Title
Cancellation and Redevelopment of ALTA Subdivision
Law
Presidential Decree No. 1808
Decision Date
Jan 16, 1981
Presidential Decree No. 1808 cancels awards, contracts, and titles of lots in the Agno-Leveriza Tenant Association Subdivision, aiming to address land tenure issues and implement comprehensive development plans under the Zonal Improvement Program. The National Housing Authority is designated as the Administrator of the subdivision, responsible for refunding payments, expropriating adjacent lots, and developing a comprehensive plan for the area.

Questions (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1808)

PD 1808 directs the cancellation/revocation of awards, contracts of sale, and derived titles under RA 4145 in the Agno-Leveriza Tenant Association (ALTA) Subdivision, orders reconveyance/reversion to the Government upon just compensation, and provides for expropriation of adjacent vacant lots for upgrading under the Zonal Improvement Program (ZIP) and related development/disposition to qualified occupants.

The National Housing Authority (NHA).

When the awardee/purchaser (or successor-in-interest) is a non-resident and therefore not in actual physical possession of the lot.

Awards, conditional contracts to sell, deeds of sale, and other conveyance contracts executed under RA 4145 are cancelled and revoked; corresponding Transfer Certificates of Title and titles derived therefrom are deemed cancelled and ownership reverts to the Government (subject to the refund/compensation scheme in PD 1808).

NHA must refund amounts paid by such awardees plus interest at 12% per annum. Claimants must present a certification from the City Treasurer of Manila showing total payments including land taxes.

NHA shall pay them just compensation for their lots in accordance with PD No. 1533 (and not merely a refund of installments).

PNB is directed to accept deposits in trust from NHA for the awardee/purchasers-claimants.

No. Section 4 authorizes the Register of Deeds of Manila to cancel the titles and issue new titles in the name of the Republic with NHA as Administrator without the necessity of a court declaration.

TCT Nos. 70406, 31710, 132081, and 134314.

They are identified as a blighted area and included in the ZIP under Metro Manila Executive Order No. 6-77 pursuant to LOI 555 (as amended by LOI 686), and also as an Area for Priority Development under Proclamation No. 1967.

Upgrading existing dwelling units; relocating qualified squatter families to a nearby resettlement area; and reblocking/rearrangement/realignment of existing structures to introduce basic facilities and services, following national SIR and Metro Manila ZIP programs, with controlled and orderly structured growth and adequate sanitary/physical facilities.

NHA shall adopt rules and regulations for disposition/award consistent with LOI 555 and LOI 557 (as amended).

By NHA and other relevant agencies according to funding arrangements and design standards agreed between the Government and the IBRD as part of the Third Urban Development Project.

Land tenure must be consistent with LOI 555 (as amended). The selling price is fixed per square meter at a cost established to recover expropriation and other development costs chargeable to beneficiaries under LOI 555 (as amended) or such amount appropriate under the cost recovery arrangements agreed with the IBRD.

After a grace period of three months, failure to pay/update dues or amortizations subjects them to summary ejection by the Authority without the need of a court order; the ejected beneficiary is treated as a mere squatter with no further right to the benefits of the decree, and the provision is to be embodied in the beneficiary agreement.

No. Decisions/rulings/orders/resolutions relative to disposition or ejection are not subject to judicial review and are final unless appealed to the Office of the President within 30 days from receipt.

If within 60 days from notice of appeal the Office of the President does not reverse or modify the ruling, it is deemed affirmed.

Immediately upon effectivity (Section 12).


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