MODULE 2: Regulating Bodies and The PD957 Introduction

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HUDCC

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Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council

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Created thru Executive Order No. 90, is the highest policy making and coordinating office on shelter.

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Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC)

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It is an umbrella organization which consists of heads of four housing agencies.

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Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC)

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NHA

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National Housing Authority

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is a government-owned and controlled corporation operating under the policy and administrative supervision of the HUDCC

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National Housing Authority (NHA)

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It is the sole government agency to engage in shelter production, focusing its efforts to provide to homeless, low-income Filipino families.

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National Housing Authority (NHA)

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Pag-IBIG Funds

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Pagtutulungan sa Kinabukasan: Ikaw, Bangko, Industriya, at Gobyerno

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to provide its members with adequate housing through an effective savings scheme

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Pagtutulungan sa Kinabukasan: Ikaw, Bangko, Industriya, at Gobyerno (Pag-IBIG Funds)

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it harnesses these four sectors of the Philippine society: financial, institutions, the industial sector, the government, and the Filipino people.

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Pagtutulungan sa Kinabukasan: Ikaw, Bangko, Industriya, at Gobyerno (Pag-IBIG Funds)

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the fund was created to address two of the nations basic concerns: the generation of savings, and providing shelter for Filipino workers.

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Pagtutulungan sa Kinabukasan: Ikaw, Bangko, Industriya, at Gobyerno (Pag-IBIG Funds)

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HLURB

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Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board

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is a national government agency tasked as the planning, regulatory and quasi-judicial body for land use development and real estate and housing regulation.

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Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB)

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these roles are done via a triad or strategies namely, policy development, planning and regulation.

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Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB)

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HGC

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Home Guaranty Corporation

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Is the government-owned-and-controlled-corporation (GOCC) mandated by law
(Republic Act 8763) to promote sustainable home ownership by providing risk coverage or Guarantees and tax/fiscal incentives to banks and financial institutions/investors granting housing development loans / credits, and home financing.

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Home Guaranty Corporation (HGC)

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GOCC

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government-owned-and-controlled-corporation

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It focuses on promoting home ownership to middle and low-income families.

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Home Guaranty Corporation (HGC)

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NHMFC

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National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation

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Mandate of increasing the availability of affordable housing loans to finance the Filipino homebuyer acquisition of housing units through the development and operation of a secondary market for home mortgages.

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National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation (NHMFC)

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SHFC

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Social Housing Finance Corporation

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to undertake social housing programs that will cater to the formal and informal sectors in the low-income bracket

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Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC)

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to take charge of developing and administering social housing programs, particularly the Community Mortgage program (CMP) and the Abot-Kaya Pabahay Fund(AKPF) Program.

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Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC)

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CMP

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Community Mortgage program

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AKPF

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Abot-Kaya Pabahay Fund

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This Decree shall be known as THE SUBDIVISION AND CONDOMINIUM BUYERS’ PROTECTIVE DECREE

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Section 1. Title

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When used in this Decree, the following terms shall, unless the context otherwise indicates, have the following respective meanings

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Section 2. Definition of Terms

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shall mean a natural or a juridical person. A juridical person refers to a business firm whether a corporation, partnership, cooperative or associations or a single proprietorship.

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Person

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shall include every disposition, or attempt to dispose, for a valuable consideration, of a subdivision lot, including the building and other improvements thereof, if any, in a subdivision project or a condominium unit in a condominium project.

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Sale or sell.

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shall include any contract to buy, purchase, or otherwise acquire for a valuable consideration a subdivision lot, including the building and other improvements, if any, in a subdivision project or a condominium unit in a condominium project.

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Buy and purchase

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shall mean a tract or a parcel of land registered under Act No. 496 which is partitioned primarily for residential purposes into individual lots with or without improvements thereon, and offered to the public for sale, in cash or in installment terms.

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Subdivision project

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shall mean any of the lots, whether residential, commercial, industrial, or recreational, in a subdivision project.

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Subdivision lot.

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shall mean a subdivision plan of a registered land wherein a street, passageway or open space is delineated on the plan

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Complex subdivision plan

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shall mean the entire parcel of real property divided or to be divided primarily for residential purposes into condominium units, including all structures thereon.

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Condominium project.

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shall mean a part of the condominium project intended for any type of independent use or ownership, including one or more rooms or spaces located in one or more floors (or part of parts of floors) in a building or buildings and such accessories as may be appended thereto.

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Condominium unit

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shall refer to the registered owner of the land subject of a subdivision or a condominium project.

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Owner

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shall mean the person who develops or improves the subdivision project or condominium project for and in behalf of the owner thereof.

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Developer

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shall mean any person directly engaged as principal in the business of buying, selling or exchanging real estate whether on a full-time or part-time basis.

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Dealer

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shall mean any person who, for commission or other compensation, undertakes to sell or negotiate the sale of a real estate belonging to another.

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Broker

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shall refer to the person regularly employed by a broker to perform, for and in his behalf, any or all functions of a real estate broker.

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Salesman

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shall mean the National Housing Authority.

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Authority.

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Conformity with Zoning Ordinance/Comprehensive Land Use Plan Subdivision projects shall be located in residential zones or other areas appropriate for residential uses.

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Site Criteria: Location

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Subdivision projects shall be located within suitable sites for housing and outside hazard prone areas and protection areas as provided for by pertinent laws.

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Site Criteria: Physical Suitability

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Critical areas must be avoided. The site shall be stable enough to accommodate foundation load without excessive earthmoving, grading or cutting and filling.

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Site Criteria: Physical Suitability

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The site must be served by a road that is readily accessible to public transportation lines.

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Site Criteria: Accessibility

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Said access road shall conform with the standards set herein to accommodate expected demand caused by the development of the area.

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Site Criteria: Accessibility

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Planning Considerations: Area Planning

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- Open spaces or Defining Open Space in Residential Subdivision and Amending Sec 31 of PD 957 -Facilities and Amenities -Density of subdivision

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adequate and safe means of vehicular and pedestrian circulation and easements for utilities and planting strips, shall be provided.

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Streets

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paved walks shall be provided to the living units from streets, parking spaces and from living units to play areas

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Walks

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suitable recreational area(s) shall be allocated within the subdivision

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Parks and playground

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Areas required for subdivision facilities and amenities shall be judiciously allocated in accordance with the provisions herein specified

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Facilities and Amenities

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projects shall conform with the residential densities set forth in the zoning ordinance of the city/municipality where project is located.

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Density of subdivision

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shall include the total number of dwelling units in multi-storey structure plus the total number of lots intended for single and semi-detached houses.

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Density of subdivision

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Planning Considerations: Site Preservation

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-Slope -Preservation of Site Assets -Ground Cover

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Planning Considerations: Easements

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a. Chapter IV, Section 51 of The Water Code, on water bodies; b. National Power Corporation (NPC), on transmission lines; c. PHIVOLCS per Resolution No. 515, Series of 1992, on identified fault traces; d. Other public utility companies and other entities' right-of-way; e. National/local government units for projects abutting national roads (primary roads) where adequate easement shall be provided for, including loading and unloading areas; f. Other related laws.

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Depending on the classification of roads adjacent to the subdivision and the size of the project site, road network should result into a hierarchy of functions and should define and serve the subdivision as one integrated unit.

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Planning Considerations: Circulation

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The developer shall bear the cost of installation of street names/signs coincident with the construction of streets.

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Planning Considerations: Installation of Street Names/Signs