Title
Manila Free Housing at Baseco Project Ordice
Law
Manila City Ordinance No. 8494
Decision Date
Jul 4, 2016
Manila City Ordinance No. 8494 establishes a free housing project at Baseco, funded by a Php 36 million grant, allowing beneficiaries usufruct rights while maintaining city ownership and enforcing strict regulations on occupancy and modifications.

Funding and project source

  • The Baseco Housing Project is funded from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Seed Grant in the amount of Php. 36,000,000.00 (Section 1).
  • The project also includes counterpart road network and site development from the City of Manila (Section 1).

Transfer to beneficiaries by usufruct

  • Because the housing project funds come from the DILG, the housing is transferred to the beneficiaries by usufruct only (Section 2).

Beneficiary selection rules

  • Beneficiaries are chosen in accordance with the Code of Policy approved by the Local Housing Board (Section 3).

City ownership and usufruct conditions

  • Ownership of the housing project remains with the City of Manila (Section 4).
  • Beneficiaries hold usufruct over the housing units subject to conditions under Section 4.
  • Beneficiaries are prohibited from selling, transferring, or leasing the housing units (Section 4).
  • Any sale, transfer, or lease of units is void, and the City of Manila, together with barangay officials, must evict the transferee, lessee, or any occupant who is not a beneficiary (Section 4).
  • Replacement/transfer of a housing unit to a new beneficiary must be done in accordance with the prioritization in the validated list approved by the Manila Social Welfare Department (Section 4).
  • Beneficiaries are prohibited from modifying the units by extending them to the front, back, or sides (Section 4).
  • Any prohibited extensions are subject to demolition by barangay officials, who must also maintain the public areas of the housing project together with the homeowners association (Section 4).
  • Extensions and improvements are allowed only vertically, and only upon compliance with building laws, local ordinances, rules, and regulations (Section 4).

Homeowners association and governance

  • Beneficiaries must organize themselves into a homeowners association (Section 5).
  • The homeowners association must provide rules and regulations to maintain peace and order, traffic, sanitation, and cleanliness in the housing project (Section 5).

Orientation and implementing bodies

  • The Urban Settlements Office and the Local Inter-Agency Committee must conduct an orientation with beneficiaries on the rules and regulations for use of the housing units contained in the ordinance (Section 6).
  • Strict implementation is assigned to the Urban Settlements Office, the homeowners association, and the Sangguniang Barangay of Baseco (Section 7).

Project completion and turnover

  • The ordinance takes effect upon completion of the project and the turnover of the housing units to the beneficiaries (Section 8).

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