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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Manila

RATION UNIT

Seventeenth Congress
First Regular Session

2783

HOUSE BILL NO. ..

Introduced By Honorable Isidro S. Rodriguez, Jr.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to mandate local government units (LGUs) to
provide livelihood assistance to qualified beneficiaries of relocation
and resettlement projects, amending for the purpose Republic Act (RA)
No. 7279 otherwise known as the “Urban Development and Housing

Act of 1992".

Presently, the relocation or resettlement of persons is governed
by the Urban Development and Housing Act. However, this law does
not provide adequate assistance to the local government units that has

jurisdiction over the relocation or resettlement site. Whenever


relocation or resettlement is implemented by the national government
or local government units, the LGU with the jurisdiction over the
relocation or resettlement site suffers a host of problems connected
with the sudden influx of people in a confined identified area. This
entails expenses for the delivery of basic services such as education,
health, peace and order, among others, which the host unit must

provide for.

The Urban Development and Housing Act mandates that the
relocation or resettlement projects be located near areas where
employment opportunities are accessible. It also directs the
government agencies concerned to prioritize the development of
livelihood programs to relocation beneficiaries. These provisions are
not, however, enough to guarantee sustainable livelihood
opportunities for the families of the relocation or resettlement

beneficiaries.

Since the relocation or resettlement project will necessarily
require putting in placed livelihood or employment Opportunities to
support the families of the beneficiaries in the resettlement sites, the
LGU that is undertaking the relocation or resettlement project outside

its territory must be mandated to likewise provide to the beneficiaries


livelihood assistance. In this manner, the burden of the LGU hosting

the relocation or resettlement site will considerably be lessened.

Under the Local Government Code of 1991, particularly Section
287 thereof, LGUs are mandated to appropriate at least 20% of its
Annual Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) for development projects.
Pursuant to this provision, Joint Memorandum Circular No, 2011-1
dated April 13, 2011 was issued by the Department of the Interior and
Local Government (DILG) and Department of Budget and Management
(DBM), amending for the purpose DILG-DBM Joint Memorandum
Circular No. 1 dated September 20, 2005, entitled “Gu/delines on the
Appropriations and Utilization of the 20% of the Annual Internal
Revenue Allotment for Development Projects” and DILG Memorandum
Circular No. 2010-138 dated December 2, 2010 entitled “Use of the
20% component of Annual Internal Revenue allotment Shares”. Based of
these guidelines, the 20% of the IRA intended for the development
Projects may be utilized by the local government unit for priority
programs like social and economic development which include, among
others, purchase and development of land for relocation of informal
settlers and capital expenditures related to the implementation of
livelihood or economic development projects. Thus LGUs can use the

20% component of their annual Internal Revenue Allotment share to


allot for the livelihood assistance to qualified beneficiaries of

relocation or resettlement projects.

In view of the foregoing consideration, passage of this bill is

earnestly sought.

ISIDRO'S. RODRIGUE:


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Quezon City, Manila

Seventeenth Congress
First Regular Session

2783

HOUSE BILL NO...

Introduced By Honorable Isidro S. Rodriguez, Jr.

AN ACT

MANDATING LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO PROVIDE LIVELIHOOD
ASSISTANCE TO QUALIFIED BENEFICIARIES OF RELOCATION AND
RESETTLEMENT PROJECTS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT
NO. 7279, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND
HOUSING ACT OF 1992”

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
Philippines in Congress Assembled:

SECTION 1. Section 22 of the Republic Act No. 7279 is hereby
amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 22. Livelihood Component. - To the extent feasible,
socialized housing and resettlement projects shall be located near
areas where employment opportunities are accessible. The government


agencies dealing with the development of livelihood programs and
grant livelihood loans shall give priority to the beneficiaries of the
program.

FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ACT, THE SENDING OR RELOCATING
LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS SHALL, APART FROM THE PURCHASE OF
UNITS FOR THE BENEFICIARIES, LIKEWISE PROVIDE FOR LIVELIHOOD
ASSISTANCE TO QUALIFIED BENEFICIARIES IN THE RELOCATION OR
RESETTLEMENT AREAS WHICH SHALL BE IN PLACE UPON THE
RELOCATION OR RESETTLEMENT OF THE BENEFICIARIES. THE AMOUNT
NECESSARY TO PROVIDE LIVELIHOOD ASSISTANCE SHALL BE TAKEN
FROM THE INTERNAL REVENUE ALLOTMENT OF THE SENDING LOCAL
GOVERNMENT UNITS INTENDED FOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT AND THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
COORDINATING COUNCIL SHALL JOINTLY PROMULGATE THE RULES
AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY FOR THE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION
OF THIS SECTION,”

SECTION 2. Repealing Clause - All laws, executive orders, and
rules and regulations, or parts thereof, inconsistent with the provisions
of this Act, are hereby repealed or modified accordingly

SECTION 3. &ffectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15)
days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) national
newspapers of general circulation

Approved.