EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 48, October 26, 2001
DECLARING NON-CORE PROPERTIES OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RAILWAYS (PNR) AS SOCIALIZED HOUSING SITES AND PROVIDING FOR THE DISPOSITION OF THE SAME TO BONAFIDE OCCUPANTS
Act No. 7279,
otherwise known as the Urban Development and Housing Act of 1992 (UDHA),
provide that government-owned lands which have not been used for the
purpose for which they have been reserved or set aside for the past ten
(10) years from the effectivity of the UDHA and identified as suitable
for socialized housing, shall immediately be transferred to the National
Housing Authority (NHA) subject to the approval of the President of the
Republic of the Philippines for proper disposition;
WHEREAS , the President has issued a Memorandum dated 05
February
2001, directing all Heads of Government Departments, Agencies,
Government-Owned and Controlled Corporations and their Instrumentalities
to identify areas which may be proclaimed for socialized housing
purposes;
WHEREAS , said Memorandum is in accordance with the policy
of the
present Administration of regularizing the land tenurial status settlers
occupying public lands;
WHEREAS , the Philippine National Railways (PNR) owns
several
properties all over the Philippines consisting of more than 1,000
hectares;
WHEREAS , the PNR has expressed its intention to dispose its
non-core properties which are mostly occupied by informal settler
families at zonal value, as mandated by UDHA;
WHEREAS , the disposition of said properties form an
essential
part of the rehabilitation plan of PNR and must also be fast tracked to
abate the proliferation of informal settlers into these non-core
properties which may adversely affect such disposition.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO , President of
the
Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by
law, do hereby order:
SECTION 1. Declaration as Socialized Housing Sites. In view
of the
urgency and need by thousands of informal settlers to acquire land
ownership and shelter security, the non-core properties of PNR as are
found viable for the purpose, are hereby declared as sites for
socialized housing, subject to private rights, for disposition to their
actual bonafide occupants.
The non-core properties of the PNR are those outside the
boundaries of the railroad tracks and not utilized for railroad
purposes.
If necessary, a final survey shall be conducted to clearly
determine the areas and parcels covered by this Order.
SEC. 2. Inventory . The PNR is hereby directed to submit a
comprehensive inventory of its entire non-core properties to the Housing
and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) for evaluation of
the viability of these properties for socialized housing
projects.
SEC. 3. Sales Proceeds. The PNR, in coordination with the
Department of Budget and Management (DBM), shall determine the
priorities to be observed in the allocation and utilization by PNR of
the sales proceeds of the properties so disposed, including
allocating
portion of the proceeds to PNR’s outstanding payables with Government
Service Insurance system (GSIS).
SEC. 4. Support of Government Agencies and the Private
Sector. The
HUDCC may call on the support and assistance of the other government
agencies, bureaus and instrumentalities, including private sector
organization, in the implementation of this Order.
SEC. 5. Implementing Guidelines. The HUDCC in coordination
with
PNR and NHA, shall prepare the implementing guidelines of the
Order.
SEC. 6. Separability Clause. In the event any provision
hereof is
declared invalid by any competent court or tribunal, the other
provisions hereof unaffected thereby shall remain in full force and
effect.
SEC. 7. Effectivity . This Order shall take effect
immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 26th day of October in the
year of Our Lord, two thousand and one.
(SGD.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
By the President:
(SGD.) ALBERTO G. ROMULO
Executive Secretary