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UPA Package 3, Module

UPA Package 3, Module. ON-SITE LAND TENURE IMPROVEMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES: THE CASE OF SLUM UPGRADING PROGRAM IN QUEZON CITY PHILIPPINES. Objectives. Understand the situation of the beneficiaries before the slum upgrading program.

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UPA Package 3, Module

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  1. UPA Package 3, Module ON-SITE LAND TENURE IMPROVEMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES: THE CASE OF SLUM UPGRADING PROGRAM IN QUEZON CITY PHILIPPINES

  2. Objectives • Understand the situation of the beneficiaries before the slum upgrading program. • Analyze slum upgrading as an approach/strategy to on-site development in enhancing tenure security and improving the lives of the beneficiaries. • Discuss the problems met and lessons learned in the process of program implementation. • Determine the effects of slum upgrading on land tenure and the socio-economic condition of the beneficiaries. 3.2.9 On-Site Land Tenure Improvement in the Philippines: The Case of Slum Upgrading Program in Quezon City, Philippines

  3. Lesson Contents • Background • Brief description of the study area • Situation before the slum upgrading program • Features of the slum upgrading program • Effects of slum upgrading program • Problems encountered • Lessons learned

  4. The Study Area (Lot 5) • Quezon City has a land area of 16,112 hectares, or one-fourth of Metro Manila, with population of 2.17 million • Quezon City has 480,624 families in 2001 with 158,237 families as informal settlers • Lot 5 is a community in barangay San Antonio, Quezon City, a former informal settlement area

  5. Situation Before Slum Upgrading • Lot 5 was formerly owned by a private individual • Start of occupation in Lot 5 started as early as 1950s • Quezon City government purchased lot in 1984 for expansion of a public elementary school

  6. Characteristics of Lot 5 • Limited accessibility due to narrow and unconcretized road • Poor housing materials • Poorly maintained drainage system • Limited capacity of elementary school

  7. Features of Slum Upgrading • Program Beneficiaries • 151 households who already owned houses in the area at the time of slum upgrading • Beneficiaries excluded renters

  8. Program Components • Land tenure improvement with reblocking • Construction of basic infrastructure such as access roads • Construction of community facilities

  9. Program Implementation • Urban Poor Affairs Office (UPAO) mandated to design and implement socialized housing resettlement programs for Quezon City • Task Force for the Control, Prevention and Removal of Illegal Structures and Squatting (COPRISS) tasked to enforce demolition and conviction orders

  10. Effects of Slum Upgrading • Security of Tenure • Reblocking led to more equitable lot sizes (30-39 square meters) • Assurance of land titles upon satisfactory payment of amortization • No more fear of eviction • Improved Acessability • Safer and more pleasant walk • But no change in travel time

  11. Bigger sizes of housing units • Adding one more floor • Usually adding one more room • Improved quality of housing units • Improved materials of roofs and walls • Change from makeshift to stronger materials

  12. Improved economic situation • Additional floor space used for small business and room for rent • Resulted to improved income among households • Improved social condition • More sanitary environment • Better health condition • More children able to access school

  13. Problems Met • By Implementers • Limited funds of city government • Resistance of beneficiaries on the project • By Beneficiaries • Reluctance among some beneficiaries due to ‘mistakes’ in lot measurement • Confusion on the exact value of land amortization • Limited time allocated to move existing structures before actual reblocking • Lack of consultation among beneficiaries

  14. Lessons Learned • Advantages of adopting on-site development approach • Importance of community participation in the process • Need to sustain gains from slum upgrading program

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