✅ [K] ECONOMIC AND SOCIALIZED HOUSING RULES AND STANDARDS (copy)

BP 220

Establishes the standards and requirements for economic and socialized housing projects in the Philippines, covering building design, parking, distance between buildings, utilities, registration, complaints, and penalties, with the aim of providing affordable housing for average and low-income earners in urban and rural areas

2000

How much minimum headroom clearance is required to be provided in areas where ceilings are not installed?

1

How many entrance/exit points must be provided in areas where the number of occupants does not exceed 10?

2

How many entrance/exit points must be provided in areas where the number of occupants exceed 10?

2000

What is the minimum clear height required for doors?

1800

What is the exception regarding the minimum clear height requirement for doors, specifically for bathroom and mezzanine doors?

800

What is the clear width for main doors?

700

What is the clear width for service/bedroom doors?

600

What is the clear width for bathroom doors?

10%

Rooms for habitable use shall be provided with windows with a total free area of openings equal to at least ______ of the floor area of the room

1/20

Bathrooms shall be provided with window/s with an area not less than _____ of its floor area

600

Stairways shall have a minimum clear width of _____

2000

Stairs shall have a minimum headroom clearance of _____

3600

Every landing shall have a dimension measured in the direction of travel equal to the width of the stairway. Maximum height between landing shall be _____

800, 1200

Handrails on stairs shall not be less than _____ or more than _____ above the upper surface of the tread, measured vertically to the top of the rail from the leading edge of the tread

38

Handrails shall be so designed as to permit continuous sliding of hands on them and shall be provided with a minimum clearance of _____ from the wall to which they are fastened

800, 1200

The height of guards shall be measured vertically to the top guard from the leading edge of the tread or from the floor of landings; It shall not be less than _____ and no more than _____

300, 150

Winding and circular stairways may be used if the required width of run is provided at a point not more than _____ from the side of the stairway where the treads are narrower but in no case shall any width of run be less than _____ at any point

1800

The use of ladders may be allowed provided that the maximum distance between landings shall be _____