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Securing Land,
Housing Securing
Tenures land , housing
tenures
and Property and property
Rights for All rights for all
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Born out of need

 The Homeless People's Federation Philippines, Inc.
(HPFPI) is a national network of 106 (registered) urban
poor community associa­tions spanning all over the three
major regions in the Philippines.
Luzon 39
Cebu 26,
Ilo-ilo 9
Mindanao 29
 9,406 family members from cities & municipalities.
 promote commu­nity savings as a tool.
The Federation's work focuses on low-income
communities with priority in providing assistance to
communities living in high-risk areas.
Member of a network of 5 institutions called the
Philippine Alliance.
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Philippine
Alliance
a network, the Philippine
Alliance espouses community-
led processes in addressing
land and housing and security
of tenure issues affecting the
poor
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Bahay ay Buhay (Shelter is Life)

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How do we prioritize Housing?

Housing Needs 3.9 million
households
Average annual production 200,000
Est. Backlog – 6.5M units by 2030

 DHSUD Proposed Budget ₱76 billion

vs. ₱ 7.83 billion approved for 2021
Finding Housing
Solutions with the
Marginalize Communities

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Community Driven -
Data Collection
1. Understanding the context
2. Relationship-building
3. Evidence-based data & dialogues
4. Budget allocation
5. Decision-making
6. Networking
7. Sustainability
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Savings Mobilization
A tool for organizing communities.
The communities and its leaders are
empowered to manage their community
A collective tool for the process of
buying land, community and livelihood
development
Effective leverage for funding from
NGO partners or the government
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Community Organizing and Capacity-building

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Land Acquisition Mindanao; 11.96

National Capital Region;
5.49

Program Central
Visayas; 7.70 Albay; 17.40
Western
Visayas; 1.54
Total Land Area
Acquired by
HPFPI Communities
As of 2021
120.25 ha
Camarines Norte;
*Land bought thru or facilitated by collective savings 76.17
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Land Acquisition Program Land/ha

Based on Mode of land acquisition
4%
8%
4% Direct Purchase
Community
Mortgage
Loan from LB/HPFPI
Government Reloca-
tion

84%
*Land bought thru or facilitated by collective savings
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HPFPI Communities with Social

Development Program
Housing

Livelihood
Environment
20%
Housing Youth
DRR 23%
10%
Health
Livelihood
14%
Welfare Welfare
14%
Youth
9%
DRR
Health
9%
Environment
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Technical Preparation
(TAMPEI)
Capacity-building:
1) Development and use of
alternative tools and approaches
in data gathering and management
(i.e., community-driven mapping
and profiling)
2) Conduct of workshops on data
analysis and processing for shelter
planning at barangay and city
levels
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Community upgrading
• Setting up of “homeowners association” and capacity building
• Land research and negotiations with landowner
• Incremental housing
Partnership with local government and other stakeholders
• participation in local governance bodies – local housing boards,
etc.
• networks with institutions, e.g., academe, professional groups,
other CSO groups
• city-wide mapping collaboration
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Project Delivery (LinkBuild)

Spearheads the development of tools for project development &
implementation (policies, manuals, training modules; for use by PA
project team and communities:
➢ Site assessment tool and manual
➢ Project management and construction management manual and training
modules
➢ Procurement policy and manual
➢ City selection and project selection
➢ Project Financial Modelling Tool
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Provides development finance,

implements and manages projects
under its three core housing programs:

Core housing projects (housing only;

land component c/o LGU or community)

➢ Iloilo City – 45 units

➢ Mandaue City – 17 units
➢ Davao City – 46 units
➢ Davao City – 15 units
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Core Housing Davao

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Challenges
 Only 50% of members have developed their housing, many
are still in blighted communities .
 65% are in different stages in their site development process
 Self-help initiatives tends to be costly, because the
community will have to bear the high cost of the technical
and legal processes.
 the cost of land is rising rapidly in specially in cities
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Takeaways
• Although this process can be considered a milestone for the
urban poor communities, this is only a fraction of what can be
achieved, enabling mechanisms and government subsidies ( legal
and technical ) are still needed to scale-up and sustain the
process.
• Weak / fragmented implementation of the present shelter laws
slows down kills community participation
• If we don’t look at housing and we don’t provide funding like we
value food, health or education, poor communities will continue
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Thank you!
Contact Details/Social Media Accts
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