The House of Representatives on Monday approved on third and final reading a bill mandating onsite, in-city, near-city, or off-city relocation of informal settler families (ISFs). Know more:
The House of Representatives on Monday approved on third and final reading a bill mandating onsite, in-city, near-city, or off-city relocation of informal settler families .
The measure defines in-city or onsite resettlement as a “relocation site within the jurisdiction of a local government unit where the affected informal settler families are living.” LGUs are to implement the onsite, near-city, or off-city housing program for ISFs in partnership with the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development, National Housing Authority, National Home Mortgage Finance Corp., Home Development Mutual Fund, and Social Housing Finance Corp.
The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development, Department of the Interior and Local Government, in consultation with appropriate agencies, civil society groups, the private sector, and representatives of ISFs, will issue implementing rules and regulations.
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