QuestionsQuestions (PROCLAMATION NO. 659)
It amends Proclamation No. 403 (as amended by Proclamation No. 454) by changing the reserved use of certain parcels of land in Iloilo City—from Central Bank site purposes—to socialized housing purposes open for disposition to actual occupants under R.A. 7279.
Proclamation No. 659 amends Proclamation No. 403 (series of 1965), as amended by Proclamation No. 454 (series of 1965). The earlier proclamations reserved certain parcels for Central Bank site purposes.
Republic Act No. 7279, the Urban and Housing Development Act, which governs socialized housing disposition in favor of qualified/actual occupants.
An aggregate area of 22,477 square meters (more or less).
Lot 1, Plan NG-06-000008 and Lot 2, Plan NG-06-000008.
It states the reservation is “subject to actual survey,” meaning the final boundaries/area may be confirmed or adjusted based on actual survey results.
It is subject to “private rights, if any there be,” meaning existing private rights are recognized and must be respected.
The proclamation is subject to minimum road right-of-way requirements of the Department of Public Works and Highways pursuant to Executive Order No. 621.
The NHA shall reimburse the national government the value of the land as provided in R.A. 7279 after the final payment by qualified beneficiaries for the areas reserved for socialized housing.
A Local Inter-Agency Committee (LIAC) is created to prepare the implementing rules and regulations of the proclamation.
It is composed of (1) the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Committee as Chair, (2) the City Government of Iloilo as Co-Chair, and (3) DENR, Presidential Commission on Urban Poor, and a representative of the homeowners association as members.
The National Housing Authority (NHA), which receives the special patent and is tasked with reimbursement and implementation for socialized housing disposition.
It means the land reserved for socialized housing may be transferred/disposed to qualified actual occupants. The governing law is R.A. 7279, subject to its qualification and disposition rules.