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1. Urban Development and Housing Act (UDHA, RA

7279)
 specifically states that through the UDHA programs the
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 The passage of the Urban Development and Housing

Act and the Local Government Code is the national
government·s response to address the growing
housing needs of the people most especially the
marginalized sectors

 Why the bias for urban poor?

 This is based on the social justice precept that ´Those
who have less in life should have more in lawµ.
 Also, this is based on the perspective that security of land
tenure is a subjective concern that many middle and high
income people do not feel threatened even if they don·t
own a piece of land because they have the financial
capacity to rent or own, if and when they want to
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 The shelter plan will be the blueprint for

housing-related policies and programs.
Both the government and private developers will be
guided on the number and type of housing they will
provide/offer.

 Limitations of the shelter plan include the lack

of updated data especially on the number of
urban poor in Cebu City, urbanization trend,
etc.
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 A big difference between night and day population that:
During daytime the city is providing services to people who are
not living in the city

 While Cebu City is a Highly Urbanized City, majority is

concentrated in the urban area due to the economic
activities and opportunities

 Thus, the shelter plan aims to decongest within Cebu City

the highly-dense areas by:
spreading economic activity along with facilities like mass
transport system e.g. the Bus Rapid Transport
giving incentives or subsidy to developers to encourage them to
build in less congested areas
encouraging developers to build socialized medium to high-rise
condominiums as part of the 20% balanced housing or Corporate
ocial Responsibility for the poor.
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 Cebu City had a total population of 799,762 persons as

of August 1, 2007,
larger by 11.3 percent compared to the census count of
718,821 persons as of May 1, 2000
an annual population growth rate of 1.48 percent for the
period 2000 to 2007.
 Household population of Cebu City in 2007 was 791,697
persons
an increase of 10.8 percent from 714,509 persons in 2000.
 The number of households, increased by 20.1 percent
from 147,600 in 2000 to 177,197 in 2007.
The average household size in 2007 was 4.5 persons, lower
than the average household size of 4.8 persons in 2000.
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 mn 2007, there were 171,040 occupied housing

units in Cebu City:
This is 20.1 percent higher than the number of
occupied housing units recorded in 2000;
A ratio of 104 households per 100 occupied housing
units was recorded in 2007, the same ratio was
observed in 2000;
Moreover, the number of persons per occupied
housing unit was 4.6 persons in 2007, lower than the
ratio of 5.0 persons per occupied housing unit in
2000.
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 ince 1993 up to 2006, DWUP registered 58,712

informal settlers as part of UDHA implementation:
mn the south district there were 21,342 registered families
and
in the north district there were 37,370 registered
families.
 There were 67% or more or less 39,000 of the
registered families were already provided with
housing project by the City
 With more or less 19,712 informal families are still
living in either private or government lot registered
by DWUP
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 There is an existing ordinance to relocate

families living in danger areas and to free
the 3 meter easement in all river banks.
Perhaps city government can look into
developing existing relocation sites that could
accommodate these families or
study the rental housing scheme for affected
families living in riverbanks.
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 Urban and rural housing have the same

needs in terms of the delivery of basic
services such as:
inadequate water supply
lack of toilet facilities
absence or inadequate proper waste disposal
system
absence of drainage and sewerage system
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 Cebu City has a total land area of 326.10 sq.km.:

23.95% of which is classified as urban where 88.9% of the
population reside
On the other hand, a vast portion of the hilly lands or
rural areas cannot accommodate more because of its
protected area status.

 Land acquisition is one of the major difficulties

confronting DWUP in implementing socialized
housing program because most landowners are
unwilling to sell their land at the prices set by the
Government.
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 mnsufficient housing programs that provide

housing for the low income and non-regular
income earners;
 The current socialized housing program of the
city is only to assist the target population in
acquiring the land they are currently occupying
 Housing programs undertaken by major housing
developers and government housing finance
caters to regular income earners.
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 The provision of affordable housing programs is the main

responsibility of Government
 The government is always expected to provide housing
particularly to the poor and needy
 However, housing development can be achieved and has
been achieved in other places in the world through the
active and aggressive participation of the private sector
with a strong support from Government
 The compliance of the 20% for socialized housing for
every housing development project is not really
religiously implemented and monitored by Government
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‡Formulate guidelines for purchase of socialized

housing areas/zones;
‡Buy new lots for socialized housing sites;
‡Develop 100 hectares of land in Barangay Toong as
the Urban Poor City;
‡Pursue slum and resettlement upgrading;
‡Formation of a land evaluation team under the Local
Housing Board that will evaluate the cost and benefit
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‡Pursue relocation of families living in danger zones

(creeks, riverbanks, etc.);
‡Provide livelihood opportunities in relocation sites;
‡Provide basic services to homeowners associations
and community associations especially safe drinking
water;
‡Ensure that all fire victims are provided with
housing materials and be allowed to reconstruct
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‡Ensure that socialized housing sites are safe from

fires, accidents and other disasters;
‡Update and consolidate data on socialized housing
project and urban poor communities by 2011 (e.g.
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‡Cebu City Council and City Planning and Development

Office will not approve permits if the developer's 20%
balanced housing compliance is not implemented in Cebu
City.
‡Monitor the compliance of the 20% balance housing by
inspecting the developers¶ compliance prior to the issuance
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‡All requests related to balanced housing must be approved

by the Local Housing Board;
‡Amend and update Ordinance 1770 "An Ordinance
Implementing Balanced Housing as provided for in Section 18
of RA 7279 otherwise known as Urban Development and
Housing Act of 1992 and providing for the mechanism
therefore" when the need arises to ensure that the ordinance
addresses the present needs and realities;
‡Explore and study alternative modes of compliance for the
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‡City to develop city-owned condominiums for transients until

they are employed;
‡Home-stay model (Barangay Luz model);
‡Pursue densification projects to accommodate more renters;
‡Provide support/finance to non-government organizations
providing rental housing services;
‡Study innovative rental housing models (e.g. Chile, Bombay,
United Kingdom);
‡Pursue usufruct agreements for poorest of the poor residents;
 

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‡Ensure the provision of housing and condominium units for

middle income earners;
‡Check and monitor that PAG-IBIG housing programs cater to
the housing needs of middle-income earners;
‡Provide incentives for groups, housing cooperatives, and non-
profit groups providing housing programs for middle-income
earners;
‡Propose to the national government to provide incentives for
developers to pursue projects that will cater to the housing
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‡Explore and study the possibility of collecting idle property

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‡Establish joint ventures with the private developers (e.g. Build-
operate-transfer scheme);
‡Explore and study the establishment of an Urban Poor
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‡Periodic conference of housing agencies, NGOs and private

developers;
‡Annual assessment of the City¶s land and housing projects;
‡Strategic planning and summing up of NGOs, GOs, HOAs and other
stakeholders;
‡Annual conduct of Cebu City Shelter Summit, Urban Poor Solidarity
Week, Habitat Day and Urban Development and Housing Act
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‡Conduct of strategic planning;

‡Strengthening of DWUP Management Team;
‡Staff development and capacity enhancement;
‡Bi-annual assessment and planning;
‡Installation of informational management system;
‡Upgrading of office equipments and facilities;
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mmplementing Agency: Division of the

Welfare of the Urban Poor
Policy-making Body and oversight: Local
Housing Board
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èormulate monitoring and evaluation

feedback mechanism