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Republic of the Philippines RECEIVED
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SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS ov: pk
First Regular Session
281 REQISTR ION UNIT
HOUSE BILL NO. _©© BILLS ND ACEX

Introduced by Rep. Winston “Winnie” Castelo

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Long in its story, this bill shall benefit some 41,973 families as beneficiaries although 13,717
more families already live at the National Government Center sites (of which about 8,001 live
at East side and about 4,797 at the West side) This ‘overspill’ however, cannot be
accommodated at the project sites and needed to be relocated outside of the proclaimed
NGC area.

This is what the bill seeks to address in a scheme where qualified family-beneficiaries shall
no longer worry about being ejected and their houses demolished. It shall be envisioned a
‘community of persons with sense of dignity and who will be responsible taxpayers to the
LGU-Quezon City. They can focus on the education of their children, livelihood projects,
facility or mechanism on forced savings, and payment of their homelots.

Historically enough, the plight of the landless or homeless has seen former Presidents
signing proclamation issuances if only to reserve portions of the government-owned National
Government Center Sites or even acquire private lands in order to reserve to them. Hence
we not such issuance as Proclamation No. 1826 (FM), Proclamation No. 137 (Cory),
Proclamation Nos. 248 and 1169 (FVR) that declared additional portions of land open for
disposition under the provisions of Republic Act No. 7279 (Urban Development and Housing
Act of 1992).

‘And with the approval of Republic Act No. 9207 (aka “National Government Center for
Housing and Land Utilization Act of 2003"), the nature of use of NGC was changed from
quasi-public purpose for national government edifices to the public purpose of social housing
and basic community facilities for bonafide residents thereat.

However, the need for DPWH to transfer the duty of acquiring privatefands at NGC to the
National Housing Authority being the implementor of the housing pyéject designated by the
Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council

Hence, the immediate passage of this bill is most earnestly praye


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

28
HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by Rep. Winston “Winnie” Castelo

AN ACT

MANDATING THE NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY TO UNDERTAKE THE
ACQUISTION, RECONSTITUTION AND RECOVERY OF REAL PROPERTIES
REFERRED TO UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9207 AT THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
CENTER (NGC) LAND AND HOUSING PROJECT SITES IN BARANGAY'S
COMMONWEALTH, HOLY SPIRIT, BATASAN HILLS AND PAYATAS IN QUEZON CITY
FOR THE PURPOSE OF FACILITATING AND COMPLETING THE DISPOSITION OF
HOMELOTS, SOCIALIZED HOUSING UNITS AND DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY
FACILITIES THEREON IN FAVOR OF THE QUALIFIED BENEFICIARIES

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

SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as “The National Government Center Land and
Housing Act of 2016”

SEC. 2. It is hereby declared the policy of the State to secure land tenure of the
urban poor. Towards this end, lands located in the NGC, Quezon City shall be utilized for
housing, socio-economic, civic, educational, religious and other purposes.

Per section 9, Article XIII of the 1987 Constitution, “The State shall, by law, and for
the common good 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. It shall also promote adequate employment opportunities to such
citizens. In the implementation of such program the State shall respect the rights of small
property owners.”

SEC. 3. This Act shall cover all lands referred to under Republic Act No. 9207,
otherwise known as the National Government Center (NGC) Housing and Land Utilization
Act of 2003, specifically those mentioned in Sections 3 and 4 thereof, containing an area of
184 hectares on the west side and 238 hectares on the east side of Commonwealth Avenue
for the purpose of disposition to bona fide residents and for local government, community
facilities, socioeconomic, charitable, educational and religious purposes, subject to certain
conditions provided for in the same Act and its implementing Rules and Regulations.

SEC. 4. This Act shall not cover the acquired proprietary interest of the Home
Guaranty Corporation, under Republic Act No. 9207, such as the Commonwealth Enterprise
Zone on the west side of Commonwealth Avenue.


SEC. 5. Authority to Acquire, Reconstitute, and Recover all lands within the
coverage of RA 9207. — The National Housing Authority is hereby mandated, for the
Purpose of disposition to bona fide residents and for local government unit of Quezon City,
community, facilities, socio-economic, charitable, educational and religious institutions, to
under take the following:

a. To acquire all un-acquired lands on the contained NGC Project Sites at West and
East sides of Commonwealth Avenue, by negotiation with the landowners or by
expropriation proceedings or other modes of acquisition;

b. To institute an action for reconstitution, either administrative or judicial, of all land
titles, as well as untitled, if any, covered by the aforesaid NGC Project Sites;

c. To recover possession of all lands embraced in the defined NGC Project Sites;

d. To take other actions, necessary, appropriate and lawful, in order to attain the
objectives and purposes of this Act.

SEC. 6. To carry out the provisions of this Act, the initial amount of Two Hundred
Million Pesos (P200,000,000.00) is hereby appropriated from the General Appropriations Act
for the purpose of acquiring privately-owned lands covered by RA 9207.

SEC. 7. All laws, decrees, executive orders, proclamations, rules and regulations,
and issuances, or parts thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are
hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 8. If any provision of this Act is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the
remaining provisions not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect.

SEC. 9. This Act shall take effect thirty (30) days after its publication in the Official
Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation

Approved,