The local government of Quezon City has approved an ordinance declaring three parcels of land in Barangay Pansol as additional site for socialized housing for its low-income citizens.
Mayor Herbert M. Bautista approved on Tuesday the City Ordinance 2631-2017, introduced by Councilors Franz Pumaren and Marivic Co-Pilar.
According to Bautista, the 2,539-square-meter (sq-m) property in Sitio Kaingin I, which was registered under the name of Antonio Tuazon, is located within the area for priority development and has been forfeited in favor of the city government.
Republic Act 7279, or the Urban Development and Housing Act, mandates that lands within existing areas for priority development shall be covered in socialized-housing programs and should be on an on-site development if found more practicable and advantageous to the beneficiaries.
“It is high time that the concern for affordable and decent housing at Kaingin 1 and 2, Barangay Pansol, District 3, Quezon City, be developed to address their struggle for security of land tenure,” part of the ordinance read.
Early this month, a lot in Barangay Gulod, Novaliches, was also declared by the local government as a socialized-housing project site.
The lot has an area of 400 sq m and is suited for a socialized-housing site for its present occupants, who are members of Samahang Nagkakaisa ng Tatlong Hari Inc.
The local government has acquired the parcel of land through a public auction 10 years ago by the individual owner. It was not redeemed within the one-year prescribed redemption period.
“The socialized-housing projects in selected areas in the city is one of local government’s solutions to solve the urban-poor dwelling problem in the city,” Bautista said.