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Republic of the Philippines

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

TWENTIETH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House BiLLNo._769

Introduced by Representative Ma. Victoria Co-Pilar

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Section 9, Article XIII of the 1987 Philippine Constitution mandates the State to
undertake, in cooperation with the private sector, a continuing program of urban land reform
and housing, This program must ensure the availability of decent and affordable housing,
along with essential basic services, for underprivileged and homeless citizens residing in
urban centers and resettlement areas. Furthermore, it underscores the importance of
promoting adequate employment opportunities for these citizens, recognizing that housing
and livelihood are inextricably linked to human dignity and sustainable development.

Complementing this mandate, Section 10 of the same Article provides that no
resettlement of urban or rural dwellers shall be carried out without adequate consultation
with the affected individuals and the communities to which they will be relocated. This
provision affirms the democratic principle that those most affected by government housing
programs must be meaningfully involved in the planning and decision-making processes.

Despite the clear constitutional directive, many housing and resettlement programs
have resulted in the displacement of informal settler families to distant, off-city resettlement
sites that lack access to jobs, livelihood opportunities, and social services. This has led to the
failure of such programs to break the cycle of poverty, often resulting in the return of families
to informal settlements in urban areas.

This bill seeks to give full effect to the constitutional vision by institutionalizing a
people-centered, inclusive, and sustainable approach to urban housing and resettlement. It
aims to ensure that any relocation initiative upholds the rights of affected communities to
adequate consultation, decent shelter, access to livelihood, and participation in the
formulation of housing solutions that directly respond to their needs. Through a framework
that prioritizes on-site, in-city, and near-city resettlement, the bill affirms the right of the poor
to the city and seeks to fulfill the State's constitutional obligation to provide just and humane
housing conditions for all.


In the 19th Congress, this bill was filed by Representatives Ferdinand Martin G.
Romualdez, Yedda Marie K. Romualdez, and Jude A. Acidre, and was approved on 3rd Reading
by the House of Representatives.

In view of the foregoing reasons, the approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

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Republic of the Philippines

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

TWENTIETH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. _769

Introduced by Representative Ma. Victoria Co-Pilar

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 the
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) xxx; [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;


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“(2) PROVISION BY THE GOVERNMENT OR NONGOVERNMENT
ORGANIZATIONS 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

“(S) 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);

‘CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION 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;

“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 ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES AS DEFINED IN 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

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MUNICIPALITY THAT CARRIES OUT THE RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM AND
HAS JURISDICTION OVER THE AREA WHERE THE INFORMAL SETTLER
FAMILIES ARE SITUATED;

‘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:

(1) AN AREA WHERE HOUSING UNITS HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED BY
SETTLERS ON THE LAND WHICH THEY OCCUPY WITHOUT THE


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CONSENT OF THE OWNER; OR

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

‘INFORMAL SETTLER FAMILIES OR ISFS’ REFERS TO HOUSEHOLDS LIVING
IN A LOT, WHETHER 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, RAILROAD 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;

‘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 ADMINISTRATIVE
SUPERVISION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 22 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO.
11201;

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

“(HH) NONGOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION OR NGO’ REFERS TO A DULY

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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
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’;

‘OFF-CITY RESETTLEMENT’ REFERS TO A RELOCATION SITE
DEVELOPED OUTSIDE AND NOT ADJACENT TO THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT UNIT WHERE THE AFFECTED ISFS HAVE THEIR
SETTLEMENT;

“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


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AND PROTECT THE WELFARE OF THE ELDERLY, PERSONS WITH
DISABILITY, AND CHILDREN AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(F) OF REPUBLIC
ACT NO. 11201;

‘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;

‘RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN OR RAP’ REFERS TO THE PLAN
PREPARED BY THE IMPLEMENTING LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT OR
THE PROJECT PROPONENT AGENCY, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
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 CASES 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, COMMUNICATION, SECURITY,
RECREATION, RELIEF AND WELFARE, LIVELIHOOD, AND
TRANSPORTATION NEEDS OF THE RELOCATEES; AND

‘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
SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT, 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.”

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

“SEC. 23. Participation of PROGRAM Beneficiaries OR AFFECTED ISFS, FORMATION


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OF BENEFICIARY-ASSOCIATION, MAINSTREAMING SOCIAL PREPARATION, 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, 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 oRISFs 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 UNITS SHALL AGREE ON, DEVELOP, AND 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:


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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 CONDUCT 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 slum 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 of 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

(e) 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, railroad 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 basic 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, 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 EXPROPRIATION 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
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’.”

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 the effectivity of this Act. The IRR shall
include the following:

(a) Atemplate ofa People’s Plan that shall set the minimum standards and 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
Actis 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 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.

Approved,