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UPA Package 3, Module 2

UPA Package 3, Module 2. SQUATTER RESETTLEMENT IN THE METROPOLITAN FRINGE: A CASE STUDY OF THE SAPANG PALAY RESETTLEMENT PROJECT IN SAN JOSE DEL MONTE, BULACAN, PHILIPPINES. Objectives. Understand the concepts of relocation and resettlement;

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UPA Package 3, Module 2

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  1. UPA Package 3, Module 2 SQUATTER RESETTLEMENT IN THE METROPOLITAN FRINGE:A CASE STUDY OF THE SAPANG PALAY RESETTLEMENT PROJECT IN SAN JOSE DEL MONTE, BULACAN, PHILIPPINES

  2. Objectives • Understand the concepts of relocation and resettlement; • Identify factors for success/failure; • Learn from case study

  3. The SPRP: Origing Area: 752.5 hectares of riceland How Acquired: PHHC bought the land to serve as resettlement area for displaced urban poor families.

  4. San Jose del Monte, Province of Bulacan Location of Municipality of San Jose Del Monte

  5. Location of Sapang Palay Resettlement Program

  6. Population Growth

  7. Development under PHHC PHHC Mandate 1948 To promote physical, social and economic betterment of the populous areas of the Philippines through low-cost housing projects and community and institutional housing.

  8. Other Housing Agencies • Presidential Assistant on Housing and Resettlement (PAHRA) • Tondo Foreshore Development Authority (TFDA) • Central Institute for Training and Relocation of Urban Squatters (CITRUS) • Presidential Committee on Housing and Urban Resettlement (PRECHUR) • Sapang Palay Development Committee (SPDC)

  9. Master Plan

  10. Relocation Process • Relocatees transported on trucks to demarcated lots and left to themselves; • Awarding of lots based on relocatee’s expressed desire to live permanently in resettlement area; • Relocatee re-assembled dismantled shack on lot assigned to him/her; • Government assistance: transporting the squatters, assignment of lots, initial services.

  11. Problems Encountered • Relocation site not adequately prepared • Poor roads • Inadequate water • No power • No drainage / sewerage system • No facilities for education / health / protective services • No / poor transport facilities

  12. Problems Encountered 2. Inadequate job opportunities; 3. Social gap between relocatees and original settlers; 4. Social problems among relocatees discouraged middle class population from settling in or near SPRP.

  13. Government Interventions 1. Establishment of the Central Institute for Training and Relocation of Urban Squatters (CITRUS) 2. Establishment of Industrial Estate 3. Extension of Social Services

  14. Development under NHA • 1975 - present • Shift towards social welfare-oriented housing policy which combined housing production with housing finance and housing regulation through • comprehensive and integrated housing program • administered by highly centralized organizational structure

  15. Martial Law Legislations • Presidential Decree 757 - 1975 - created the National Housing Authority • Presidential Decree 1396 - 1978 - created the Ministry of Human Settlements • Executive Order 648 - 1981 - created Human Settlements Regulatory Commission

  16. Post Martial Law Legislations • Executive Order 90 - abolished Ministry of Human Settlements and created the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council • Republic Act 7279 - 1991 - Urban Development and Housing Act

  17. Phase II: Features • Comprehensive development plan prepared and implemented first • Provision of “Core” housing • Expansion of residential area • Reduction in lot sizes • Community facilities and utilities put in place

  18. Land Use Allocation

  19. PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED • Inadequate funds due to sheer size of area and continued influx of population • Inadequacy of industrial estate to absorb increasing labor force • Return of relocatees to metropolis and arrival of non-beneficiaries to the site • Stigma of municipality as “home ofsquatters” 3.2.12 Squatter Resettlement in the Metropolitan Fringe: The Case Study of the Sapang Palay Resettlement Project in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, Philippines

  20. LOCAL GOVERNMENT RESPONSES • Provision of basic services • Passage of zoning ordinances • Regulations for relocation and housing subdivisions 3.212 Squatter Resettlement in the Metropolitan Fringe: The Case Study of the Sapang Palay Resettlement Project in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, Philippines

  21. Lessons Learned • Resettlement area should provide shelter + livelihood opportunities + basic services • Comprehensive development plan should be prepared • Close coordination among stakeholders

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