Strengthening Presidential Commission for Urban Poor

Section 10, Article XIII of the 1987 Constitution requires that urban or rural poor dwellers shall not be evicted nor their dwellings demolished except in accordance with law and in a just and humane manner.
Executive Order No. 82 (s. 1986), as amended, created the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP) under the Office of the President (OP) to coordinate implementation of government policies and programs for the urban poor.
Administrative Order No. 111 (s. 1989) directed concerned government departments, agencies, and offices to coordinate with PCUP and to actively participate in tri-sectoral dialogues and activities concerning the urban poor.
Republic Act No. 7279 (the Urban Development and Housing Act (UDHA) of 1992) requires LGUs, in coordination with PCUP, to afford beneficiaries an opportunity to be heard and to participate in decision-making over protection and promotion of collective interests (RA No. 7279; cited in the preamble).
RA No. 7279, particularly Section 28, upholds constitutionally guaranteed rights of the homeless and underprivileged citizens (cited in the preamble).

Executive Order No. 69 strengthens the mandate of PCUP to achieve strict observance of law and the Ten-Point Covenant of the President with the urban poor (cited in the preamble).
Executive Order No. 69 directs PCUP to effectively coordinate, formulate, and evaluate policies and programs concerning the urban poor (Section 1).
Executive Order No. 69 expands PCUP’s concerns beyond land reform and housing to encompass the totality of factors for decent living and support services designed to alleviate the plight of the urban poor (cited in the preamble).

Section 1 transfers PCUP to the OP to effectively coordinate, formulate, and evaluate policies and programs concerning the urban poor.
Section 2 requires PCUP to undertake social preparation activities related to:
- asset reform,
- human development and basic social services,
- employment and livelihood,
- and other government programs for the urban poor.
Section 3 mandates PCUP participation in policy discussions relating to the urban poor in meetings of:
- the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC),
- Key Shelter Agencies (KSAs),
- Local Housing Boards (LHB),
- and other similar bodies.

Section 3 places PCUP within the governance and policy discussion framework for urban poor concerns through HUDCC, KSAs, LHB, and similar bodies.
Section 4(1) requires joint formulation of operational mechanisms and guidelines by:
- PCUP, HUDCC, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DWSW), Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), and NAPC,
- in coordination with CHR.
Section 4(2) requires all other heads of departments, agencies, bureaus, and offices—including government-owned or controlled corporations, and including LGUs, civil society, or people’s organizations—to render full assistance and cooperation and to provide information and data required to carry out functions under the order.

Section 4(1) requires the joint formulation of necessary operational mechanisms and guidelines to ensure strict compliance with Section 28 of RA No. 7279 and to implement the order.
Section 4(1) sets a deadline: the operational mechanisms and guidelines must be formulated within forty-five (45) days from issuance of the order.
Section 5 requires PCUP to submit quarterly reports to the OP.
Section 5 specifies report subject matter: quarterly reporting on the status of compliance with:
- the provisions of the order, and
- pertinent provisions of law governing eviction and demolition activities.

Section 4(2) compels full assistance and cooperation from all relevant government and non-government actors.
Section 4(2) requires provision of information and data as may be required to carry out functions under the order.

Section 6 provides a separability rule: if any provision of the order is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions remain valid and subsisting.
Section 7 provides an amending/repealing rule: all other executive issuances not consistent with the order are amended, modified, or repealed accordingly.
Section 8 provides effectivity upon immediate effect after publication in a newspaper of general circulation.