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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

4902

HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by Hon. John Marvin “Yul Servo” C. Nieto

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Population growth and migration of Filipinos has contributed to the proliferation of
illegal settlers in both public and private lands in urban areas all over the country.

A National Housing Authority report revealed that, in the early 1980s, one out of
four Metro Manila residents was an informal settler. This figure represented a 150
percent increase in a decade in the number of people living in shantytown
communities, evidence of continuing, virtually uncontrolled, rural-urban migration.

The demolition and mass eviction of informal settlers is usually met with Opposition
and violent behavior. It results in injuries and damages to property even death.

This bill seeks to protect the informal settlers as well as victims of disasters and
calamities and those affected by government infrastructure projects. It aims to
provide funds for the immediate relief of the displaced underprivileged families and
homeless citizens, and the establishment of resettlement centers, home sites or
town sites under local and national housing programs or under the other socialized
housing programs of other agencies.

Hence, the immediate passage of this bill is earnestly sought.

JOHN IN YYUL SERVO” C. NIETO


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. __ 4902

Introduced by Hon. John Marvin “Yul Servo” C. Nieto

AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR THE RESETTLEMENT, AID AND REHABILITATION
SERVICES FOR THE INFORMAL SETTLERS AFFECTED BY THE DEMOLITION
OF HOUSES / DWELLINGS ALONG DANGER AREAS AS WELL AS THE
VICTIMS OF DISASTERS AND CALAMITIES AND THOSE AFFECTED BY
GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN URBAN AREAS AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES

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

SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared the policy of the State
to assist the underprivileged and homeless citizens in urban areas adversely
affected by the demolition of houses / dwellings along danger areas such as
esteros, garbage dumps, riverbanks, shorelines, waterways and other public
places such as sidewalks, roads, parks and playgrounds as well as the victims
of disasters and calamities and those affected by government infrastructure
projects.

SEC. 2. Statement of Objectives and Guidelines. - This Act is intended to help
the underprivileged and homeless citizens who suffered damages to property
and injury to persons resulting from the demolition in or the clearing up of the
aforementioned danger areas as well as the victims of disasters and calamities
and those affected by government infrastructure projects in urban areas. It aims
to provide funds for the immediate relief of the displaced underprivileged families
and homeless citizens and the establishment of resettlement centers, home sites or
town sites under local and national housing programs or under the other socialized
housing programs of other agencies.

SEC. 3. Guidelines in the Allocation of Funds. - Government funds and
resources shall be spent effectively in consonance with the principle of providing the
greatest good for the greatest number. Accordingly, the following guidelines shall
be observed in allocating the funds made available for the implementation of this

Act:

(a) Funds shall be allocated exclusively for the underprivileged and homeless
citizens affected by the demolition of their houses/ dwellings in urban
areas;

(b) Funds shall be used exclusively for relocation or resettlement sites
under local and national housing programs or under the other socialized
housing programs of other agencies;


(c) Funds shall be used, when necessary, for the construction of basic
services and facilities such as schools, health centers as well as roads
or access to places of employment and livelihood which should be
sufficient to meet the basic needs of the affected families; and,

(d) In no case shall any portion of the sum herein appropriated be used in
payment of any subsisting obligation contracted before the passage of

this Act.

SEC. 4. Appropriations. - The amount necessary for the implementation of this
Act shall be included the annual General Appropriations Act until such time
that the total requirements for this purpose shall have been fully implemented.

SEC. 5. Determination of Beneficiaries and Projects. - City mayors, in
consultation with national and local government agencies, shall assist in the
resettlement of beneficiaries under local and national housing programs or under
the other socialized housing programs of other agencies.

The Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor, in coordination with the Local
government unit concerned, shall take the census of beneficiaries and cross-check
the same with the census of the National Housing Authority (NHA).

SEC. 6. Alpha Listing of Beneficiaries. - The Housing and Urban Development
Coordinating Council (HUDCC), in coordination with local government units, shall
produce an alpha listing of the beneficiaries covered under this Act.

SEC. 7. Rules and Regulations. - The HUDCC, in coordination with local
government units, shall within thirty (30) days from the approval of this Act, issue
the necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.

SEC. 8. Penalty Clause. - Any person or persons who shall take advantage of
the situation for undue personal and private gain by committing an act of
profiteering in the purchase of lots or materials, or by committing an act of
misrepresentation in the documentation, or by falsifying reports shall be imposed
the penalty of not more than six (6) years of imprisonment or a fine of not less than
Five thousand pesos (Php 5,000.00) but not more than One hundred thousand
pesos (Php 100,000.00). Any other illegal act that may be committed in relation
thereto shall be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

SEC. 9. Separability Clause. - If any provisions of this Act shall be held
unconstitutional or invalid, the other .provisions not otherwise affected shall remain
in full force and effect.

SEC. 10. Repealing Clause. - Any law, decree, rules and regulations which are
inconsistent with or contrary to the provisions of this Act are hereby amended or

repealed accordingly.

SEC. 11. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days
after its publication in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,