SOCIOCULTURAL

Housing

It refers to the acitivity or a process of residing as well to the objects of dwellings and their environment.

Physical Structure Location, Tenure Arrangements, Cost

Main attributes of housing as a dwelling

Housing

It is a sector of the economy and an important category of land use in cities and in other settlements

Housing in the Philippines

“Characterized by the emergence of a continuing demand for affordable housing units in response to increasing population and household size, both in urban and rural areas.”

Housing Problems

The Philippines is beset with a huge backlog in providing for land security and housing for the poor.

Money, Availability of Land

Two basic problems being faced by the government in realizing a successful housing program

Home Development Mutual Fund

popularly known as Pag-IBIG Fund (Pagtutulungan sa Kinabukasan: Ikaw, Bangko, Industriya at Gobyerno), was created by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 1530 on June 11, 1978.

National Housing Authority

established by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 757 dated July 31, 1975, is a government-owned and controlled corporation operating under the policy and administrative supervision of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC). It is mandated by Executive Order No. 90 as the sole government agency to engage in shelter production, focusing its efforts to provide to homeless, low-income Filipino families

The 1987 Constitution of the Philippines Mandate On Housing

to undertake, in cooperation with the private sector, a continuing program of urban land reform and housing which will make available, at affordable cost, decent housing and basic services to underprivileged and homeless citizens in urban centers and resettlement areas.

Homeless

These people face serious problems in surviving on the streets. They are an urban minority deprived of human rights and excluded from society.

Core Housing Programs

Entails acquisition and development of raw land as well as construction of housing units. The Program provides service lots with core housing designed to match the affordability of the target market consisting mostly of low-salaried government and private sector employees.

Medium Rise Housing Programs

An in-city housing alternative that entails the construction of three- to five-storey buildings. It is implemented directly by NHA, utilizing the allocation for the Program under RA 7835 and units are made available under lease arrangement.

REPUBLICT ACT NO. 4726

"An act to define a condominium, establish requirements for its creation, and govern its incidents." Otherwise known as "The Condominium Act"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6552

"AN ACT TO PROVIDE ROTECTION TO BUYER OF REAL ESTATE ON IPNSTALLMENT PAYMENTS"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9653

"AN ACT ESTABLISHING REFORMS IN THE REGULATION OF RENT OF CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL UNITS, PROVIDING THE MECHANISMS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9653

"Rent Control Act of 2009"

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1517

"PROCLAIMING URBAN LAND REFORM IN THE PHILIPPINES AND PROVIDING FOR THE IMPLEMENTING MACHINERY THEREOF"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11201

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACT

Tenurial Assistance

Community resources are mobilized for resolution of land tenure issues and/or site development through the Land Tenure Assistance Program (LTAP), Community Mortgage Program (CMP) and Community Land Acquisition Support Program (CLASP)