Housing summit 2016 capped

Capping the National Housing and Urban Development Summit, heads of national government agencies, non-governmental organizations, civil-society groups, people’s organizations and other stakeholders signed the Unity Statement on upholding the right to adequate, decent and affordable housing. 

The central message of the culminating activity was encapsulated in the signing of the Unity Statement which celebrates the learning sessions and joint meetings conducted that have resulted in recognizing the housing rights of poor Filipinos and their participation in the people’s planning process in implementing the in-city housing programs in Metro Manila.

The housing summit also paved the way for the signing and approval of Memorandum Circular 87 or the creation of the Inter-Agency Task Force to map the location of squatter or informal settler families (ISFs) and the inventory of idle lands possible for socialized housing.

The National Housing Authority (NHA), through its effective housing production and delivery program system, led the pre-relocation, relocation and post-relocation activities for former squatters who are now owners of low-rise buildings or condominium units.

To date, the NHA has produced 86 in-city buildings with 4,980 condominium units as end-February 2016.