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Republic of the Philippines & RECEIVED
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TWENTIETH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No._2566

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES RALPH WENDEL P. TULFO
AND JOCELYN P. TULFO

AN ACT

ESTABLISHING AN ON-SITE, IN-CITY, NEAR-CITY, OR OFF-CITY LOCAL
GOVERNMENT RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM FOR INFORMAL SETTLER
FAMILIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PEOPLE’S PLAN AND MANDATING
THE IMPLEMENTING LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT, JOINTLY WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, IN
CASES OF NEAR-CITY OR OFF-CITY RESETTLEMENT, 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

Under Article XIII, Section 9 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, the State is
mandated to undertake 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.
However, many informal settler families (ISFs) continue to face threats of
displacement without assurance of decent, secure, and humane resettlement options.

There are some resettlement projects located in areas that are far from
livelihood opportunities and basic services like schools, hospitals, and other social
infrastructures. Others have limited and no access to clean water, sanitation, and
electricity affecting habitability and quality of life of resettled families. Although these
resettlement programs are meant to improve the living conditions of low-income and
ISFs, the unsuitably planned resettlements create financial difficulty and promote
poverty and inequity."

uring inclusivity, resilience, and affordability of housing for low-income and informal settler
families in the Philippines”, Habitat for Humanity,

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This measure seeks to institutionalize a more inclusive and humane approach
to resettlement by institutionalizing on-site, in-city, near-city, or off-city resettlements,
which are guided by a People’s Plan—an approach that empowers ISFs to participate
their future resettlement. Further, this bill reinforces the role of local government units
(LGUs) and key shelter agencies in implementing resettlement efforts.

By mandating the provision of basic services, utilities, and livelihood support
to the relocation or resettlement sites, this measure ensures that affected ISFs are able
to lead dignified lives and gain the opportunity to thrive through their own initiative
in their new homes.

In view of the foregoing, the urgent passing of this bill is earnestly sought.

RALPH WENDEL P. TULFO Oe,
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Representative Repre:
2m District of Quezon City ACT-CIS Partylist


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

TWENTIETH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No.2968

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES RALPH WENDEL P. TULFO
AND JOCELYN P. TULFO

AN ACT

ESTABLISHING AN ON-SITE, IN-CITY, NEAR-CITY, OR OFF-CITY LOCAL
GOVERNMENT RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM FOR INFORMAL SETTLER
FAMILIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PEOPLE’S PLAN AND MANDATING
THE IMPLEMENTING LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT, JOINTLY WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, IN
CASES OF NEAR-CITY OR OFF-CITY RESETTLEMENT, 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 Philippines in Congress
assembled.

SECTION 1. Amendatory Provisions. - For purposes of this Act, the following
provisions of Republic Act No. 7279. Otherwise known as the “Urban Development
and Housing Act of 1992”, are hereby amended as follows

(a) Section 3 is hereby amended to read as follows:
“SEC. 3 Definition of Terms. - For purposes of this Act:
“XXX
“(w) x x x; [and]

“(x) ‘Zonal Improvement Program or ZIP’ refers to the program of the
National Housing Authority of upgrading and improving blighted squatter areas
within the cities and municipalities of Metro Manila pursuant to existing statutes and
pertinent executive issuances[.];

“(Y) ‘ADEQUATE AND RESPONSIVE CONSULTATION’ REFERS TO
THE STANDARD OF DIALOGUE TO BE CONDUCTED BY THE
IMPLEMENTING LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT OR THE PROJECT
PROPONENT AGENCY WITH THE AFFECTED INFORMAL SETTLER
FAMILIES WHICH SHALL REQUIRE THE FOLLOWING:


“(1) EFFECTIVE DISSEMINATION OF RELEVANT INFORMATION AND
DOCUMENTS INCLUDING LAND RECORDS, THE PROPOSED PLAN OR
PROJECT, ALTERNATIVE HOUSING OPTIONS, AND COMPREHENSIVE
RESETTLEMENT PLANS;

“(2) PROVISION BY THE GOVERNMENT OR NONGOVERNMENT
ORGANIZATION OF LEGAL, TECHNICAL, AND OTHER ADVICE TO
AFFECTED INFORMAL SETTLER FAMILIES ON THEIR RIGHTS AND
OPTIONS;

“(3) THE CONDUCT OF PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT SHALL PROVIDE
AFFECTED INFORMAL SETTLER FAMILIES, ADVOCATES, AND THE PUBLIC,
WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO COMMENT ON THE PROPOSED
RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN, OR PRESENT ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS
AND ARTICULATE THEIR DEMANDS AND RESETTLEMENT PRIORITIES;

“(4) PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL OR PROJECT INTER-AGENCY
COMMITTEES, OR ANY OTHER MULTI-SECTORAL MECHANISMS, FORMED
BY IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF COORDINATION
REGARDING RESETTLEMENT OF AFFECTED ISFS; AND

“(5) MEDIATION, ARBITRATION, OR ADJUDICATION BY AN
INDEPENDENT BODY VESTED WITH CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY
SUCH AS A COURT OF LAW, AS MAY BE APPROPRIATE, IN CASE NO
AGREEMENT IS REACHED ON THE PROPOSALS OF THE CONCERNED
PARTIES, EXCEPT WHEN THE RESETTLEMENT IS DUE TO EVICTION OR
DEMOLITION IN AREAS COVERED UNDER SECTION 28 (A) AND (B);

“(Z) ‘CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS OR CSO’ REFERS TO A
NONGOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION, PEOPLE’S ORGANIZATION,
COOPERATIVE, TRADE UNION, PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION, FAITH-
BASED ORGANIZATION, MEDIA GROUP, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
MOVEMENT, FOUNDATION AND ANY OTHER CITIZEN’S GROUP FORMED
PRIMARILY FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONCERNS TO
PLAN PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS AND MONITOR THEIR
IMPLEMENTATION, ENGAGE IN POLICY DISCUSSIONS, AND ACTIVELY
PARTICIPATE IN COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIES WITH THE GOVERNMENT;

“(AA) ‘COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN OR CLUP’ REFERS TO THE
DOCUMENT, FORMULATED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT IN
CONSULTATION WITH ITS STAKEHOLDERS, THAT DEFINES OR PROVIDES
GUIDELINES ON THE ALLOCATION, UTILIZATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND
MANAGEMENT OF ALL LANDS WITHIN A GIVEN TERRITORY OR
JURISDICTION ACCORDING TO THE INHERENT QUALITIES OF THE LAND
ITSELF AND SUPPORTIVE ECONOMIC, DEMOGRAPHIC, SOCIO-
CULTURAL, AND ENVIRONMENT OBJECTIVES AS DEFINED SECTION 3(B)


OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11201, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “DEPARTMENT
OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACT”;

“(BB) ‘IMPLEMENTING LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT’ REFERS TO THE
CITY OR MUNICIPALITY THAT CARRIES OUT THE RESETTLEMENT
PROGRAM AND HAS JURISDICTION OVER THE AREA WHERE THE
INFORMAL SETTLER FAMILIES ARE SITUATED;

“(CC) ‘IN-CITY RESETTLEMENT’ REFERS TO A RELOCATION SITE
WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF A LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT WHERE THE
AFFECTED INFORMAL SETTLER FAMILIES ARE LIVING;

“(DD) ‘INFORMAL SETTLEMENT’ REFERS TO:

(3) AN AREA WHERE HOUSING UNITS HAVE BEEN
CONSTRUCTED BY SETTLERS ON THE LAND WHICH THEY
OCCUPY WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE OWNER; OR

(2) AN UNPLANNED SETTLEMENT AND AREA WHERE HOUSING
IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH EXISTING PLANNING AND
BUILDING REGULATIONS;

“(EE) ‘INFORMAL SETTLER FAMILIES OR ISFs’ REFERS TO
HOUSEHOLDS LIVING IN A LOT, WHETHER OR PRIVATE OR PUBLIC,
WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE PROPERTY OWNER; OR THOSE WITHOUT
LEGAL CLAIM OVER THE PROPERTY THEY ARE OCCUPYING; OR THOSE
LIVING IN DANGER AREAS SUCH AS ESTEROS, RAILROADS TRACKS,
GARBAGE DUMPS, RIVERBANKS, SHORELINES, AND WATERWAYS, AS
DEFINED IN SECTION 3(E) OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11201 WITHOUT
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST STRUCTURE OWNING, RENTING AND
SHARING RESIDENTS;

“(FF) ‘KEY SHELTER AGENCIES’ REFERS TO THE CORPORATIONS
ATTACHED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT, NAMELY: NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY,
NATIONAL HOME MORTGAGE FINANCE CORPORATION, HOME
DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND, AND SOCIAL HOUSING FINANCE
CORPORATION AND OVER WHICH IT EXERCISES ADMISITRATIVE
SUPERVISION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 22 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO.
11201;

“(GG) ‘NEAR-CITY RESETTLEMENT’ REFERS TO RELOCATION SITE
CLOSE TO THE ORIGINAL SETTLEMENT OF THE AFFECTED ISFs, BUT
WITHIN JURISDICTION OF ANOTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT THAT
IS ADJACENT TO THE IMPLEMENTING LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT;

“(HH) ‘NONGOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION OR NGO’ REFERS TO A
DULY REGISTERED NON-STOCK, NON-PROFIT 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 CHARITBLE 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’

“(Il) ‘OFF-CITY RESETTLEMENT’ REFERS TO A RELOCATION SITE
DEVELOPED OUTSIDE AND NOT ADJACENT TO THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT UNIT WHERE THE AFFECTED ISFs HAVE THEIR

“(JJ) ‘PEOPLE'S PLAN’ REFERS TO THE PLAN FORMULATED BY THE
BENEFICIARY-ASSOCIATION IN COORDINATION WITH THE
IMPLEMENTING LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT WHICH SHALL CONTAIN A
SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT CONFORMS TO THE CLUP OF THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT UNIT UNDER WHOSE JURISDICTION THE PROJECT SITE IS
PROPOSED TO BE LOCATED, INCLUDING: COMMUNITY HEALTH,
SANITATION, AND SECURITY PLANS; NON-PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
COMPONENTS SUCH AS_ SELF-HELP HOUSING COOPERATIVE,
LIVELIHOOD, SELF-HELP DEVELOPMENT, CAPABILITY BUILDING; AND A
SYSTEM OF ALLOCATION OF SOCIALIZED HOUSING UNITS THAT SHALL
PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE WELFARE OF THE ELDERLY, PERSONS WITH
DISABILTY, AND CHILDREN AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(F) REPUBLIC ACT
NO. 11201;

“(KK) ‘RECEIVING LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT’ REFERS TO THE CITY
OR MUNICIPALITY, OTHER THAN THE IMPLEMENTING LOCAL
GOVERNMENT UNIT, THAT HAS JURISDICTION OVER THE AREA WHERE
THE QUALIFIED ISFs ARE RELOCATING OR RESETTLING;

“(LL) ‘RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN OR RAP’ REFERS TO THE PLAN
PREPARED BY THE IMPLEMENTING LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT OR THE
PROJECT PROPONENT AGENCY, IN CONSULTATION WITH AFFECTED ISFs
WHICH SHALL, IN THE CASE OF NEAR-CITY OR OFF-CITY RELOCATION, BE
CONCURRED WITH BY THE RECEIVING LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT, AND
IN ALL CASE SHALL:

“(1) SPECIFY DETAILS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RELOCATION;
“(2) INCLUDE OR PRIORITIZE AS FIRST RECOURSE, TO THE EXTENT

FEASIBLE, AND IN DESCENDING ORDER, ON-SITE, IN-CITY, NEAR-CITY,
AND OFF-CITY OPTIONS; AND


“(3) INCLUDE THE BASIC SERVICES AND FACILITIES RELATIVE TO
THE HEALTH, EDUCATION, COMMUNICATIONS, SECURITY, RECREATION,
RELIEF AND WELFARE, LIVELIHOOD, AND TRANSPORTATION NEEDS OF
THE RELOCATEES; AND

“(MM) ‘SOCIAL PREPARATION’ REFERS TO THE PROCESS OF
ESTABLISHING SOCIAL, ORGANIZATIONAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL
NORMS AND MECHANISMS THAT SHALL:

“(1) ENABLE THE BENEFICIARIES TO COPE WITH CHANGES; AND

“(2) IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CONCERNED INSTITUTIONS AND
STAKEHOLDERS, ENCOURAGE THEM NOT ONLY TO WORK AMONG
THEMSELVES FOR THE PURPOSE OF DRAWING UP AND UNDERTAKING
THEIR HOUSING PROJECT PROPOSALS, BUT ALSO TO ACTIVELY AND
MEANINGFULLY PARTICIPATE IN HOUSING PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN IN
THEIR BEHALF, RESOLVING PROBLEMS AMONG COMMUNITY MEMBERS
AND COORDINATION ISSUES WITH GOVERNMENT AND OTHER
ENTITIES.”

(b) Section 22 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 PROVISION OF SKILLS
AND LIVELIHOOD TRAINING, development of livelihood programs, and grant of
livelihood loans, NAMELY: THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND
EMPLOYMENT, THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, THE
TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, AND
THE PHILIPPINE TRADE AND TRAINING CENTER shall give priority to the
beneficiaries of the Program.”

(c) Section 23 is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SEC 23. Participation of PROGRAM Beneficiaries OR AFFECTED ISFs,
FORMATION OF BENEFICIARY-ASSOCIATION, MAINSTREAMING
SOCIAL PREPARATION, | AND FORMULATION — AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF PEOPLE'S PLAN. ~ The local government units,
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
mechanism. They shall also be encouraged to organized themselves [and
undertake self-help cooperative housing and other livelihood activities]


INTO. AN ASSOCIATION FOR ACCREDITATION AS
BENEFICIARIES OR AWARDEES OF OWNERSHIPS RIGHTS UNDER
THE RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM, 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 GOVERNMEN UNITS. They shall
assist is government in preventing the incursions of professional squatters
and members of squatting syndicates into their communities.

“In instances when the affected beneficiaries OR ISFs 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 LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT OR agency and the affected
[beneficiaries] ISFs shall be conducted with the assistance of the Presidential
Commission for the Urban Poor and the concerned [nongovernment organization]
CSOs UNTIL AN ASSOCIATION IS FORMED

“THE ASSOCIATION, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION FOR THE URBAN POOR AND IN
COORDINATION WITH THE IMPLEMENTING LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT
SHALL, WITH OR WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF CSOs, FORMULATE A
‘PEOPLE'S PLAN’ WITHIN A REASONABLE PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS TO
ONE YEAR.

“THE ASSOCIATION, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF CSOs AND
CONCERNED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL
ANTI-POVERTY COMMISSION, PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION FOR THE
URBAN POOR, NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY, CITY OR MUNICIPAL
SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, SOCIAL HOUSING
FINANCE CORPORATION, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT SHALL
AGREE ON, DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT THE PEOPLE'S PLAN.

“IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROTECTION GUIDELINES PROVIDED
UNDER SECTION 28 OF THIS ACT, A RAP SHALL BE AN INDISPENSABLE
COMPONENT OF THE PEOPLE'S PLAN. THE RAP SHALL ENUNCIATE THE
FOLLOWING:

“(A) A SAFE, AFFORDABLE, DECENT, AND HUMANE CONDITION OF
RELOCATION, INCORPORATING THEREIN APPROPRIATE DISASTER RISK
REDUCTION MANAGEMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
STANDARDS;

“(B) PROVISION OF ADEQUATE SOCIAL PREPARATION; AND


“(C) PREVENTION OF FORCED EVICTION: PROVIDED, THAT
PRIMARY CONSIDERATION SHALL BE GIVEN TO THE HOUSING
FINANCIAL SCHEME SUGGESTED IN THE PEOPLE'S PLAN. ”

(d) Section 26 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 the resettlement of Program beneficiaries OR
AFFECTED ISFs in accordance with the provisions of this Act. On-site
development shall be implemented [whenever possible] AFTER THE
CONDUCTED OF 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 slums areas.

“[The] WHERE DEMOLITION OR EVICTION IS ALLOWED IN THE AREA
OCCUPIED BY THE PROGRAM BENEFICIARIES OR AFFECTED ISFs AND ON-
SITE RESETTLEMENT CANNOT BE UNDERTAKEN BY REASON THEREOF,
THE IN-CITY resettlement of the beneficiaries of the Program OR OF AFFECTED
ISFs 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]
PURSUANT TO Section 28 this Act AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PREFERENCE OF THE AFFECTED ISFs AS CONTAINED IN THE PEOPLE'S
PLAN.

“SHOULD IN-CITY RESETTLEMENT NOT BE FEASIBLE, NEAR-CITY
RESETTLEMENT SHALL BE CONSIDERED. OFF-CITY RESETTLEMENT
SHALL ONLY BE RESORTED TO WHEN NEAR-CITY RESETTLEMENT IS NOT
FEASIBLE, AND MUST SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF ADEQUATE AND
RESPONSIVE CONSULTATION PRIOR TO RELOCATION. “; and

(c) Section 29 is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 29 Resettlement. - THE IMPLEMENTING LOCAL GOVERNMENT
UNITS, JOINTLY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND THE APPROPRIATE KEY SHELTER AGENCIES,
SHALL BE CHARGED WITH THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY OF:

“(1) IMPLEMENTING THE RESETTLEMENT OF AFFECTED ISFs IN
THEIR RESPECTIVE LOCALITIES [Within two (2) years from the effectivity of this
Act, the local government units, in coordination with the National Housing Authority
shall implement] AND the relocation and resettlement of [persons] ISFs living in
danger areas such as esteros, railroads tracks, garbage dumps, riverbanks, shorelines,
waterways, and in other public places such as sidewalks, roads, parks, and
playgroundsf. The local government unit, in coordination with the National Housing
Authority, shall provide]; AND


“(2) PROVIDING relocation or resettlement sites with basics services and
facilities and access to employment and livelihood opportunities sufficient to meet the
basic needs of the affected [families] ISFs. FOR THIS PURPOSE, THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT UNIT MAY PURCHASE LANDS OUTSIDE ITS JURISDICTION
TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION ITS FEASIBILITY, VIABILITY, BUDGETARY
CONCERNS, ZONING ORDINANCES, AND OTHER RELEVANT LAWS.

“WHERE THE LAND OCCUPIED BY THE ISFs IS PRIVATELY-OWNED,
THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT SHALL BE, IN COORDINATION WITH
THE APPROPRIATE KEY SHELTER AGENCIES, NEGOTIATE WITH THE
OWNER FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE OCCUPIED PROPERTY. SHOULD THE
NEGOTIATION FAIL, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT MAY RESORT TO
EXPROPRIATION: PROVIDED, THAT ITS EXERCISE SHOULD BE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH EXPORTATION, LAWS, RULES, REGULATIONS, AND
PROCEDURES AND IN CONFORMITY TO EXISTING PROGRAMS, AND
POLICIES OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
UNITS TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION ITS FEASIBILITY, VIABILITY,
BUDGETARY CONCERNS, ZONING ORDINANCES, AND OTHER RELEVANT
LAWS.

“IN INSTANCES WHEN THE RELOCATION OR RESETTLEMENT SITE
IS LOCATED IN ANOTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT, THE
IMPLEMENTING LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT AND THE CONCERNED
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES SHALL, THROUGH A
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT, PROVIDE THE RECEIVING LOCAL
GOVERNMENT UNIT WHERE THE RELOCATION OR RESETTLEMENT SITE
IS LOCATED THE OTHER BASIC SERVICES AND FACILITIES ENUMERATED
UNDER SECTION 21 OF THIS ACT, INCLUDING A LIVELIHOOD
COMPONENT FOR THE BENEFICIARIES BEING RELOCATED.

“THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE - BUREAU OF LOCAL
GOVERNMENT FINANCE SHALL FORMULATE THE IMPLEMENTING RULES
AND REGULATIONS 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 SOURCED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT
IMPLEMENTING THE RELOCATION OR SETTLEMENT FROM THE TWENTY
PERCENT (20%) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE ALLOTMENT APPROPRIATED
FOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AS MADATED UNDER SECTION 287 OF
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ‘LOCAL
GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991’.”


SEC. 2 Implementing Rules and Regulations - The Department of Human
Settlements and Urban Development and the Department of the Interior and Local
Government, in consultation with appropriate government agencies, CSOs, NGOs,
representatives from the private sector, and ISFs, shall promulgate a new set of
implementing rules and regulations (IRR) within sixty (60) days from effectivity of
this Act. The IRR shall include the following:

(a) A template of a People’s Plan that shall set the minimum standard guide
ISFs in the preparation of their own People’s Plan; and

(b) A guide to the effective implementation of the People’s Plan, including
details on the necessity of the issuance of internal memoranda by concerned agencies.

SEC. 3 Separability Clause. - If, for any reason, any part, section or provision
of this Act is held invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining provisions not affected
thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect.

SEC 4. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, executive orders, proclamations,
rules and regulations, and other issuances, or parts of thereof which are inconsistent
with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

SEC 5. Effectivity. - This act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.