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Official logo of the Pambansang Pabahay Para sa Pilipino (4PH) Program. The Pambansang Pabahay Para sa Pilipino Program ( lit. 'National Housing for the Filipino Program' ), also known as the 4PH Program, is the national housing program of the Philippines. It was launched in September 2022 with the goal of having zero informal settlers by 2028.
The National Housing Authority (Philippines) (NHA) stated that 4,000 housing units in the area were occupied. [11] Members of Kadamay set up barricades and appealed to President Rodrigo Duterte for free mass housing for the urban poor. [12]
Quezon City is a planned city. It covers a total area of 161.11 square kilometers (62.20 sq mi), [ 5] making it the largest city in Metro Manila in terms of land area. It is politically subdivided into Six Congressional Districts, which represent the city in the Lower House of the Congress of the Philippines.
The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development ( Filipino: Kagawaran ng Pananahanang Pantao at Pagpapaunlad ng Kalunsuran ), abbreviated as DHSUD, is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the management of housing and related development in the Philippines. [ 2] The department is led by the Secretary ...
The National Housing Authority ( NHA) is a government agency responsible for public housing in the Philippines. Established on July 31, 1975, it is organized as a government-owned and controlled corporation under the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development as an attached agency. [ 4] NHA gate.
The Philippine Statistics Authority defines a squatter, or alternatively "informal dwellers", as "One who settles on the land of another without title or right or without the owner's consent whether in urban or rural areas". [ 1] Squatting is criminalized by the Urban Development and Housing Act of 1992 (RA 7279), also known as the Lina Law.
Slums in Metro Manila. Slums are traditionally described as dense urban settlements, usually displaying characteristics such as crowded and compact housing units, informal delivery of utilities, and unofficial recognition by local government. In the Philippines, residents of slum areas are commonly referred to as "squatters" and have ...
The Asian Coalition for Housing Rights ( ACHR) is a network of community organisations in Asia working on issues related to urban poverty, slums and slum upgrading. It champions low-income and other marginalised groups living in cities as experts on urban poverty, and as actors capable of contributing to urban development.