Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 7999)
Republic Act No. 7999 declares a total of one hundred twenty (120) hectares of the Tala Estate in Kalookan City as alienable and disposable and converts them into housing sites, amending certain sections of Presidential Proclamation No. 843.
A total of one hundred twenty (120) hectares of the Tala Estate are declared alienable and disposable.
Seventy (70) hectares of the one hundred thirty (130) hectares reserved for the leprosarium and settlement site of the hansenites and their families are declared alienable and disposable as housing sites specifically for these beneficiaries.
The residential lots awarded under this Act shall not be transferred, conveyed, or assigned to any other person for a period of twenty-five (25) years, except to legal heirs by way of succession.
The Department of Health employee must have been assigned at the Tala Leprosarium and must have been a resident there for at least five (5) years.
The National Housing Authority is primarily responsible for the implementation and enforcement of the Act and must cooperate with the Department of Health and homeowners associations to promulgate rules and regulations.
Fifty (50) hectares are reserved for the plants, installations, and pilot housing project of the National Housing Corporation.
Twenty-nine (29) hectares of the fifty (50) hectares are converted into a housing site exclusively for the bona fide and qualified residents of the area.
The ad hoc committee, composed of representatives from various government agencies, NGOs, and associations, issues guidelines to determine qualified beneficiaries under the Act.
Presidential Proclamation No. 843 and other laws, executive orders, proclamations, and administrative rules inconsistent with RA 7999 are repealed or modified accordingly.
RA 7999 took effect fifteen (15) days after the completion of its publication in at least two newspapers of general circulation and lapsed into law on April 22, 1995 without the President's signature.