SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES) 
Third Regular Session) 
SENATE 
SENATE BILL NO. 2947 
Prepared by the Committee on Urban Planning, Housing and Resettlement 
with Senators Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., Miriam Defensor Santiago, Ramon Bong Revilla, 
Jr., and Joseph Victor G. Ejercito, as authors thereof 
AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE BALANCED HOUSING DEVELOPMENT 
PROGRAM, AMENDING FOR THAT PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7279, AS 
AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9397, 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: 
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SECTION 1. Short Title _ - This Act shall he known as the "Balanced Housing 
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Development Program Amendments." 
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SECTION 2. Amendatory Provisions. - The following provisions of Republic Act No. 
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7279, entitled, "An Act to Provide for a Comprehensive and Continuing Urban Development 
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·and Housing Program, Establish the Mechanism for its Implementation, and for other 
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Purposes," are hereby amended: 
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(A) Section 3 of Republic A~t no. 7279 is hereby amended by redefining paragraph (r) 
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to read as follows: 
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"(r) 'Socialized housing' refers to housing programs and projects covering houses and lots or 
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homelots only, OR RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM UNITS undertaken by the 
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government or the private sector for the underprivileged and homeless citizens which shall 
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include sites and services development, long-tenu financing, liberalized tenus on interest 
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payments, SLUM UPGRADING AND THE RENEWAL OF AREAS, and such other 
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benefits accordance with the provisions of this Act." 
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(B) Section 18 of Republic Act no. 7279 is hereby amended to read as follows: 
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"Sec. 18 Balanced Housing Development. 
- The Program shall include a system to be 
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specifIed in the Framework plan whereby OWNERS AND/OR developers of proposed 
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subdivision AND CONDOMINIUM projects shall be required to deVelop an area for 
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socialized housing equivalent to at least (twenty percent (20%)) ]iIFTEEN }'ERCENT 
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(15%) of the total subdivision area or total subdivision project cost AND AT LEAST FIVI, 
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PERCENT (5%) OF CONDOMINIUM ARIIA OR PROJECT COST, at the option of 
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the developer, [within the same city or municipality, whenever feasible, and in accordance 
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with the standard set by the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board and other existing 
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laws] ANYWHERE IN TlIE l'lIlLIPPINI,S 
1.1 PROV/J)ED, THAT OWNERS 
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AND/OR DEVELOPERS OF PIWPOSED SOCIALIZED SUBDIVISION PROJECTS 
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AND 
OWNERS 
AND/OR 
DEVEI,Ol'ICRS 
OF 
PROPOSIi:D 
SOCIALIZIW 
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CONDOMINIUM PROJECTS SHALL BE EXEMPT ]IROM TIllS REQUIREMENT. 
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"The balanced housing development as herein required may also be complied with by 
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the developers concerned in any of the following manner: 
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"a) Development of SOCIALIZED HOUSING IN A new settlement; 
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"b) Slum upgrading or re'lewal of areas for priority development either through zonal 
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improvement programs or slum improvement and resettlement programs; 
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"c) Joint-venture projects with either the local govel'llment units or any of the housing 
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agencies[;] or WITn ANOTHER PIUVATE DEVELOPER, OR WITI[ A NON-
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GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION ENGAGED IN TilE I'ROVISION OF 
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SOCIALlZIW HOUSING AND DULY ACCIUmITIW BY TIlE HOUSING AND 
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LAND USE REGULATORY BOAIH): PROVIDED, TBAT TIlE OWNER AND/OR 
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DEVELOPER OF TIlE MAIN SUBDIVISION OR CONDOMINIUM PROJECT 
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SHALL BE SOLIDARlLY LIABLE WITn TIlE OWNER AND/OR DEVELOPER OF 
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THE SOCIALIZlm HOUSING PROJECT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TIlE 
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LATTER, REGARDLESS OF TilE PROVISIONS OF Tlmm JOINT VENTURE 
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AGREEMENT; OR 
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"<I) Participation in the community mortgage program. 
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"E) DEVELOPMI<:NT OF EDUCATION FACILlTmS IN AN EXISTING 
, 
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SOCIALIZED HOUSING AREA. 
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"NO OTHER FORM OF COMPLIANCE TO TIllS SECTION MAYBE 
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PRESCRIIlED EXCEPT THROUGH TilE ENACTMENT OF A SUBSEQUI<:NT 
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LAW. 
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"FURTHERMORE, NO SUBDIVISION PLAN OR CONDOMINIUM }'LAN 
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SHALL 
BE 
APPROVED 
BY 
ANY 
LOCAL 
GOVERNMI<:NT 
UNIT 
OR 
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GOVERNMENT AGENCY UNLESS THE SAME IS ACCOMPANmD BY A 
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WRITTEN UNDERTAKING, BY TIlE OWNER ANIl/OR DEVELOPER, SETTING 
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Ii0RTII IN DETAIL TIlE MANNER IN wlllcn COMPLIANCE WITH THIS 
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SECTION IS PROPOSED. 
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"THE HOUSING ANI) LAND USle REGULATORY BOARD IS HEREBY 
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MANDATED TO SUBMIT TO CONGRESS AN ANNUAL REI'ORT ON TIm 
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COMPLIANCE HEREOF BY TIlE OWNERS AND/OR DEVELOPERS OF 
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SUBDIVISION AND CONDOMINIUM PROJECTS. 
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"ANY PERSON VIOLATING ANY PROVISION OF TIllS SI£CTION SHALL 
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BE IMPOSED A )?INE OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND l'ESOS 
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(P500,OOO.OO) BUT NOT MORE THAN TEN MILLION PI£SOS (10,000,000.00) FOR 
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THE FIRST OFJlENSE AND CANCELLATION Oli LICENSE TO DO BUSINESS 
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FOR TIlE SECONI) OFFENSE." 
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(C) Section 21 of Republic Act No. 7279 is hereby amended to read as follows: 
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"SEC. 21. Basic Services. - Socialized honsing and resettlement areas shall be 
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provided by the local government unit or the National! lousing Authority iu cooperation with 
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the private OWNERS AND/OR developers and concerned agencies with the following basic 
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services and facilities: 
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"(a) Potable water; 
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"(b) Power and electricity and an adequate power distribution system; 
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"(c) Sewerage filCilities and an emcient and adequate solid waste disposal system; and 
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"(d) Access to primary roads and transportation facilities. 
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"The provision of other basic services and facilities such as health, education, 
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communications, secnrity, recreation, relief and welfare shall be planned and shall be given 
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priority for implementation by the local government unit and concerned agencies in 
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cooperation with the private sector and the beneficiaries themselves [.J PROVIDED, THAT 
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TIlE PROVISION OF EI>UCATlON FACILITES BY AN OWNER AND/OR A 
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DEVELOPER IN SOCIALIZED HOUSING AREAS PURSUANT TO SECTION 18 
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(C) HEREOF SHALL BE ACCORDED A HlGI! PRIORITY. 
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"The local government lInit, in coordination with the concerned national agencies, 
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shall ensure that these basic services are provided at the most cost-emcient rates, and shall set 
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a mechanism to coordinate operationally the thrusts, objectives and activities of other 
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government agencies concerned with providing basic services to housing projects." 
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SECTION 3. implementing Rules ond Regulations. - Within sixty (60) days from the 
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effectivity of this Act, the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board shall promulgate a new 
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set of implementing rules and regulations for the amended Sections 3, 18, and 21 of Republic 
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Act No. 7279, consistent with the parameters and standards set forth in said sections. 
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Nongovernment organizations and people's organizations involved in housing rights and 
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urban poor advocacy, as well as the private sector, shall be consulted in the process of 
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drafting these implementing rules and regulations. 
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SECTION 4. Reporting to Congress. - The Chief Executive Oflicer of' the I lousing 
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and Land Use Regulatory Board shall submit an evaluation report to Congress every two (2) 
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years aHer the effectivity of this Act. 
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SECTION 5. Separability Clallse. - If any provision or part hcreot~ is held invalid or 
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unconstitutional, the remainder of the law of the provision not otherwise alfected shall remain 
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valid and subsisting. 
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SECTION 6. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive 
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order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to, or inconsistent 
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with, the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly. 
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SECTION 7. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect tilleen (15) days after its 
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publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
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Approved, 
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