Question & AnswerQ&A (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1924)
The main purpose of Presidential Decree No. 1924 is to implement an expanded and accelerated urban land reform and social housing program to provide deserving landless, homeless, and inadequately sheltered low-income resident citizens with reasonable opportunities to acquire land and decent housing.
The National Housing Authority (NHA), under the supervision of the Ministry of Human Settlements, is designated as the lead agency in implementing the housing program for marginal and low-income families.
The key components include: 1) Improvement or upgrading of identified slums and depressed communities, 2) Development of sites and services projects for displaced families and normal increase/migration of marginal families, 3) Relocation and resettlement of families to prevent and control squatting, 4) Land acquisition to support these components, and 5) A comprehensive livelihood program as part of the Kilusang Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran (KKK) and Sariling Sikap Program.
The Ministry of Human Settlements is responsible for formulating the National Shelter Program, reviewing the housing program prepared by the NHA, including it in the National Shelter Program, and supervising the implementation of the housing program.
The authorized capitalization of the National Housing Authority was increased to P5 billion to provide it with the long-term capability to undertake the comprehensive national housing program.
The programs target Metro Manila and other urban centers across the country.
These Letters of Instructions provide the basis and guidelines for the implementation of existing housing programs like Slum Improvement and Resettlement (SIR) and Sites and Services Projects, which PD No. 1924 seeks to expand and accelerate.
Yes, all provisions of laws, decrees, letters of instructions, rules, and regulations inconsistent with PD No. 1924 are repealed, modified, or amended accordingly.
PD No. 1924 seeks to fulfill the constitutional mandate that the State shall undertake urban land reform and social housing programs to provide low-income residents reasonable opportunities to acquire land and decent housing.
The Comprehensive Livelihood Program, as an integral component of the Kilusang Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran (KKK) and the Sariling Sikap Program, is meant to support the economic self-reliance and sustainable development of marginal and low-income families benefiting from the housing program.