Malacañang has issued Memorandum Circular No. 87 directing all national and government agencies to submit an inventory of idle lands that may be used for socialized housing.
The said Memorandum likewise creates an inter-agency task force to identify lands and sites for socialized housing.
The Inter-Agency Task Force will be composed of the Interior and Local Government Secretary as the chairman; and the Environment Secretary; chairperson of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC); Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB) chief executive officer; National Housing Authority (NHA) general manager; National Mapping Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA) administrator; Land Registration Authority (LRA) administrator; and Land Management Bureau director as its members.
The Memorandum was signed on December 1, 2015 by Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. in behalf of President Aquino.
“All National Government agencies and instrumentalities, including government-owned or -controlled corporations (GOCCs), are hereby directed to submit to the Inter-Agency Task Force, an inventory of their idle lands and provide information as to the purpose for which it has been reserved, and its status,” the memorandum read.
“The DILG, through the local government units (LGUs), shall conduct an inventory of government-owned idle lands in urban centers in their respective territories,” it said.
“For this purpose, the DENR and the LRA shall make available its land records, such as but not limited to approved subdivision plans and surveys, cadastral maps, title information and abstracts of registry, to the DILG and LGUs, subject to such limitations as may be provided by law, rules and regulations,” it added.
Idle lands would include those not used for the purpose for which they have been reserved for the past 10 years; lands with existing structures and owned by any government entity but can be set aside for socialized housing; and lands owned by any government entity currently inhabited by informal settler families.
Inventory of lands by government agencies, and local government units (LGUs) shall be submitted by the end of December, 2015 while a list of identified government lands as possible sites for socialized housing shall be submitted to the Office of the President on or before February 29, 2016.
Office of the President of the Philippines
Malacañang
MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 87
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 IDENTIFY LANDS AND SITES FOR SOCIALIZED HOUSING
WHEREAS, Republic Act (RA) No. 7279 or the “Urban Development and Housing Act of 1992,” directs the local government units to conduct an inventory of lands and the concerned government agencies to identify sites for socialized housing;
WHEREAS, despite the explicit task given to local government units and government agencies, constraints on land identification for the purpose of socialized housing still occur; and
WHEREAS, the Philippine Congress, through the Joint Committee of the House of Representatives Committee on Housing and Urban Development and the Senate Committee on Urban Planning and Shelter and Resettlement, has initiated a multi-sectoral National Summit on Housing and Urban Development (“Summit”) to identify immediate solutions to the increasing number of informal settlers in urban centers, and to ensure the availability of lands for socialized housing, the Joint Committee resolved to come up with an inventory of lands.
NOW, THEREFORE, the following are hereby ordered:
SECTION 1. Inventory of Lands. All National Government agencies and instrumentalities, including government-owned or -controlled corporations, are hereby directed to submit to the Inter-Agency Task Force created under Section 3 hereof, an inventory of their idle lands and provide information as to the purpose for which it has been reserved, and its status.
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), through the local government units (LGUs), shall conduct an inventory of government-owned idle lands in urban centers in their respective territories.
For this purpose, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Land Registration Authority (LRA) shall make available its land records, such as but not limited to approved subdivision plans and surveys, cadastral maps, title information and abstracts of registry, to the DILG and LGUs, subject to such limitations as may be provided by law, rules and regulations.
SECTION 2. Government Idle Lands. For the purposes of the inventory, government idle lands shall be categorized into the following:
SECTION 3. Creation of an Inter-Agency Task Force. There is hereby created an Inter-Agency Task Force to facilitate the inventory of lands. The Task Force shall be composed of the following:
SECTION 4. Functions. The Task Force shall have the following functions:
SECTION 5. Repeal. All issuances, orders, rules, and regulations or parts thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Circular are hereby repealed and/or modified accordingly.
SECTION 6. Separability. If any provision of this Circular is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions unaffected shall remain valid and subsisting.
SECTION 7. Effectivity. This Circular shall take effect immediately.
DONE, in the City of Manila, this 1st day of December in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Fifteen.
By the President:
(Sgd.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.
Executive Secretary
By Madel Sabater - Namit
December 6, 2015
http://www.mb.com.ph/idle-govt-owned-lands-eyed-as-sites-for-socialized-housing/
The said Memorandum likewise creates an inter-agency task force to identify lands and sites for socialized housing.
The Inter-Agency Task Force will be composed of the Interior and Local Government Secretary as the chairman; and the Environment Secretary; chairperson of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC); Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB) chief executive officer; National Housing Authority (NHA) general manager; National Mapping Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA) administrator; Land Registration Authority (LRA) administrator; and Land Management Bureau director as its members.
The Memorandum was signed on December 1, 2015 by Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. in behalf of President Aquino.
“All National Government agencies and instrumentalities, including government-owned or -controlled corporations (GOCCs), are hereby directed to submit to the Inter-Agency Task Force, an inventory of their idle lands and provide information as to the purpose for which it has been reserved, and its status,” the memorandum read.
“The DILG, through the local government units (LGUs), shall conduct an inventory of government-owned idle lands in urban centers in their respective territories,” it said.
“For this purpose, the DENR and the LRA shall make available its land records, such as but not limited to approved subdivision plans and surveys, cadastral maps, title information and abstracts of registry, to the DILG and LGUs, subject to such limitations as may be provided by law, rules and regulations,” it added.
Idle lands would include those not used for the purpose for which they have been reserved for the past 10 years; lands with existing structures and owned by any government entity but can be set aside for socialized housing; and lands owned by any government entity currently inhabited by informal settler families.
Inventory of lands by government agencies, and local government units (LGUs) shall be submitted by the end of December, 2015 while a list of identified government lands as possible sites for socialized housing shall be submitted to the Office of the President on or before February 29, 2016.
Office of the President of the Philippines
Malacañang
MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 87
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 IDENTIFY LANDS AND SITES FOR SOCIALIZED HOUSING
WHEREAS, Republic Act (RA) No. 7279 or the “Urban Development and Housing Act of 1992,” directs the local government units to conduct an inventory of lands and the concerned government agencies to identify sites for socialized housing;
WHEREAS, despite the explicit task given to local government units and government agencies, constraints on land identification for the purpose of socialized housing still occur; and
WHEREAS, the Philippine Congress, through the Joint Committee of the House of Representatives Committee on Housing and Urban Development and the Senate Committee on Urban Planning and Shelter and Resettlement, has initiated a multi-sectoral National Summit on Housing and Urban Development (“Summit”) to identify immediate solutions to the increasing number of informal settlers in urban centers, and to ensure the availability of lands for socialized housing, the Joint Committee resolved to come up with an inventory of lands.
NOW, THEREFORE, the following are hereby ordered:
SECTION 1. Inventory of Lands. All National Government agencies and instrumentalities, including government-owned or -controlled corporations, are hereby directed to submit to the Inter-Agency Task Force created under Section 3 hereof, an inventory of their idle lands and provide information as to the purpose for which it has been reserved, and its status.
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), through the local government units (LGUs), shall conduct an inventory of government-owned idle lands in urban centers in their respective territories.
For this purpose, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Land Registration Authority (LRA) shall make available its land records, such as but not limited to approved subdivision plans and surveys, cadastral maps, title information and abstracts of registry, to the DILG and LGUs, subject to such limitations as may be provided by law, rules and regulations.
SECTION 2. Government Idle Lands. For the purposes of the inventory, government idle lands shall be categorized into the following:
- Lands owned by any government entity that have been idle and have not been used for the purpose for which they have been reserved for the past 10 years;
- Lands with existing structures and owned by any government entity but can be set aside for socialized housing; and
- Lands owned by any government entity currently inhabited by informal settler families.
SECTION 3. Creation of an Inter-Agency Task Force. There is hereby created an Inter-Agency Task Force to facilitate the inventory of lands. The Task Force shall be composed of the following:
- Chairman:
- Secretary, DILG
- Members:
- Secretary, DENR
- Chairperson, Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council
- Chief Executive Officer, Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board
- General Manager, National Housing Authority
- Administrator, National Mapping Resource Information Authority
- Administrator, LRA
- Director, Land Management Bureau
SECTION 4. Functions. The Task Force shall have the following functions:
- Ensure the timely submission of inventory of lands by government agencies, and local government units by the end of December 2015, in time for the preliminary report of the Summit;
- Review and assess the inventory of lands submitted by government entities and identify which are suitable for socialized housing and resettlement areas;
- Submit a list of identified government lands as possible sites for socialized housing to the Office of the President on or before 29 February 2016; and
- Perform such other functions as may be necessary for the successful implementation of this Circular.
SECTION 5. Repeal. All issuances, orders, rules, and regulations or parts thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Circular are hereby repealed and/or modified accordingly.
SECTION 6. Separability. If any provision of this Circular is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions unaffected shall remain valid and subsisting.
SECTION 7. Effectivity. This Circular shall take effect immediately.
DONE, in the City of Manila, this 1st day of December in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Fifteen.
By the President:
(Sgd.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.
Executive Secretary
By Madel Sabater - Namit
December 6, 2015
http://www.mb.com.ph/idle-govt-owned-lands-eyed-as-sites-for-socialized-housing/
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