SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Third Regular Session 
SENATE 
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S.B. No. 
2885 
Introduced by Senator Ramon Bong Revilla, Jr. 
AN ACT 
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ESTABLISHING AN ON·SITE, IN·CITY OR NEAR·CITY RESETTLEMENT 
PROGRAM FOR INFORMAL SETTLER FAMILIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH A 
PEOPLE'S PLAN AND MANDATING RELOCATING LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS 
TO PROVIDE OTHER BASIC SERVICES AND LIVELIHOOD COMPONENTS IN 
FAVOR OF THE RECIPIENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT, AMENDING FOR THE 
PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO 7279, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 
"URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING ACT OF 1992" 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This proposed measure seeks to enhance the Urban Development and Housing 
Act of 1992 by mandating the development of a People's Plan which will establish an 
on-site, in-city or near-city resettlement program for informal settlers. It will also 
mandate the provision of basic services and livelihood components for the resettled 
communities. This proposal also strengthens and empowers association of informal 
settler families that will promote and protect their welfare against abusive elements. 
Furthermore, this proposal gives emphasis on public consultation and dialogue with 
stakeholders. 
This bill takes significance in the fact that shelter is a basic human right. The 
People's Plan is a tool, not to encourage professional squatters, but an economic and 
social apparatus to support our many fellow Filipinos who are left of no other choice but 
to settle informally in urban areas. Let us give them the chance for a more humane and 
civilized settlement by supporting a genuine and real People's Plan. 
In view of this, passage of this proposal is earnestly sought. 


SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Third Regular Session 
SENATE 
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S.B. No. 
2885 
Introduced by Senator Ramon Bong Revilla, Jr. 
AN ACT 
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ESTABLISHING AN ON·SITE, IN·CITY OR NEAR·CITY RESETTLEMENT 
PROGRAM FOR INFORMAL SETTLER FAMILIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH A 
PEOPLE'S PLAN AND MANDATING RELOCATING LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS 
TO PROVIDE OTHER BASIC SERVICES AND LIVELIHOOD COMPONENTS IN 
FAVOR OF THE RECIPIENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT, AMENDING FOR THE 
PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO 7279, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 
"URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING ACT OF 1992" 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Congress assembled: 
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SECTION 1. Short Title. This Act shall be known as the "On-site, In-city or Near-
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City Resettlement Act". 
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Section 2. Amendatory Provisions. For purposes of this Act, the following 
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provisions of Republic Act No. 7279, otherwise known as the "Urban Development and 
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Housing Act of 1992," are hereby amended as follows: 
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(a) Section 3 of Republic Act No. 7279 is hereby amended to read as follows: 
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"SEC. 3. Definition of Terms. - For purposes of this Act: 
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"(w) x x x; [and] 
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"(x) 'Zonal Improvement Program or ZIP' refers to the program of the 
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National Housing Authority of upgrading and improving blighted squatter 
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areas within the cities and municipalities of Metro Manila pursuant to 
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existing statutes and pertinent executive issuances [.]; 
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(Y) 'ADEQUATE AND GENUINE CONSULTATION' REFERS TO THE 
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STANDARD OF CONSULTATION WITH THE AFFECTED INFORMAL 
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SETTLER 
FAMILIES 
(ISFs) 
WHICH 
SHALL 
REQUIRE 
THE 
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FOLLOWING: 
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"(1) 
EFFECTIVE 
DISSEMINATION 
OF 
RELEVANT 
INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS INCLUDING LAND RECORDS, 
HOUSING 
BUDGETS, 
THE 
PROPOSED 
PLAN 
OR 
PROJECT, 
ALTERNATIVE 
HOUSING 
OPTIONS, 
AND 
COMPREHENSIVE 
RESETTLEMENT PLANS; 
"(2) REASONABLE TIME FOR THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW, 
COMMENT AND OBJECT TO THE PROPOSED PLAN OR PROJECT; 
"(3) 
PROVISION 
BY 
THE 
GOVERNMENT 
OR 
NONGOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS OF LEGAL, TECHNICAL, AND 
OTHER ADVICE TO AFFECTED PERSONS ON THEIR RIGHTS AND 
OPTIONS; 
"(4) PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT PROVIDE AFFECTED ISFs AND 
THEIR ADVOCATES WITH OPPORTUNITES TO CHALLENGE THE 
EVICTION DECISION OR PRESENT ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS AND 
TO 
ARTICULATE 
THEIR 
DEMANDS 
AND 
DEVELOPMENT 
PRIORITIES; AND 
"(5) IN CASE NO AGREEMENT IS REACHED ON THE 
PROPOSALS OF THE CONCERNED PARTIES, AN INDEPENDENT 
BODY HAVING CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY, SUCH AS A COURT 
OF LAW, SHOULD MEDIATE, ARBITRATE OR ADJUDICATE AS MAY 
BE APPROPRIATE; 
"(Z) 'CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS OR esos' REFERS TO 
NONGOVERNMENTAL 
ORGANIZATIONS 
(NGOs), 
PEOPLE'S 
ORGANIZATIONS 
(POs), 
COOPERATIVES, 
TRADE 
UNIONS, 
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, FAITH·BASED ORGANIZATIONS, 
MEDIA 
GROUPS, 
INDIGENOUS 
PEOPLES 
MOVEMENTS, 
FOUNDATIONS 
AND 
OTHER 
CITIZEN'S 
GROUPS 
FORMED 
PRIMARILY FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO PLAN 
AND 
MONITOR GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS 
AND 
PROJECTS, 
ENGAGE IN POLICY DISCUSSIONS, AND ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN 
COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIES WITH THE GOVERNMENT; 
"(AA) 'IN·CITY, RESETTLEMENT' REFERS TO A RELOCATION 
SITE WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE elTY WHERE THE 
AFFECTED ISFs ARE LIVING; 
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"(BB) 'INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS' REFERS TO: 
"(1) RESIDENTIAL AREAS WHERE HOUSING UNITS HAVE 
BEEN CONSTRUCTED BY SETTLERS ON LAND WHICH THEY 
OCCUPY ILLEGALLY; OR 
"(2) 
UNPLANNED SETTLEMENTS ARE 
AREAS WHERE 
HOUSING IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH EXISTING PLANNING AND 
BUILDING REGULATIONS; 
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'INFORMAL 
SETTLER 
FAMILIES' 
COLLECTIVELY 
REFERRED TO AS ISFs, REFERS TO FAMILIES LIVING IN INFORMAL 
SETTLEMENTS AS THE LATTER IS DEFINED IN THIS ACT; 
"(DO) 
'NEAR-CITY 
RESETTLEMENT' 
REFERS 
TO 
A 
RELOCATION SITE IN A CITY OTHER THAN THE CITY OF THE 
AFFECTED INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, 
THAT THE RELOCATION SITE IS ADJACENT TO THE CITY WHERE 
THE AFFECTED ISFs HAVE THEIR SETTLEMENTS; 
"(EE) 'NONGOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION OF NGO' REFERS 
TO A DULY REGISTERED NONSTOCK, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION 
FOCUSING 
ON 
THE 
UPLIFTMENT 
OF 
THE 
BASIC 
OR 
DISADVANTAGED 
SECTORS 
OF 
SOCIETY 
BY 
PROVIDING 
ADVOCACY, TRAINING, COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, RESEARCH, 
ACCESS TO RESOURCES, AND OTHER SIMILAR ACTIVITIES, AS 
DEFINED UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8425, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 
THE 'SOCIAL REFORM AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION ACT' AND 
ORGANIZED AND OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR SCIENTIFIC, 
RESEARCH, EDUCATIONAL, CHARACTER-BUILDING AND YOUTH 
AND 
SPORTS 
DEVELOPMENT, 
HEALTH, 
SOCIAL WELFARE, 
CULTURAL OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES, OR A COMBINATION 
THEREOF, AND NO PART OF THE NET INCOME OF WHICH INURES 
TO THE BENEFIT OF ANY PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL PURSUANT TO 
SECTION 34 (H)(2)(C)(1) OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8424, AS AMENDED, 
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'TAX REFORM ACT OF 1997'; 
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'OFF-CITY 
RESETTLEMENT' 
REFERS 
TO 
A 
RELOCATION SITE DEVELOPED OUTSIDE AND NOT ADJACENT TO 
THE 
CITY 
WHERE 
THE 
AFFECTED 
ISFs 
HAVE 
THEIR 
SETTLEMENTS; 
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"(GG) 
'PEOPLE'S 
PLAN' 
REFERS 
TO 
THE 
PLAN 
FORMULATED 
BY 
THE 
BENEFICIARY-ASSOCIATION, 
IN 
COORDINATION WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION FOR THE 
URBAN POOR WITH OR WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF CSOs, WHICH 
SHALL CONTAIN A SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, INCLUDING 
NONPHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT COMPONENTS SUCH AS SELF-
HELP 
HOUSING 
COOPERATIVE, 
LIVELIHOOD, 
SELF-HELP 
DEVELOPMENT, AND CAPABILITY BUILDING; AND 
"(HH) 'SOCIAL PREPARATION' REFERS TO THE PROCESS OF 
ESTABLISHING SOCIAL, ORGANIZATIONAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL 
NORMS AND MECHANISMS. SUCH NORMS AND MECHANISMS 
WILL: (1) ENABLE THE SETTLERS TO COPE WITH CHANGES; AND 
(2) IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CONCERNED INSTITUTIONS AND 
STAKEHOLDERS, ENCOURAGE THE SETTLERS NOT ONLY TO 
WORK AMONG THEMSELVES FOR THE PURPOSE OF DRAWING UP 
AND UNDERTAKING THEIR HOUSING RESETTLEMENT PROPOSALS 
BUT ALSO TO ACTIVELY AND MEANINGFULLY PARTICIPATE IN 
HOUSING RESETTLEMENT PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN IN THEIR 
BEHALF, THUS RESOLVING COLECTIVE ACTION PROBLEMS 
AMONG COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND COORDINATION PROBLEMS 
WITH GOVERNMENT AND OTHER ENTITIES."; 
(b) Section 23 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"Sec. 23. Participation of PROGRAM Beneficiaries OR AFFECTED 
ISFs, 
FORMATION 
OF 
BENEFICIARY-ASSOCIATION, 
AND 
FORMULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A PEOPLE'S PLAN. -
The local government units, in coordination with the Presidential 
Commission for the Urban Poor and concerned government agencies, 
shall afford Program beneficiaries OR AFFECTED ISFs or their duly 
designated representatives an opportunity to be heard and to participate in 
the decision-making process over matters involving the protection and 
promotion of their legitimate collective interests which shall include 
appropriate documentation and feedback mechanisms. They shall also be 
encouraged to organize themselves [and undertake self-help cooperative 
housing and other livelihood activities] INTO AN ASSOCIATION FOR 
ACCREDITATION 
AS 
BENEFICIARIES 
OR 
AWARDEES 
OF 
OWNERSHIP RIGHTS UNDER THE RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM, 
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COMMUNITY MORTGAGE PROGRAM, LAND TENURE ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM, AND OTHER SIMILAR PROGRAMS IN RELATION TO A 
SOCIALIZED HOUSING PROJECT ACTUALLY BEING IMPLEMENTED 
BY 
THE 
NATIONAL 
GOVERNMENT 
OR 
BY 
THE 
LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT UNITS. They shall assist the government in preventing 
the incursions of professional squatters and members of squatting 
syndicates into their communities. 
"In instances when the affected beneficiaries have failed to 
organize themselves or form an [alliance] ASSOCIATION within a 
reasonable period prior to the implementation of the program or projects 
affecting them, consultation between the implementing agency and the 
affected beneficiaries shall be conducted with the assistance of the 
Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor and the concerned 
nongovernment organization UNTIL AN ASSOCIATION IS FORMED IN 
PLACE. 
"THE 
ASSOCIATION, 
IN 
COORDINATION 
WITH 
THE 
PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION FOR THE URBAN POOR WITH OR 
WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF CSOs, SHALL FORMULATE A 
'PEOPLE'S PLAN' THROUGH A PROCESS OF CONSULTATION 
WHICH SHALL CONTAIN A SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, INCLUDING 
NONPHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT COMPONENTS SUCH AS SELF 
HELP 
HOUSING 
COOPERATIVE, 
LIVELIHOOD, 
SELF·HELP 
DEVELOPMENT, AND CAPABILITY-BUILDING TRAININGS. 
"THE ASSOCIATION, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF CSOs AND 
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES INCLUDING THE 
NATIONAL ANTI-
POVERTY COMMISSION (NAPC), PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION FOR 
THE URBAN POOR, NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY, CITY OR 
MUNICIPAL SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, 
SOCIAL HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, LOCAL GOVERNMENT 
UNITS, AND OTHER RELEVANT AGENCIES OF GOVERNMENT, 
SHALL AGREE ON, DEVELOP, AND IMPLEMENT THE PEOPLE'S 
PLAN. 
"IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROTECTION GUIDELINES 
PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 28 OF THIS ACT, A RELOCATION 
ACTION PLAN SHALL BE AN INDISPENSABLE COMPONENT OF THE 
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PEOPLE'S PLAN. THE RELOCATION ACTION PLAN SHALL INCLUDE 
THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES: 
"(A) ENSURE SAFE, AFFORDABLE, DECENT, AND HUMANE 
CONDITION 
OF 
RELOCATION, 
INCORPORATING 
THEREIN 
APPROPRIATE DISASTER RISK REDUCTION MANAGEMENT AND 
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION STANDARDS; 
"(B) PROVIDE ADEQUATE SOCIAL PREPARATION; AND 
"(C) PREVENT FORCED EVICTION: 
PROVIDED, THAT PRIMARY CONSIDERATION SHALL BE GIVEN TO 
THE HOUSING FINANCIAL SCHEME SUGGESTED IN THE PEOPLE'S 
PLAN." 
(c) Section 26 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"Sec. 26. Urban Renewal and Resettlement. -
[This] URBAN 
RENEWAL AND RESETTLEMENT shall include the rehabilitation and 
development of blighted and slum areas and resettlement of Program 
beneficiaries in accordance with the provisions of this Act. On-site 
development shall 
be 
implemented 
[whenever 
possible] 
AFTER 
ADEQUATE AND GENUINE CONSULTATION WITH THE AFFECTED 
ISFs, 
AND 
IN 
ACCORDANCE 
WITH 
THE 
PEOPLE'S 
PLAN 
FORMULATED PURSUANT TO SECTION 23 OF THIS ACT, in order to 
ensure minimum movement of occupants of blighted lands and slum 
areas. 
"[The] WHERE DEMOLITION OR EVICTION IS ALLOWED IN 
THE 
AREA 
OCCUPIED 
BY THE 
PROGRAM 
BENEFICIARIES 
PURSUANT TO 
SECTION 
28 
OF 
THIS ACT, 
AND ON·SITE 
RESETTLEMENT 
CANNOT 
BE 
UNDERTAKEN 
BY 
REASON 
THEREOF, THE IN·CITY resettlement of the beneficiaries of the Program 
from their existing places of occupancy shall be undertaken only [when 
on-site development is not feasible and] after compliance with the 
procedures laid down in [Section 28 of this Act] THE SAME SECTION OF 
THIS ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PREFERENCE OF THE 
AFFECTED ISFs AS CONTAINED IN THE PEOPLE'S PLAN. 
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"SHOULD IN-CITY RESETTLEMENT NOT BE FEASIBLE, NEAR-
CITY 
RESETTLEMENT 
SHALL 
BE 
CONSIDERED, 
OFF-CITY 
RESETTLEMENT 
SHALL 
ONLY 
BE 
RESEORTED 
TO 
WHEN 
DIRECTLY REQUESTED BY THE AFFECTED ISFs THEMSELVES, 
AND MUST SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF ADEQUATE AND 
GENUINE CONSULTATION PRIOR TO RELOCATION."; and 
(d) Section 29 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"Sec. 29. Resettlement. - Within two (2) years from the effectivity of 
this Act, the local government units, in coordination with the National 
Housing Authority, shall implement the relocation and resettlement of 
persons living in danger areas such as esteros, railroad tracks, garbage 
dumps, riverbanks, shorelines, waterways, and in other public places such 
as sidewalks, roads, parks, and playgrounds. The local government unit, 
in coordination with the National Housing Authority, shall provide 
relocation or resettlement sites with basic services and facilities and 
access to employment and livelihood opportunities sufficient to meet the 
basic needs of the affected families. 
"IN 
INSTANCES 
WHEN 
THE 
RELOCATION 
OR 
RESETTLEMENT 
SITE 
IS 
LOCATED 
IN 
ANOTHER 
LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT UNIT, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT THAT 
IMPLEMENTS THE RELOCATION OR RESETTLEMENT AND THE 
CONCERNED 
NATIONAL 
GOVERNMENT 
AGENCIES 
SHALL, 
THROUGH A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT, PROVIDE THE 
OTHER BASIC SERVICES AND FACILITIES ENUMERATED UNDER 
SECTION 
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OF 
THIS 
ACT 
TO 
THE 
RECIPIENT 
LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT 
UNIT 
WHERE 
THE 
RELOCATION 
OR 
RESETTLEMENT SITE IS LOCATED. 
"THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT COORDINATING 
COUNCIL AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE -
BUREAU OF 
LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE SHALL ON THE COST-SHARING 
MECHANISM NECESSARY TO FULLY IMPLEMENT THE PROVISION 
OF SUCH OTHER BASIC SERVICES AND FACILITIES. 
"IN ADDITION TO THE FUNDING SOURCES PROVIDED UNDER 
SECTION 42 OF THIS ACT, THE ALLOCATION FOR THE BASIC 
SERVICES AND FACILITIES MAY BE TAKEN BY THE LOCAL 
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GOVERNMENT 
UNIT 
IMPLEMENTING 
THE 
RELOCATION 
OR 
RESETTLEMENT FROM THE TWENTY PERCENT (20%) OF THE 
INTERNAL 
REVENUE 
ALLOTMENT 
APPROPRIATED 
FOR 
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AS MANDATED UNDER SECTION 287 
OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991'." 
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Section 3. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The principles, pOlicies and 
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provisions of this Act shall be incorporated in the National Shelter Program. 
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The Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council and the Department 
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of the Interior and Local Government, in consultation and coordination with appropriate 
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government agencies, CSOs, NGOs, representatives from the private sector, and ISFs, 
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shall promulgate a new set of implementing rules and regulations within sixty (60) days 
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from the effectivity of this Act. The implementing rules and regulations shall be 
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consistent with the provisions of this Act partlcularly with the amendments, parameters, 
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and standards introduced to Sections 23, 26, and 29 of the "Urban Development and 
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Housing Act of 1992", and shall include the following: 
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(a) A People's Plan template to guide ISFs in the development of their own 
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People's Plan: Provided, That such template shall be a complete pro forma People's 
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Plan: Provided, however, That such a template shall be used to benchmark the 
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minimum standards in a People's Plan; and 
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(b) A guide to effective implementation of the People's Plan, including details on 
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the necessity of the issuance of internal memoranda by concerned agencies. 
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The implementing rules and regulations issued pursuant to this section shall take 
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effect thirty (30) days after its publication in two (2) national newspapers of general 
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circulation. 
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Section 4. Repealing Clause. -
All laws, decrees, executive orders, 
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proclamations, rules and regulations, and other issuances, or parts thereof which are 
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inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified 
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accordingly. 
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Section 5. Separability Clause. - If, for any reason, any part, section or provision 
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of this Act is held invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining provisions not affected 
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thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect. 
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Section 6. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
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publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation. 
Approved. 
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