Policy declaration on Off-site GK projects
- The resolution addresses the licensing coverage of off-site GK projects under HLURB rules requiring a license to sell.
- The resolution recognizes that Gawad Kalinga builds inexpensive houses using the bayanihan spirit and gives poor beneficiaries the opportunity to work together in partnership with the academe and other civic groups.
- The resolution recognizes that GK has a track record of building houses that are not for sale to the general public.
- The resolution emphasizes that these houses are awarded to beneficiaries.
Substantive operative rule on license to sell
- The resolution provides that off-site GK projects need not be covered by the license to sell of HLURB.
- The exemption applies when the projects are not for sale to the general public.
- The projects must instead be awarded to beneficiaries.
- Coverage is limited to off-site GK projects, as expressly declared in the resolution.
Conditions for the exemption
- The off-site GK project must not be marketed or sold to the general public.
- The housing from the off-site GK project must be awarded to beneficiaries rather than sold.
Adoption and effect
- The resolution was adopted on 21 July 2008 and became the board’s declared rule on the licensing coverage of off-site GK projects under the HLURB license to sell requirement.