QC Buys Land for 3,000 Informal Settlers, NCR Cities Strengthen Housing Programs

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About 3,000 informal settlers in Quezon City will soon have their own homes. 

The city government has acquired a 214,057-sqm property in Barangay Bagong Silangan and Payatas, as reported on their official website. Mayor Joy Belmonte signed two deeds of sale for the parcels of land owned by Tofemi Realty Corporation and Kanejin Corporation.

The housing project in Sitio Veterans in Bagong Silangan will accommodate a total of 530 families from six urban poor associations. Amounting to P110 million, the land purchased has a total area of 36,651 square meters.

The beneficiaries include:

• Sacred Heart of Jesus Homeowners’ Association, Inc.
• Fortune Homeowners’ Association, Inc. 
• Almighty Homeowners’ Association, Inc.
• Rising Land Homeowners’ Association, Inc
• Blessed Land Homeowners’ Association, Inc.
• SagradaFamilia Homeowners’ Association, Inc.

By next year, the local government will buy another piece of land to house 1,270 families from 10 homeowners’ associations. The land they intend to purchase stretches 100,619 square meters.

Meanwhile, the housing project in Barangay Payatas extends 76,787 square meters. The local government bought 65,025 square meters for P195 million, while the remaining 11,762 square meters served as a donation from Kanejin Corporation. 

Set to house 1,200 families, the land will accommodate eight homeowners associations, including:

• Mt. Apo Homeowners’ Association, Inc.
• Molave and Sierra Madre Homeowners’ Association
• Kanejin Homeowners’ Association
• Centro Homeowners’ Association, Inc.
• Mayon&Bulusan Homeowners’ Association, Inc., 
• Buklod ng Kapatiran Homeowners’ Association, Inc.
• Banahaw Kanejin Homeowners’ Association, Inc.
• Sto. Niño Homeowners’ Association, Inc.

Through the Direct Purchase Housing Program, the local government plans to fast-track the process of providing security of tenure for the beneficiaries. Acquiring the land from the owner, public officials will award parcels through a Direct Sale Program to the intended recipients.

After the payment of lots, the beneficiaries will receive their individual titles.

Manila’s Tondominium and Binondominium

Aside from Quezon City, other cities in the capital region are strengthening their assistance programs for informal settlers. In Manila, for instance, the construction for vertical housing projects Tondominium and Binondominium already began.

Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso led the groundbreaking of the former in June, as reported by the Philippine News Agency (PNA). Worth P1 billion, Tondominium 1 and 2 will emerge in Vitas. Each building has 15 storeys, housing 336 families. Future residents will have a 44-sqm unit equipped with two bedrooms.

The project is set to be completed in two years.

Almost two months after the housing project’s groundbreaking ceremony, Binondominium’s construction began, according to Manila Bulletin. Similar to Tondominium, it will have 15 storeys. Once finished, there will be 126 units, each having 40 square meters and two bedrooms. 

The local government expects that the construction will be finished in a year and a half.

Pasig’s No-Patronage Housing Program

Meanwhile, in Pasig, the local government vowed to prioritize people living in danger zones, Mayor Vico Sotto announced on his official Twitter page last July. 

Revealing the proposed design, the mayor reassured his constituents that the building will be well-built and would allow future residents to have access to essential utilities including electricity and water services, as well as schools, healthcare services, and livelihood.

He also emphasized that the selection of beneficiaries will be fair, saying that there will be no political patronage. Pasigueños were also assured that no relocation or demolition of homes will take place in the absence of a decent relocation site.

San Juan’s 1-Billion Project

For San Juan City, the socialized housing project this year broke ground in early February. Rising along F. Manalo Street in Barangay Batis, the residential building will have 540 units, each featuring 29 square meters, as mentioned in this Philstar report. 

It will have water and electricity amenities, as well as a basketball court, multi-purpose room, and 14 commercial units.

The first building is set to accommodate around 296 families. All in all, the socialized housing project is set to provide decent homes for 1,000 households. 

It was last year that the local government started construction on the 22-storey building in Barangay St. Joseph, the first high-rise and in-city socialized housing in the country. It’s set to accommodate around 400 families.

Under the program, beneficiaries are on a rent-to-own scheme.

The local government pushed through with vertical projects to maximize the remaining land in the area.

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Article and Photo originally posted by Lamudi last September 4, 2020.

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