PROCLAMATION NO. 391, May 28, 2003

AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION NO. 144 DATED JANUARY 18, 2002 WHICH SEGREGATED CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE LAND COVERED BY TCT NO. 6735 SITUATED IN BARRIO BALABAG, SAN ROQUE AND…

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WHEREAS, it is priority of the Government to provide housing to homeless Filipinos in line with the constitutional mandate for the state to protect and advance the right of the people to a balanced and healthful ecology, decent living conditions and social justice;

WHEREAS, mass housing program has been reaffirmed by this government as a centerpiece program in its poverty alleviation efforts pursuant to Executive Order No. 20 dated 28 May 2001;

WHEREAS, such initiative showcases this Administration’s resolve in its, anti-poverty strategies, particularly on assets reform that directs the redistribution of physical assets to the poor;

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 903 dated July 1983, which created the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA), provided that the land where the Airport is located as well as the surrounding land area of approximately six hundred hectares are transferred, conveyed and assigned to the ownership and administration of the MIAA;

WHEREAS, Presidential Proclamation No. 144 was issued on 18 January 2002 in order to resolve the long-standing land tenure problem of more than 6,000 families occupying certain parcels of land under the administration of the MIAA situated in the City of Pasay;

WHEREAS, said Presidential Proclamation declared certain areas open for disposition to qualified applicants in accordance with Act No. 3038, in relation to the provision of the Public Land Act, Commonwealth Act No. 141, as amended;

WHEREAS, the said MIAA property has not been in use for more than ten ,10) years and has been jointly identified by the National Housing Authority and the Local Government of Pasay City as potential socialized housing site pursuant to Section 8 of R.A. 7279 for informal settlers actually occupying the same as early as the eighties;

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 131 dated 01 October 2002 declared open to disposition for socialized housing purposes certain government-owned lands defined under Republic Act No. 7279, otherwise known as the Urban Development and Housing Act of 1992 (UDHA), which have not been used for the purposes for which they have been reserved or set aside for the past ten (10) years from the effectivity of UDHA as well as government-owned idle lands and alienable lands of the public domain which are suitable for socialized housing are hereby declared open for disposition to qualified UDHA beneficiaries or for socialized housing purposes; and that the National Housing Authority (NHA), under the supervision of HUDCC, shall take the lead in the disposition of the lands thereof.

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 amend Proclamation No. 144 dated January 18, 2002, and hereby declare that:

1.    The Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC)/ National Housing Authority (NHA), in coordination with the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA), shall be the primary   agency responsible and authorized to administer and dispose the lots covered by Presidential Proclamation No. 144 in favor of the bonafide and qualified residents thereat pursuant to the provisions of Sections 8, 9 and 12 of R.A. 7279 and other pertinent laws; and

2.    The City Government of Pasay, in cooperation with the Office of Representative of the Lone District of Pasay, and other concerned government entities, shall provide technical, financial and personnel resources in the development of a comprehensive housing development plan covering the reserved area including the medium rise noosing component, and in the conduct of beneficiary identification and the subsequent award of the socialized housing in favor of the bonafide beneficiaries.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this  28th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Three.

(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

By the President:

(Sgd.) ALBERTO G. ROMULO
Executive Secretary

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