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TITLE: Bukidnon, North Cotabato!
AUTHOR: Manny Piñol
DATE PUBLISHED: May 8, 2020
KEY CONTENT:
Bukidnon Governor Zubiri supports Senator Go's Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa Program (BPBPP), ensuring a Whole-of-Nation Approach for its implementation, aiming to address informal settlers in Mindanao. The Mindanao Development Authority(MinDa) will lay the groundwork for the project's performance, further proving the demand for proper procedures to prevent challenges, one of which is the lack of collaboration between LGUs and organizations for planning and funding the implementation of housing projects.

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https://hashtagsmindanao.wordpress.com/2014/04/12/the-slums-in-davao-citys-cbd-and-the-inferno/
TITLE: DAVAO CITY SLUMS SQUATTER AREAS
AUTHOR: Cha Monforte
DATE PUBLISHED: April 1, 2014
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https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/11/29/2227201/informal-settler-housing-must-be-close-livelihood-senators
TITLE: Informal settler housing must be close to livelihood – senators
AUTHOR: Paolo Romero
DATE PUBLISHED: November 29, 2022
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Paolo Romero - The Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines - Government housing projects for informal settler families (ISFs) should be vertically built, close to their source of livelihood and accessible to basic services, senators said yesterday.

The senators made the suggestion at the hearing of the Senate committee on urban planning, housing and resettlement on various bills mandating shelter programs for ISFs.

Among the bills taken up were the proposed On-Site, In-City or Near City Resettlement Act; Resettlement, Aid and Rehabilitation for Informal Settlers Act, and the National Housing Authority (NHA) Act.

Sen. Joseph Victor Ejercito, who chairs the committee, warned the government's housing program would fail if ISFs are relocated far from workplaces, sources of income and basic social services.

He said housing projects in the country are caught in a "vicious cycle," where houses are built out of compliance and not to provide "meaningful" shelter to the homeless.

"Even if the government puts up thousands of housing units daily, if these are far from the sources of livelihood of our ISFs, lacking in basic health and educational facilities, they will just abandon then," Ejercito said in Filipino during the hearing.

"There is a reason why they remain in Metro Manila - most of them have work here. With the continued urbanization of our country, we must pay attention to the plight of our ISFs," he said.

To support these programs and address the country's worsening housing backlogs, he urged his colleagues in Congress to renew the corporate charter of the NHA.

"There is no reason for us not to extend the corporate life of the NHA. We recognize the vital role of the agency in the housing sector as the sole production arm of the government. We must not disarm the NHA with their mandate," Ejercito said.

Sen. Raffy Tulfo during the hearing lamented the hardships experienced by ISFs due to the lack of public utilities in resettlement areas provided to them by the government.

Tulfo said he received several complaints that basic public utilities such as electricity, water and sewage services are absent at a number of housing and resettlement areas offered by the government which, according to utility companies, was due to the small number of ISFs in the area.

He also said he received reports that many housing units were poorly made, some of which had damaged walls and rooftops, making them barely habitable.

"There should be a clear plan before informal settlers are asked to move in to their new homes. Government should get in touch with utility companies to ensure that these services, including electricity and water, are already available when they move in," Tulfo said in Filipino.

Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) Undersecretary Avelino Tolentino III said they will review existing resettlement sites and provide the basic infrastructure and immediate needs of occupants.

Meanwhile, Sen. Nancy Binay asked DHSUD for a list or database of beneficiaries of government housing programs which, she says, is one way to prevent or stop professional squatting syndicates.

Binay said that during the time of her father, then vice president Jejomar Binay as chairman of the defunct Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council, a database was developed where names of those who benefitted from housing projects were listed.

Tolentino said shelter agencies have alpha lists of beneficiaries but these agencies had a hard time connecting their data with that of the local government units.

He said fully digitalizing the lists will require a lot of work, warm bodies and resources.

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Informal settler housing must be close to livelihood - senators

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Government housing projects for informal settler families should be vertically built, close to their source of livelihood and accessible to basic services, senators said yesterday.

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URL:
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1173428
TITLE: Informal settlement very serious problem in PH: Duterte
AUTHOR: Azer Parrocha
DATE PUBLISHED: May 1, 2022
KEY CONTENT: Former president Rodrigo Duterte has reiterated his appeal to the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to ensure that all idle government-owned lands are distributed to those in need.

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URL:
https://www.habitat.org/emea/about/what-we-do/affordable-housing
TITLE: Affordable housing in developing countries
AUTHOR: Habitat for Humanity
DATE PUBLISHED: N/A
KEY CONTENT: This article discusses the concept of affordable housing as a basic human need, defined by the World Health Organization. The article highlights the ongoing housing crisis in Europe since the 2008 financial crisis which also correlates with Mindanao having to struggle with informal settlements, the article emphasizes that affordable housing should also be physically addressed and healthy for habitation.

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Housing is one of the basic human needs: the World Health Organization defined it as a “residential environment which includes, in addition to the physical structure that man uses for shelter, all necessary services, facilities, equipment and devices needed or desired for the physical and mental hea…

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https://youtu.be/UIAXREDFZS8?si=rigs-o07VoEqdjIF
TITLE: Balitang Southern Tagalog: Libreng Pabahay para sa 50 pamilyang nakatira sa gilid ng ilog
AUTHOR: GMA Regional TV
DATE PUBLISHED: September 7, 2022
KEY CONTENT: It covers about how the local government unit(LGU) and non-govermental organizations(NGO) are offering the families who live in houses that are in poor conditions near the river in Lipa City as to be beneficiaries of free settlement. It's context may not have been set in Mindanao, but cases like these also occurs here and those people should be given help.

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Balitang Southern Tagalog: Libreng Pabahay para sa 50 pamilyang nakatira sa gilid ng ilog

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URL: https://youtu.be/FjxDqVyPg44?si=9jnUmr9s0O7wTPXo
TITLE: High-rise Housing, Balak ng gobyerno para mas maraming makinanbang
AUTHOR: GMA Intergrated News
DATE PUBLISHED: December 27, 2022
KEY CONTENT: High-rise Housing Government's Plan to Benefit More Informal Settlers in Mindanao Amid Challenges in Implementing The Community Mortgage Program. This development plan aims to accommodate a larger number of informal settlers in the region, and explores the feasibility, advantages, and potential obstacles associated with the shift towards high-rise housing as a means to improve the housing situation for informal settlers in Mindanao.

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High-rise housing, balak ng gobyerno para mas maraming makinabang | 24 Oras

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URL: https://youtu.be/ISBe0QJ0aiw?feature=shared
TITLE: Ottawa tenants battle poor living conditions in community housing
AUTHOR: CBC News: The National
DATE PUBLISHED: May 6, 2022
KEY CONTENT: By examining the struggles of tenants in Ottawa dealing with poor living conditions, we can draw parallels to the challenges faced by informal settlers in Mindanao, shedding light on the importance of addressing housing issues and implementing programs effectively to improve living conditions for vulnerable populations in various locations.

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Ottawa tenants battle poor living conditions in community housing

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URL:
https://apwld.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/WITCH_FPAR_Philippines.pdf
TITLE: "Rehabilitation, not Reclamation!" Women's Struggle for Adequate Housing in Aroma Community
AUTHOR: Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD)
DATE PUBLISHED: August 9, 2022
KEY CONTENT:
The Aroma community, near Manila North Harbour facilities in Tondo, Manila, is a temporary facility intended to transfer families to permanent government housing projects. In connection with our research topic, the advocacy of APWLD further solidifies the need for proper implementation of housing projects, not just to meet the beneficiaries halfway but to ensure that the relocation they were promised will be fulfilled.

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URL: https://www.facebook.com/DHSUDgovph/posts/pfbid02MUSyjDwLR3qMQ4PShkGnMTPLGvnZDH7C65zR1CRBThHUEwbDMh2Q3svs4YtMhVmRl

TITLE: DHSUD: Public Reminder

AUTHOR: Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development

DATE PUBLISHED: August 15, 2023

KEY CONTENT: Based on the public announcement, it has been discussed that no DHSUD official, staff member, or their relatives are obliged to authorize private transactions with developers under modulating housing projects due to the declared flagship. By all accounts, DHSUD launched this sort of paramount program to address the need for decent housing and to establish the potential impact for the borough on the growing economy. In a world of economic inflation and unanticipated events, the urgency of secure and affordable housing for all cannot be overstated.

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URL: https://nha.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/BALAI-2022-Q1-revision-8-8-22-MSG.pdf?fbclid=IwAR17utjzF52FajCCfMYrwtK0KbOKYU-HKkgv3cH0x2crZgQsNbUIKUEuVx4

TITLE: NHA Inventory of Housing Projects
AUTHOR: Marcelino P. Escalada, Jr.
DATE PUBLISHED: January 1 to March 2022
KEY CONTENT: According to this magazine article, NHA re-launched the AFP/PNP Housing Program as the Government Employees Housing Program (GEHP) in recognition of the dedicated service and efforts of the hardworking men and women in the government.  NHA ensures the availability of basic generous services, community potential, and the prospect of social and economic opportunities to impoverished individuals and other families for a circumstance. People will moreover learn how to adapt to these sudden changes and start a new page.

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URL: https://www.rappler.com/nation/cagayan-de-oro-starts-demolition-homes-informal-settlers/

TITLE: Cagayan de Oro starts demolition of over 1,000 homes of informal settlers

AUTHOR: Froilan Gallardo

DATE PUBLISHED: June 14, 2022

KEY CONTENT: It is stated the in article that the authorities started their demolition activity to the informal settlers which happened in the course of a week. The Informal settlers rebelled against the authorities due to them having their houses with no land certificates being demolished. The growth of the informal settlements were increasing in the said area which gave the land owner caution that these illegal settlers may continue to expand exponentially, with the owner of the land having to know, she asked the authorities to take charge and do their work.

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Cagayan de Oro starts demolition of over 1,000 homes of informal settlers

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The Cagayan de Oro City Police Office says a group duped the informal settlers into paying for 200-square meter lots along the Zayas Landfill Road

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URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxDHvlQcZ_c

TITLE: KALSADANG PUTOL DUDUGTONG NA INFORMAL SETTLERS NAUBOS | MINDANAO AVENUE EXTENSION 43 YEARS NATENGGA

AUTHOR: Neb Andro

DATE PUBLISHED: April 10, 2023

KEY CONTENT: It is said in the video that there is this road that has been stopped to continue to develop, thus, having informal settlers take home to the land which the road would be constructed in. The Illegal settlers were taken away from the land and the continuation of the land finally continued after 43 years. Having the informal settlers taken away from the undeveloped land, many problems of the said community were solved and having their routes be used for transportation.

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KALSADANG PUTOL DUDUGTONG NA INFORMAL SETTLERS NAUBOS ! MINDANAO AVENUE EXTENSION 43 YEARS NATENGGA

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https://www.rappler.com/moveph/113956-poorest-households-wfp-survey/
TITLE: Inside the poorest PH homes
AUTHOR: FRITZIE RODRIGUEZ, NICO VILLARETE
DATE PUBLISHED: November 25, 2015
KEY CONTENT:
The infographic showcases the conditions of poor households in different provinces in Mindanao and the challenge of the lack of resources and living necessities, such as adequate housing, access to water and electrical devices, education, and finance. Therefore, this proves that there is an urgent need for low-income families in Mindanao to acquire equal access to these necessities; one way is through an effective mortgage housing program that could target the improvement of their overall living conditions.

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URL: https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1065278

TITLE: Davao task force clears UP-Mindanao of informal settlers

AUTHOR: Lillian Mellejor

DATE PUBLISHED: March 21, 2019

KEY CONTENT: This article talks about the Davao Task Force clearing up the places of informal settlers, it is said that they were in the land owned by University of the Philippine - Mindanao. It is stated that there were no illegal settlers that rebelled back to the demolition team and the owners of these illegal settlements left the night before the demolition commenced.

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URL: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ask2et-XdelRH4dsiee6U11fGBgfcw2J/view?usp=sharing
TITLE: MULTI-STEP TRANSITION IN HOUSING PROVISION AND PROGRESSIVE

DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN SETTLEMENTS:

CASE OF DAVAO CITY, PHILIPPINES

AUTHOR: Isidoro R. Malaque III
DATE PUBLISHED: July 2017
KEY CONTENT:
This research paper explains how the housing provision became successful in Davao City and could be a basis for our own research on how it, too can be feasible in resolving the informal settler crisis. The urban poor gained formal housing status through a multi-step transition process, low-cost housing with government assistance, and a one-step regularization model, with informal housing units gradually upgraded to formal status. NGOs also participated in the construction.

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https://youtu.be/CACHixLdo8w?si=zUlYtxjAbg1GFO71
TITLE: Transformative Resettlement of Informal Settler Families in the Philippines
AUTHOR: North Eyes Productions
DATE PUBLISHED: May 27, 2015
KEY CONTENT: The documentary talks broadly about the Philippines' state of housing and resettlement of informal settlers as the country lacks proper urban settlement for the marginalized sector of society. It also mentions the Philippines' state of housing and resettlement of informal settlers as the country lacks proper urban settlement for the marginalized sector of society. The context itself can be also widely applied here in Mindanao as this particular issue is occurring just like in other parts of the Philippines.

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This is what happens to people who lives in squatters areas in the philippines

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URL:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/12SQQ6bdEkQQpoakfaeuNb?si=AmGvaWhySEKBhxE4JZvvQA&utm_source=copy-link
TITLE: Ep.106-Walang Bahay: Perspectives on Homelessness and Poverty
AUTHOR: The Filipino American Life
DATE PUBLISHED: January 30, 2020
KEY CONTENT:
The podcast discusses the experiences of Filipino Americans growing up in poverty in Manila's slums, focusing on the difference between homeless and squatters. This can also be put into the Mindanaoan context because we, too have a multitude of squatter areas, and so it is important to put a line on what informal settlement is to identify a solution.

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Episode 106 - Walang Bahay: Perspectives on Homelessness and Poverty with Andrew Gutierrez III from Safe Place for Youth

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Listen to this episode from This Filipino American Life on Spotify. Homelessness is an issue that affects us all, but it's especially felt in TFAL's home base of Los Angeles. Last year, thanks to a mix of housing unafforadability, stagnant wages, and the effects of past and present systemic inequities, on any given night, nearly 59,000 people in Los Angeles did not have a permanent place...

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TITLE: What if the poor were part of the planning?
AUTHOR: Smruti Jukur Johari, TED
DATE PUBLISHED: February 29, 2020
KEY CONTENT: It breaks down the misconceptions about informal settlers and presents possible solutions that may arise when governments and architects work together to help those residents. It talks about the migration of these people into cities. The context may have been set at India as an example, but the video has presented similarities of the situation of informal settlers here in Mindanao .

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What if the poor were part of city planning? | Smruti Jukur Johari

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URL:https://www.routledge.com/Planning-and-Design-for-Future-Informal-Settlements-Shaping-the-Self-Constructed/Gouverneur/p/book/9781138595040
TITLE: Planing and Designing for Future Informal Settlements
AUTHOR: David Governeur
DATE PUBLISHED: May 18, 2018
KEY CONTENT: It covers about the future informal settlements on a global scale. The book discusses how we should take into account the urban challenges for developing a world that are crucial in formal urban developments in order to foster favorable conditions for the sustainable evolution of future informal cities. While its context is  on a global scale,what the book covers can still be of potential help to the situation in Mindanao, and that it needs to be addressed.

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This is the first book to address future informal settlements at the global scale. It argues that to foster favourable conditions for the sustainable evolution of future informal cities, planners must consider the same issues that are paramount in formal urban developments, such as provision of:

balanced land uses

energy efficiency and mobility

water management and food sufficiency

governance and community participation

productivity and competitiveness

identity and sense of place

Planning and Design for Future Informal Settlements makes a call for responsible action to address the urban challenges of the developing world, suggesting that the vitality of informality, coupled with spatial design and good management, can support the efficient use of resources in better places to live.

The book analyses the strengths and weaknesses of informal urbanism and the challenges faced by the fast growing cities of the developing world. Through case studies, it demonstrates the contributions and limitations of different attempts to plan ahead for urban growth, from the creation of formal housing and urban infrastructures for self-built dwellings to the improvement of existing informal settlements. It provides a robust framework for planners and designers, policy-makers, NGOs and local governments working to improve living conditions in developing cities.

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Planning and Design for Future Informal Settlements: Shaping the Self-Constructed City

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This is the first book to address future informal settlements at the global scale.

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URL: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/60926/1/MohammadRafeeMajid2014_ComplianceofbalancedHousingPolicyinthePhilippines.pdf
TITLE: Compliance of Balanced Housing Policy in the Philippines: The Case of Davao City
AUTHOR: Dario G. Pampanga, M. Rafee Majid, EnP. Carol R. Angel, C.E., MAURP
DATE PUBLISHED: December 30, 2014
KEY CONTENT:
The city's failure to implement and monitor socialized housing projects outside its main location is a major bottleneck in compliance with the balanced housing policy. The city's over-dependency on HLURB and fragmented efforts between the LGU and HLURB contribute to this failure. This is the perfect basis for our research as it indicates the factors that challenged implementation of housing programs in Davao which gives us all the more reason to get to the bottom of this crisis.

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URL:https://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/arts-culture/197812-urban-labyrinth-exhibit-ayala-museum-rodel-tapaya/
TITLE: Urban Labyrinth
AUTHOR: Rodel Tapaya
DATE PUBLISHED: March 9, 2018
KEY CONTENT: The Ayala Museum’s “Urban Labyrinth” by Tapaya is on display until April 15. In “Urban Labyrinth,” Tapaya showcases the depth of his imagination and his ability to work with different mediums. In this set, Tapaya revisited his interest in depicting the difficulties of informal settlers living in Manila. His depictions scenes are well-executed in terms of conveying the many real-world events and changes that happened—also resonating with the situation of informal settlers here in Mindanao.