Urban planning

Urban planning is a technical and political

process concerned with the development
and use of land, planning permission,
protection and use of the environment, public
welfare, and the design of the urban
environment, including air, water, and
the infrastructure passing into and out of urban
areas, such as transportation, communications,
and distribution networks. Urban planning is
also referred to as urban and regional
planning, regional planning, town
planning, city planning, rural planning or
some combination in various areas worldwide.
It takes many forms and it can share perspectives and practices with urban design.

Urban planning guides orderly development in urban, suburban and rural areas. Although
predominantly concerned with the planning of settlements and communities, urban planning is
also responsible for the planning and development of water use and resources, rural and
agricultural land, parks and conserving areas of natural environmental significance. Practitioners
of urban planning are concerned with research and analysis, strategic thinking, architecture,
urban design, public consultation, policy recommendations, implementation and management.

Urban planners work with the cognate fields of architecture, landscape architecture, civil
engineering, and public administration to achieve strategic, policy and sustainability goals. Early
urban planners were often members of these cognate fields. Today urban planning is a separate,
independent professional discipline. The discipline is the broader category that includes different
sub-fields such as land-use planning, zoning, economic development, environmental planning,
and transportation planning.

Community Housing
Community housing is secure, affordable, long term rental housing managed by not-for-profit
organizations for people on low incomes or with special needs.

Types of community housing

Community housing provides different types of house depending on the needs and preferences of
the family or individual.

Housing associations
Housing associations own properties or manage some of our properties. Like public housing,
these organizations manage and maintain the property using their own staff.
Housing associations are eligible to receive government funding to build or acquire new
properties.
 Rooming houses
Rooming houses are mainly accommodation for single people. Residents rent a room in the
house and share common facilities such as kitchens, bathrooms and laundries.
Most rooming houses are being renovated so that the rooms are self-contained with their own
kitchenette and bathroom.

Cooperatives
Rental housing co-operatives are governed by voluntary tenant members with support from
professional staff.
The principles of living in a cooperative include:
The tenant must be willing and able to participate in the running of the cooperative
Cooperative housing is run democratically: all members have equal voting rights
Members contribute fairly to the running of the housing
Cooperatives are independent entities controlled by their members
Cooperatives support their members' further education to help them meet their responsibilities
and commitment to the cooperative.

Specialist housing providers

Specialist providers focus on particular groups, like the aged, homeless youth or people with
disabilities.
These housing providers may have particular programs or specific equipment available for their
tenants.

LAWS AFFECTING SUBDIVISION PLANNING

REPUBLIC ACTS

Republic Act No. 9653: Rent Control Act (2009) an act establishing reforms in the
regulation of rent of certain residential units, providing the mechanisms therefore and for
other purposes.
Republic Act No. 9507: Socialized and Low-Cost Housing Loan Restructuring and
Condonation Act (2008) - an act to establish a socialized and low-cost housing loan
restructuring and condonation program, providing the mechanisms therefor, and for other
purposes.
IRR RA 9507
Republic Act No. 9397: Disposition of Lands for Socialized Housing (2006) - an act
amending section 12 of republic act no. 7279, otherwise known as the urban development
and housing act of 1992, and for other purposes.
Republic Act No. 9341: The Rent Control Act (2005) - an act establishing reforms in the
regulation of rent of certain residential units, providing the mechanisms therefor and for
other purposes.
 Republic Act No. 8501: Penalty Condonation (1998)- an act to rescue the national
shelter program of the government by condoning the penalties on all
outstanding/delinquent housing loan accounts with any of the government institutions and
agencies involved in the national shelter program and by amending presidential decree
no. 1752, as amended.
Republic Act No. 8368: Repeal of Presidential Decree No. 772 (1997)- an act repealing
presidential decree no. 772, entitled 'penalizing squatting and other similar acts.
Republic Act No. 8437: Rent Control Law (1997)- an act further extending the rent
control period for certain residential units amending thereby batas pambansa blg. 877
entitled: "an act providing for the stabilization and regulation of rentals of certain
residential units, and for other purposes, as amended".
Republic Act No. 7835: CISFA (1994)- an act providing for a comprehensive and
integrated shelter and urban development financing program by increasing and
regularizing the yearly appropriation of the major components of the national shelter
program, including the abot-kaya pabahay fund under republic act no. 6846, augmenting
the authorized capital stock and paid-up capital of the national home mortgage finance
corporation (nhmfc) and the home insurance and guaranty corporation (higc), identifying
other sources of funding and appropriating funds for the purposes.
Republic Act No. 7279: Urban Development and Housing Act (1992)- an act to provide
for a comprehensive and continuing urban development and housing program, establish
the mechanism for its implementation, and for other purposes.

Implementing Rules and Regulations of R.A. No. 7279 (Summary Eviction):

Acquisition, Valuation and Disposition of Lands

To enable the equitable utilization of residential lands in urbanizable areas with particular
attention to the needs of the underprivileged and homeless and not merely on the basis of market
forces, several provisions in RA 7279 address Acquisition Priorities in Land Acquisition
(Section 9), Modes of Land Acquisition (Section 10), Disposition (Section 12), and Valuation
(Section 13) of lands for Socialized Housing.

Valuation of Lands for Socialized Housing

Specific to the valuation of lands for socialized housing (Section 13) the Department of Finance
issued the following Local Finance Circulars:

DOF Local Finance Circular 3 92

DOF Local Finance Circular 1 97
Balanced Housing Development (20 Percent Requirement)

Section 18 (Balanced Housing Development) requires that developers of proposed

subdivision projects develop an area for socialized housing equivalent to at least twenty percent
(20%) of the total subdivision area or total subdivision project cost, at the option of the
developer, within the same city or municipality , whenever feasible, and in accordance with the
standards set by the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board and other existing laws.

Beneficiary Registration
 Section 17 (Registration of Socialized Housing Beneficiaries) mandates the local
government units to identify and register all beneficiaries within their respective localities.

Inventory of Lands

Section 7 (Inventory of Lands) directs all city and municipal governments to conduct an
inventory of all lands and improvements in their respective localities to identify residential lands,
government lands, unregistered or abandoned and idle lands, and other lands. This inventory
shall be updated every three years.

DOF Local Finance Circular 1 97

Incentives for the Private Sector

Section 20 (Incentives for the Private Sector) seeks to encourage greater private sector
participation through the reduction and simplification of requirements, and provision of
exemptions in the payment of specific taxes.

DOF Local Finance Circular 1 97

Proper and Humane Relocation Procedures

In Section 28 eviction and demolition, as a practice, shall be discouraged but will be

allowed under specific situations: when persons or entities occupy danger areas and other public
places; when government infrastructure projects are about to be implemented; or when there is a
court order for eviction and demolition. The conduct of eviction or demolition orders shall be
covered by specific procedures.

Socialized Housing Tax

Section 43 authorizes local government units to impose an additional one-half (0.5%) tax
on the assessed value of all lands in urban areas in excess of Fifty thousand pesos.

DOF Local Finance Circular 1 97

Summary Eviction

Summary Eviction is authorized for those who have constructed their structures after the
effectivity of RA 7279 (Section 44) and for any person or group identified as professional
squatter and squatting syndicated (Section 27) . Moreover Section 30 paragraph (2) provides,
"After the effectivity of this Act, the barangay, municipal or city government units shall prevent
the construction of any kind of illegal dwelling units or structures within their respective
localities."

Implementing Rules And Regulations Governing Summary Eviction

EXECUTIVE ORDERS
 Executive Order No. 272: Authorizing the Creation of the Social Housing Finance
Corporation and Directing the transfer of the Community Mortgage Program, Abot-Kaya
Pabahay Fund Program, and other social Housing Powers and Functions of the National
Home Mortgage Finance Corporation to the Social Housing Finance Corporation (2004)
Executive Order No. 105: Approving and Directing the Implementation of the Program
for "Provision of Group Home/Foster home for Neglected, Abandoned, Abused,
Detached and Poor Older Persons and Persons with Disabilities" (2002)
Executive Order No. 20: Reaffirming Mass Housing as a Centerpiece Program in the
Poverty Alleviation efforts of the Government and further strengthening the Housing and
Urban Development Coordinating Council (2001)
Executive Order No. 258: Prescribing Time Standards in the Issuance of Permits for
Housing Projects (2000)
Executive Order No. 45: Prescribing Time Periods for Issuance of Housing Related
Certifications, Clearances and Permits, and Imposing Sanctions for Failure to Observe
the Same (2001)
IRR EO 45
Executive Order No. 159: Declaring Mass Housing as Centerpiece Program of the
Estrada Administration and Constituting the Presidential commision for Mass
Housing (1999)
Executive Order No. 170: Establishing the Revolving Funds for Housing Projects of
Local Government Units (1999)
Executive Order No. 71: Devolving the Powers of the Housing and Land use Regulatory
Board to approve Subdivision plans to Cities and Municipalities pursuant to R.A. no.
7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991 (1993)
Executive Order No. 72: Providing for the Preparation and Implementation of
Comprehensive Land Use Plans of LOcal Government Units Pursuant to the Local
Government Code of 1991 and other Pertinent Laws (1993)
Executive Order No. 129: Establishing an Institutional mechanism to Curtailment of the
Activities of the Professional Squatting Syndicates and Professional Squatters and
Intensifying the drive against them (1993)
Executive Order No. 357: Strengthening the Existing Coordinating Mechanism of the
National Shelter Program of the Government Under Executive Order No. 90, Dated
December 17, 1986 (1989)
Executive Order No. 90: Identifying the Government Agencies Essential for the National
shelter program and defineing their mandates, creating the Housing and Urban
Development Coordinating Council, Rationalizing funding sources and lending
mechanisms for home mortgages and for other purposes (1986)

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER

Administrative Order No. 44 - Streamlining the process of issuances of Permits,

Certifications, Clearances and Licenses for Housing and Resettlement Projects in
Yolanda-Affected areas, Directing all Government Agencies concerned to observe the
same and Imposing Sanctions for Non-Compliance.

MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR
 Memorandum Circular No. 87, Series of 2015 - Directing all National Government
Agencies and Instrumentalities, including Government-Owned or Controlled
Corporations, to Submit an Inventory of their respective Idle Lands, and Creating an
Inter-Agency Task Force to identity Lands, and sites for Socialized Housing
Memorandum Circular No. 112, Series of 2006 - Housing Fair for employees in the
public sector

PROCLAMATION

Proclamation No. 662: Declaring the Month of October as the National Shelter
Month (1995)

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE

Presidential Decree No. 957: Regulating the Sale of Subdivision Lots and
Condominiums, Providing Penalties for Violation Thereof (1976)
IRR PD 957

ANTI-GRAFT AND CORRUPTION LAWS:

REPUBLIC ACTS

Republic Act No. 1379: An Act Declaring Forfeiture in Favor of the State Any Property
Found to Have Been Unlawfully Acquired by Any Public Officer or Employee and
Providing for the Proceedings Therefor (1955)
Republic Act No. 3019: Anti-graft and Corrupt Practices Act (1960)
Republic Act No. 7080: An Act Defining and Penalizing the Crime of Plunder (1991)
Republic Act No. 9160: An Act Defining the Crime of MONEY Laundering, Providing
Penalties Therefor and for Other Purposes (2001)
Republic Act No. 9194: An Act Amending Republic Act No. 9160, Otherwise Known as
the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2001 (2003)
Republic Act No. 9485: An Act to Improve Efficiency in the Delivery of Government
Service to the Public by Reducing Bureaucratic Red Tape, Preventing Graft and
Corruption, and Providing Penalties Therefor (2007)
Republic Act No. 6770: The Ombudsman Act of 1989 (1989)
Republic Act No. 6713: Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and
Employees (1989)\
Republic Act No. 9184: Government Procurement Reform Act (2002)
Republic Act No. 8368: Anti-Squatting Law Repeal Act of 1997 (1997)

PRESIDENTIAL DECREES

Presidential Act No. 46: Making It Punishable for Public Officials and Employees to
Receive, and for Private Persons to Give, Gifts on Any Occasion, Including
Christmas (1972)
Presidential Decree No. 749: Granting Immunity from Prosecution to Givers of Bribes
and Other Gifts and to Their Accomplices in Bribery and Other Graft Cases Against
Public Officers (1975)
 Presidential Decree No. 1606, as amended by Republic Act No. 7975 and Republic Act
No. 8249: Revising Presidential Decree No. 1486 Creating a Special Court to be Known
as Sandiganbayan and for Other Purposes

OTHER LAWS

Revised Penal Code (Title II, Book 2)

Rules on Investigation and Adjudication
Presidential Anti-graft Commission IDAP Circular No. 01-2005: Guidelines on the
Implementation of the Integrity Development Action Plan (IDAP) (2005)

REFERENCES:
http://www.hudcc.gov.ph/content/laws-and-executive-issuances
http://www.housing.vic.gov.au/community-housing
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_planning
HOUSING

07/02/17

Submitted by:
Mary Lyn O. Casanova

Submitted to:
Ar. Felipe Balasbas Jr.