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Mayor Isko inks public housing ordinance for affordable shelters for Manileños

Published Mar 22, 2021 07:52 pm

Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso on Monday (March 22) approved an ordinance that aims to provide adequate and affordable shelter for Manileños.

PUBLIC HOUSING—Manila City Mayor Francisco 'Isko Moreno' Domagoso signed on Monday, March 22, 2021, Ordinance No. 8730 or the Manila Urban Housing Ordinance to provide adequate and affordable shelter for Manileños. (Manila Public Information Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN)

Ordinance No. 8730 or the Manila Urban Housing Ordinance aims to strengthen the city government's housing projects that will give "priority to the homeless and underprivileged."

"It is hereby declared a policy of the City of Manila to progressively promote the right of Manilenos to an adequate and dignified standard of living including access to decent and affordable housing, having in mind the general welfare and sustainability of housing projects and partnership to its stakeholders," the ordinance read.

The ordinance states that the projects must incorporate climate and disaster resilience, urban environmental infrastructure improvements, and urban greening innovations in its designs.

All public housing projects by the city government will have a mixed-income occupancy, but low-income households and informal settlers will be given priority.
Minimum wage earners shall pay P2,000 rent both horizontal and vertical housing beneficiaries while government employees with a Salary Grade of 8 and below shall pay the same amount for the employee housing.

Those earning above the minimum wage and earning between Salary Grade 9 to 18 shall pay P3,000.
The Manila Urban Settlement Office will collect all monthly rental fees for proper accounting.

"All housing projects has a length of stay for a period of 50 years, but only the horizontal or the townhouse/single-detached housing units is renewable subject to agreement of parties," the ordinance stated.

Under the said ordinance, the Manila Urban Settlement Office is also tasked to "formulate and establish a One-Stop Shop Housing Processing Center" that will be used to process all housing-related permits, clearances, and certification."

In 2020, the city government has started construction on at least three public housing projects: Basecommunity, Tondominium 1 and 2, and Binondominium. 

Tondominium 1 and 2 and Binondominium will be 15-story condominiums with two-bedroom units. Binondominium will have 126 units while Tondominium 1 and 2 will have 336 units. 

Meanwhile, Basecommunity will be a townhouse structure with 229 two-bedroom units. 
Domagoso said the Manila Urban Housing Ordinance is in line with his Land for the Landless program and a realization of his parents' dream. 

"'Yung pangarap ng tatay at nanay ko na magkaroon ng sariling bahay na hindi naganap ay siya namang bagay na pinagpapasalamat ko sa Diyos ngayon, dahil nabigyan ako ng pagkakataon na matupad ko ang pangarap ng inyong nanay at tatay. Para sa inyo mga Batang Maynila (It was the dream of my father and mother to have our own house, but that didn't happen before. Still, I'm grateful to God now because I was given an opportunity to fulfill the dream of your father and mother. This is for you Manileños)," he said in a statement. 

Present at the signing were Manila City Vice Mayor Maria Sheilah 'Honey' Lacuna-Pangan, Majority Floor Leader Councilor Joel Chua, and other city government officials.

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