without the express consent of the
landowner after MARCH 28, 1992
(effectivity of UDHA)
First Aspect:

Socialized Housing and

Resettlement to the
Program Beneficiaries
Key definitions
How does the program work?
Resettlement Areas

Socialized Housing
Housing programs and projects
Areas identified by the
covering houses and lots or
appropriate national agency or by homelots only undertaken by
the Government or the private
the local government unit with
sector for the underprivileged
respect to areas within its and homeless citizens which
shall include sites and services
jurisdiction, which shall be used
development, long-term
for the relocation of the financing, liberalized terms on
interest payments, and such
underprivileged and homeless
other benefits in accordance
citizens. with the provisions of this Act
SOCIALIZED HOUSING
First Aspect: Socialized Housing and Resettlement to the Program Beneficiaries

1st: Look for a Land

FUNCTIONS OF LGU:

 Inventory of lands by LGUs

 LGUs in coordination with HLURB with the
assistance of appropriate government
agencies, indicate land use and degree of
utilization and other data or information
necessary to carry out its purpose
 Submit the report to HUDCC
 Identification of lands for immediate and future
needs of underprivileged and homeless in the
urban areas by:

 LMB, in coordination with NHA & HLURB,

which shall take into consideration to:

 the degree of availability of basic services and

facilities
 accessibility and proximity of job sites and
economic opportunities
 actual number of registered beneficiaries
 ORDER OF LAND, ACQUIRED FOR
SOCIALIZED HOUSING
 1. Government-Owned
 2. Alienable of Public Domain
 3. Unregistered or abandoned and idle
 4. Declared areas for priority development
 5. Bagong Lipunan Improvement Sites and Services
(BLISS) sites not yet acquired
 6. Privately-owned

note: When open-site development is found more practicable

and advantageous, LGU shall give priority to on-site
development of government lands
Q: Which lands are covered by the Urban Development
and Housing Program of the State envisioned under
UDHA?
 A: ALL LANDS in urban and urbanizable areas, including
existing areas for priority development, zonal
improvement sites, slum improvement and resettlement
sites, and other areas that may be identified by the LGUs
as suitable for socialized housing, shall be covered under
the program (Sec. 4, RA 7279)

 Q: Which lands, among others, are EXEMPT from the

coverage of UDHA?
 A: Those for government offices, facilities, and other
installations provided however that these lands which
have not been used for the purpose for which they have
been reserved for the past 10 years from the effectivity of
the UDHA shall be covered by said law (Sec. 4, RA 7279)
MODES OF ACQUISITION
 1. Community Mortgage
 2. Land Swapping
 3. Land Assembly or consolidation
 4. Land Banking
 5. Donation to Government
 6. Joint-Venture Agreement
 7. Negotiated Purchase (including government-
owned and foreclosed properties)
 8. Expropriation (least priority, only when other
modes have been exhausted, but if used, small
landowners are exempted)
SOCIALIZED HOUSING
BASIC SERVICES AND FACILITIES

 Potable water (suitable for drinking)

 Power and electricity and adequate power
distribution system
 Sewerage facilities and efficient and
adequate solid waste disposal system
 Access to primary roads and transportation
facilities
 Should be located near the areas where
employment opportunities are accessible
 Q: What is “Balanced Housing
Development”?

 A: Developers of proposed subdivision projects shall

be required to develop an area for socialized housing
to at least 20% (NOW 15%) of the total subdivision
area or total subdivision project cost, at the option of
the developer, within the same city or municipality,
whenever feasible, and in accordance with the
standards set by the HLURB and other existing laws
(Sec. 18, RA 7279)

AMENDMENT: RA No. 10884.

Now Includes CONDOMINIUM PROJECTS - the socialized housing
compliance is at least 5 % of the condominium area or project cost
INCENTIVES
(a) Reduction and simplification of qualification and accreditation
requirements for participating private developers;
(b) Creation of one-stop offices in the different regions of the country
for the processing, approval and issuance of clearances, permits and
licenses: Provided, That clearances, permits and licenses shall be
issued within ninety (90) days from the date of submission of all
requirements by the participating private developers;
(c) Simplification of financing procedures; and
(d) Exemption from the payment of the following:
(1) Project-related income taxes;
(2) Capital gains tax on raw lands used for the project;
(3) Value-added tax for the project contractor concerned;
(4) Transfer tax for both raw completed projects; and
(5) Donor's tax for lands certified by the local government units to
have been donated to socialized housing purposes.
Manner in complying the
Program:
 development of socialized housing in a new
settlement;
 joint venture projects for socialized housing with
either the local government units, with any of
the housing agencies, with another private
developer or with a nongovernmental
organization engaged in the provision of
socialized housing and duly accredited by the
HLURB; and
 participation in a new project under the
community mortgage program.
Second Aspect:

Urban Renewal and

Resettlement
(REHABILITATION AND
DEVELOPMENT OF
BLIGHTED AND SLUM
AREAS)
MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS BEFORE EVICTION AND
DEMOLITION (IRR GOVERNING SUMMARY EVICTION)
 (1) 30-day notice prior eviction or demolition;
 (2) Adequate consultations;
 (3) Presence of local government officials during eviction
or demolition;
 (4) Proper identification of all persons;
 (5) Execution of eviction or demolition only during
regular office hours and during good weather;
 (6) No use of heavy equipment except for structures that
are permanent and concrete;
 (7) Proper uniform for members of the PNP; and
 (8) Adequate relocation, whether temporary or
permanent (Sec. 28, RA 7279)
 IN CASE OF VIOLATION OF RA 7279

 PENALTY:
 Not more than 6 years of imprisonment or a fine of not
less than P5,000 nor more than P100,000 or both at the
discretion of the court
Q: Are the LGU empowered by law to take
action against professional squatters
and squatting syndicates?

 A: LGUs in cooperation with the PNP and other

accredited urban poor organizations shall adopt
measures to identify and effectively curtail the
nefarious and illegal activities of professional
squatters and squatting syndicates (Sec. 27, RA
7279)
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND
SHORTFALLS
 Accomplishments and
shortfalls
For the period July 2010 to December 2015, the housing agencies
provided housing assistance to 894,569 families valued at P313.607
billion. The assistance includes the provision or funding of house and lot
packages, developed lots, houses, or home materials for home
improvement/repair.

Data from http://www.hudcc.gov.ph/

 Accomplishments and
shortfalls
The housing backlog of Year 2022:
the country has
tremendously increased
from 3.5 million in 2010 to
5.5 million in 2016.
 Accomplishments and
shortfalls
The complicated control
mechanisms implemented by
various government agencies
did not always result to
products that meet quality
criteria related to safety.

Cherry Hills Subdivision in Antipolo

City, 1999
Accomplishments and
shortfalls Another project
that sacrifices
safety is the
government’s
Home along the
Railways Project.

Home Along the railways project in

Metro Manila