Shelter Code

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SP ORDINANCE - ----

AN ORDINANCE INTEGRATING ALL OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT SHELTER

ORDINANCES AND SITUATING FROM THE INTEGRATED FORM THE PURPOSES AND

APPLICATIONS OF EACH

Be it ordained by the Sangguniang Panglungsod ng Butuan in session assembled and by authority of the

same, that:

Chapter I

INTRODUCTION

SECTION 01. TITLE. This integrating ordinance shall be known and referred to as the CITY SHELTER

ORDINANCE;

SECTION 02. PURPOSE . This ordinance shall integrate all the provisions for housing by other

ordinances and resolutions into one comprehensive form, including new provisions to

strengthen implementation of all the housing programs of the city;

SECTION 03. RELATION TO PRIOR ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS. The provisions of this

ordinance which are substantially the same as existing SP Ordinances 2399 2002,

2518-2004, 2247-2000 as amended, 2438-2003, SP Resolutions 833-97, 659-92, SP

Ordinance 2689-2005 and Executive Order 76-2003 relating to the City Housing and

Development Office (CHDO); City Government Lot acquisition (CIGLA); Direct payment

Scheme (DPS); the National Housing Authority (NHA) Joint Venture; the City

GovernmentGroup Land Acquisition and Development (City-GLAD); Community

Mortgage Program (CMP); and, Balangayan Butuan, respectively, shall be construed as

restatements and not as new enactments, unless otherwise explicitly modified herein;


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Chapter 2

DEFINITION OF TERMS.

SECTION 04. COVERAGE. The definition of terms and phrases embodied in this chapter shall governthe interpretation and meaning of these terms and phrases as found in the specific

sections and chapters.

SECTION 05. TECHNICAL TERMS DEFINED.

a. Balangayan Butuan (BB) a city government-led multi sectoral shelter program;

b. Beneficiary/ Awardee refers to the recipient of a housing program may it be

individual or association depending on the kind of the program as herein enunciated;

c. CMP acronym for Community Mortgage Program, an Urban Development and

Housing Act of 1992 endorsed socialized housing program of the National HomeMortgage and Finance Corporation;

d. CIGLA acronym for one of the offered housing programs of the City Government,

the City Government Lot Acquisition Scheme;

e. Direct Payment Scheme is a scheme of repayment introduced for the collection of

the interim financing for the acquisition and development cost of the resettlement

sites provided to homeowners associations through direct payment to the City of

Butuan in a short period of time;

f. EDC means Estimated Development cost.

g. GLAD acronym for Group Land acquisition and development scheme, and offered

socialized housing program of the Home Development and Mortgage Finance;

h. HOAI acronym for Homeowners Association, Incorporated which refers to theassociation and the recipient of the program;

i. Homepartner refers to the recipient of the Balangayan Butuan Program;

j. Interim Financing is a form of financial assistance to associations to cover an

advance payment to landowner payable back to the City Government of Butuan;

k. Special Account please refer to SP Ordinance 2899- 06

l. Head of the Family is the family member from whom decision- making and

earnings is being depended upon for support including parents, brothers/sisters and

other relatives either by affinity or consanguinity regardless of the number of his/her

legitimate dependents;

m. Informal Settler refers to a head of the family who is either a house/structure

owner, renter, doubled-up household (house-sharer), or rent-free occupant and doesnot own the land where the house is erected.


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n. Landless refers to families who are prospective beneficiaries of housing programs

who do not own land and residing in urban or rural areas whose income or combined

household income falls within the poverty threshold as determined by NEDA or the

Committee on Load Awards of the City. It shall include those who live in makeshift

dwelling units and do not enjoy security of tenure;

o. LAC means Lot Acquisition Cost

p. Lot Award refers essentially to a lease purchase agreement by which certificates

of ownership will be issued to the leases after full payment of the lease or the

prescribed period

q. Squatter refers to a person occupying and introducing or constructing a house of

building in private or public lands without the knowledge or consent of the owners

thereof

r. Socialized Housing refers to housing programs and projects covering houses and

lots or homelots only undertaken by the government of the private sector for the

underprivileged and homeless citizens which shall include sites and services

development, long-term financing, liberalized terms on interest payments and such

other benefits pursuant thereof.

s. Shelter Development is the sum total of the following processes: communityorganizing, document preparation, site development, house construction, livelihood

generation and all other upcoming area and community development processes.

t. Underprivileged refers to a person who has not been satisfied with his/her basic

needs and living below poverty threshold as determined by NEDA or the Committee

on Lot Awards of the City.

Chapter 3

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 06. AFFORDABILITY-BASED PROGRMAS. The City Housing and Development Office is

hereby tasked to craft and implement shelter programs approved by the City Mayor

prioritizing on and addressing the various affordabilities to housing among

Program beneficiaries;

SECTION 07. INCLUSION IN THE CITY SHELTER PROGRAM.All homeowners association intending

to be assisted by the city government shall have executed a board resolution on

the aforesaid intention and supported by a Barangay Resolution endorsing the same to

the City Mayor for approval;

SECTION 08. MANAGEMENT. Except for the Balangayan Butuan Program, the City Housing and

Development Office under the direction of the City Mayor shall be responsible in the overall


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management of all housing efforts of/with the City Government Except in the aspect of

Disposition.

a. The committee on Lot Awards shall manage the Disposition of all City Government Homelots

in the same manner as provided in Section 19(b) of this Ordinance except for the BalangayanButuan, Direct Payment Scheme, Community Mortgage Program and City-GLAD.

b. Overall management for the purposes of this Ordinance shall be construed as the

management of all processes involved in the Housing-Centered Community Development

Framework defines as follows:

1 PRE-ORGANIZING PHASE

1.1Request for housing need from potential beneficiaries

1.2Endorsement of request to the City Government by the Barangay

Government

1.3Census/Profiling and tagging Operation to request beneficiaries1.4Database development based on Census results

1.5Orientation on housing by CHDO and by-laws by HLURB to requesting

beneficiaries

2. ORGANIZING PHASE

2.1 Constitution of Homeowners Association specifically, election of officers and

BOD

2.2Processing of HLURB accreditation

2.3Secure intent to buy/sell

2.4Validation

2.5Profile Assessment/Housing program matching

2.6Presentation of findings

2.7Collection/submission and processing of eligibility requirements

2.8Enhancement of data base using Validation results

2.9Start of Collection of Monthly Dues & other HOAI/Individual fees

2.10 Organization of HOAI subcommittees and planning

2.11 Implementation and development of customized HOAI

management, systems and processes per HOAI subcommittee plan results

2.12 Development of training Modules per need surfaced in

HOAI subcommittee plans;

2.13 Onset of implementation of necessary training (CHDO

Facilitators and housing beneficiaries) per results of HOAI subcommittee

plans.

3. HOAI LAND ACQUISITION PHASE

3.1 Processing of Lot Cost (Appraisal from the Assessor and Committee, SP

Resolution approving the same)


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3.2Ascertain Total Lot Cost

3.3Forced Savings Onset of Advance Collection of Amortization for the City

government from HOAI

3.4Perfection of Deed of Sale between land owner and City Government / HOAI

3.5Start-up of Survey and Processing of Subdivision Scheme into Plan

3.6Facilitate Awarding of Lots3.7Start-up of Road Networks Development

3.8Processing of transfer of title from land owner to city government/HOAI

3.9Perfection of MOA between city government & homeowners Association

3.10 Secure Development permit, Registration and License To

Sell

3.11 Official start of Collection of Amortization by city government

from HOAI/ individual.

3.12 Processing of Tax declarations.

4. INDIVIDUAL LOT ACQUISITION PHASE

4.1Assignment of Lot per Subdivision Scheme

4.2Actual Staking, mohon, improvements of individual lots

4.3Dismantling of informally settled structures

4.4Facilitate clean-up and maintenance of cleared area

4.5Development of HOAI promotional materials

4.6Start-up of individual housing unit construction

4.7Perfection of Deed of Assignment/Conditional Sale between homeowners;

association and members-beneficiaries (after securing Certificate of

Complete Payment from homeowners association as noted by the City

Government)

5. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROPER PHASE

5.1Actual occupancy, clearing and putting occupancy in order

5.2Facilitate generation of resources for HOAI and occupied areas development

that will not be financed by the City Government

5.3Livelihood development by HOAI as facilitated by City Government

5.4Environment management by HOAI as facilitated by City Government

5.5Ensuring 100% collection of HOAI amortization to City Government

5.6Perfection of Deed of absolute Sale between City government and

HOAI/Individual

5.7Start of execution of Deed of Absolute Sale between City Government/HOAI

and members-beneficiaries5.8Community cultural affairs development by HOAI

5.9Community promotions development by HOAI

5.10 Facilitate Processing of individual lot Title Certificates

5.11 Onset of drainage and utilities development

5.12 Open space development and beautification programs

6. STRENGTHENING THE COMMUNITIES PHASE


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6.1 Integration of community plans to Barangay Development Plan

6.2Debriefing of City and HOAI-level Community Development Anchors towards

sustainable Community Development

6.3Official Turn-over of Lead Community Development Facilitator from CHDO to

Barangay Government

7. SELF-RELIANT HOUSING COMMUNITIES PHASE

7.1Monitoring of stable, healthy and HOAI-managed development for the

community with the barangay as development facilitator

c. All provisions for the implementation of the project to include disposition of lots, cost recovery

and estate management shall be promulgated by the Sangguniang Panlungsod;

d. The CHDO is further authorized to formulate rules and procedures as well as implementingrules and regulations that are deemed proper and necessary to carry out the purposes of this

Ordinance.

SECTION 09. MANAGEMENT. The City Housing and development Office focal unit to all housing

initiatives of the city government, shall also act as the Secretariat to all inter-office/agency housing

managing bodies for purposes of consistency and continuity of all housing initiatives;

SECTION 10. PER PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT PLAN. Per housing program development plan shall be

formulated by the secretariat subject to the approval of the City Mayor. These per program development

plans shall provide directions and targets to per program implementer. Further, that these developmentplans be consistent to any updating exercise for the City Shelter Plan;

SECTION 11. PRICE AND TERM OF PAYMENTS

a. House and lot price and Term Payments there is hereby created an AdHoc

Committee on House and /or Lot Price to be composed of the following:

i. City Housing and Development Officer

ii. City Budget Officer

iii. City Treasurer

iv. City Assessor

v. The Chief, HLURB Technical Staff

vi. Authorized representative, City Planning and Development Office Staff

This committee shall be headed by the City Housing and Development Officer and shall

recommend to the Committee on Lot Awards the price of the housing units and/or lots and


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the number of installment payments in a particular subdivision for CIGLA or for any City

Housing Programs as the need arises, based on the following considerations:

The lot price shall be computed based on the following formula:

LAC + EDC = Lot Price

The price of the housing units shall be based on the construction cost

The number of installment payments shall be determined by the House and/or Lot

Price Committee and,

Such other considerations as the committee may deem proper and necessary

under certain given circumstances and conditions.

SECTION 12. HOUSE CONSTRUCTION. As a general rule, all disposed homelots assisted by the city

government, must be erected a housing unit by the beneficiary within two years reckoned from the date of

acceptance of lot lot award by the same to facilitate occupancy, lot development and legal settlement.

SECTION 13. PAYBACK/COST-RECOVERY OF HOMELOT

a. As a general rule, the cost of lot and/or house plus the EDC shall be recovered and

paid by the awardee;

b. The AdHoc Committee on House and Lot Price shall undertake determination of

house and/or lot price based on the actual cost of the house during the time of

construction, land acquisition cost and EDC along with payback terms and

recommend the same to the Committee on Lot Awards for approval;

c. Proceeds, Application- proceeds from sale of all subdivisions, lots and/or housing

units of the City shall be taken up as a special account under the general Fund and

shall automatically be appropriated to a lump sum appropriation item to bedenominated as improvement and or maintenance of the concerned subdivision site

and the excess, if any, shall be made available for acquisition of relocation sites

and/or improvement of the city government land subdivisions.

Whatever balance of this fund shall be thereafter deemed as continuing

appropriations.

However, under a joint venture scheme with NHA, the proceeds shall accrue to a

Trust Fund and shall be exclusively used for the maintenance and/or improvements

of the same project.

In the case of the Local Housing Fund (LHF), payments made shall be remitted backto NHA. The City mayor shall promulgate the budgetary and accounting guidelines

and regulations to implement this provision of the Ordinance;

SECTION 14. TAX DECLARATION. Lot awardees of all City government

Administered and assisted programs are hereby required to file

Tax Declaration and to pay the corresponding taxes as Determined by the Office

of the City Assessor.


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a. Period of Filing the lot awardee shall within fifteen (15) days upon receipt of the

Certificate of Award file his/her tax Declaration;

b. Cancellation forfeited lots shall be regularly reported to the Office of the City

Assessor for cancellation of the Tax declaration to avoid duplicating issuance of one

and the same lot;

c. Enforcement it shall be the responsibility of housing management bodies, its

Secretariat, and the office of the City Assessor to implement this section of the

Ordinance;

d. Compliance to ensure compliance to this section of the Ordinance it is mandated that

the highlights of this Ordinance be reflected at the back of the Certificate of Award;

e. Sanction Violation of this ordinance, in the part of the lot awardee should be

sufficient ground for the forfeiture of his/her lot award.

SECTION 15. OVERALL MAINTENANCE.

a. Maintenance of turned-over roads and open spaces that are within a subdivision shall

be charged and subject to the availability of Socialized Shelter/Land Site Development

Fund annually appropriated to the City Housing and Development Office;b. Maintenance of areas cleared of informal settlers. The created Action Team of the

Resettlement and Anti-Squatting Task Force (RASTAF), led by the City Engineers Office

shall maintain cleared areas of informal settlers along with the City Barangay Captains

as Appointed Barangay Building Officials. The same shall also act as monitoring team.

i. Structure and composition the RASTAF shall be constituted as follows:

Chair - City Mayor

Vice-Chair - City Administrator

Members - City Engineer

City ArchitectCity Social Welfare & Devt Officer

City Legal Officer

City PNP Director

City Housing and Devt Officer

Barangay Chairmen Concerned

Secretariat Administrative Staff, CadO

ii. Sub-Composition of RASTAF

Demolition and Relocation Group/Action Team

Chair - City Engineer

Members - City Architect

- Chief of Motorpool Div., CEO

City Health Officer

City Social Welfare and Development Officer

City Housing and Development Officer

Barangay Chairman Concerned

FEBCUPS Representative

Community Relations, Census and Tagging Group

Chair - City Social Welfare and Development Officer


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Members - City Housing and Development Officer

- PCUP

- Representative, City Architects Officer

- Commission on Human Rights (CHR)

- City Information Officer

Legal Service Group

Chair - City Legal Officer

Members - City Prosecutor

Representative, City Architects Officer

Security Group

Chair - City PNP Director

Members - City Security Consultant

Chief, City Security Unit (CSU)

Monitoring and Surveillance Group

Chair - City Architect

Members- City Housing and Development Office

Barangay Chairmen

iii. Functions and Responsibilities:

The RASTAF shall oversee, control and supervise the operation of the Task

Force:

1. It shall formulate measures to control illegal occupation settling in the

danger zones and blighted areas;

2. Prepare annual work program and resettlement operations

3. Submit regular reports to the Sangguniang Panlungsod through the

Committee on Human Settlement and Land Use and to the Committee on

Lot Awards; and,

4. To do the necessary works as required;

The Community Relations, Census and Tagging Group shall conduct mass census

of all squatter families in all areas of the city and shall prioritize these areas

according to policies, guidelines and procedures;

The Demolition and relocation Group/Action Team assisted by the Security

Group shall undertake actual eviction of squatters, summary dismantling of new

illegal structures , and relocation and resettlement of qualified families;

The monitoring and Surveillance Group shall undertake regular monitoring

activities of the Barangays to ensure non-proliferation of squatters/illegal

structures and undertake surveillance activities on areas to be cleared of

squatting activities:

The Legal Service Group shall initiate the filing of Charges in the appropriate

court of law, against new and/or professional squatters;

The demolition and relocation group headed by the City Engineer as composed

in Sec. 13.b.i-ii hereto assisted by the Security Group shall be authorized to

summarily demolish new structures found to be illegal without the need of a

notice;

The City RASTAF shall be funded regularly to incur the necessary operation

expenses and other incidental expenditures.


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SECTION 16. SUBMISSION OF REPORT OF ALL HOMEOWNERS

ASSOCIATION all legitimate Homeowners Association whether city assisted or otherwise,

shall be required to submit report annually to the City Government through the City Housing And

Development Office indicating thereto the list of beneficiaries, among others; abide with its obligations

and responsibilities as prescribed under their by-laws and constitution. Failure of which, the SP

Committee on Human Settlements may summon the concerned concerned association for the

necessary appropriate action to be taken.

Chapter 4

SHELTER PROGRAMS

For purposes of implementing this ordinance, herein defined are the objectives, management, financing

, approach-specific Development Framework/Plan, beneficiary selection & organization, disposition, site

development, house construction, documentation, payback or recovery of house and/or lot cost,

maintenance and sustainability of the city government-led and anchored programs: Balangayan Butuan,

Direct Payment Scheme (DPS), City Government Lot Acquisition (CIGLA), National Housing Authority

(NHA) Joint Venture, City-Group Land Acquisition and Development (GLAD) and Community Mortgage

Program (CMP).

SECTION 17. BALANGAYAN BUTUAN PROGRAM (BBP)

Objective. Created to shelter 6,483 census and tagged families affected by the Cotabato

Agusan River Basin Development Project (CARBDP) at the Resettlement Site in Barangay

Pagatpatan this City (or in any other resettlement areas in the city that may be identified

Hereafter), under three (3) approaches namely: the Gawad Kalinga (GK), Habitat for Humanity

(HABITAT) and CIGLA; hereunder are the implementation guidelines of the same:

Management. A project management Team, Executing Agency and eight (8) project

development Subcommittees (i.e. Resource Generation, Construction, Balangayan Butuan

Programs, administrative, Estate Management, Livelihood, Media and information and Legal)

Shall be, respectively, the policy-making, implementing and working entities of the program

Particularly in the Pagatpatan Relocation Area. The Save and Build Technical Working Group,

HABITAT Project Managers and Committee on Lot Awards shall formulate area and community

development guidelines subject to the approval of the City Mayor and the Project Management

Team.


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Program-Specific Development Framework Plan. A full blown Balangayan Butuan Development

Framework and plan shall be formulated by the aforementioned management entities

To serve as guide to the development of the site and the communities therein. The per Sub-

Committee Guidelines must also include inputs from the SBTWG and Program Managers for the

HABITAT and the Committee on Lot Awards for the CIGLA Scheme and shall serve as basis for

the Balangayan Butuan Development Framework and Plan.

Financing. Financing for house construction shall adopt sponsorship Scheme from among all

sectors in the local, national or international levels; Land Component and its corresponding

development shall be the obligation of the city government with the assistance of the NHA and

CARBDP;

Beneficiaries Selection and Organization. The selection of beneficiaries; and the corresponding

organizing and organizational development of the same shall b e undertaken by the Balangayan

Butuan (BB) Programs Subcommittee. The selection and organization Processes for the Gawad

Kalinga Approach must include key inputs from the Couples For Christ-Gawad Kalinga; and

likewise, from the Butuan Habitat For Humanity, for the Habitat for Humanity Approach.

e.1 Selection Body. Housing approach- specific selection bodies shall be created and subsumed

under the BB programs Subcommittee defined as follows:

For the GK approach, a selection team comprising of the city government through the

CHDO and CFC-GK shall Process and deliberate on the final GK beneficiaries;

For the HABITAT approach, the City Government through the CHDO along with the

Habitat Family Selection Committee shall process and deliberate on the HABITAT

beneficiaries;

For the CIGLA approach, the city government through the CSWD and the CHDO shall

ascertain and recommend the beneficiaries of the same;

e.2 Selection Process. The beneficiary selection process shall be formulated by each selectionBody, the output of which be subject to approval of the City Mayor and the Project

Management Team;

e.3 Selection Criteria. A family eligible to the Balangayan Butuan Program must have satisfied

the following general criteria:

CARDBDP- affected family living along the danger zones;

Household owner of tagged dwellings only for Gawad Kalinga (Sharer of the same for

Habitat and CIGLA);

Most needy (i.e., monthly income of or below Php2,000.00 and 4,000.00 fOr rural and

urban barangays, respectively) for Gawad Kalinga; and beyond these income ranges, for

Habitat or CIGLA; the prescribed income may however be amended by the PMT if theneed arises;

Voter of Butuan City;

Either married or head of the family

Community Organizing. Community organizing shall be the obligation of the :

f.1. Couples for Christ for Gawad Kalinga approach- following the kapitbahayan;


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f.2. Butuan Habitat for Humanity for the HABITAT approach; and,

f.3. City Government Through the CHDO for the CIGLA approach.

Disposition. House and lot disposition shall be separate with resources having been generated

from different sources. Further, that the disposition process be spearheaded by the

Administrative Subcommittee, as supported by the Construction, BB Programs and Estate

Management Team.

G.1 housing units generated through sponsorships either from external partners of from the city

government shall be treated as contribution to the program, thus, disposed by the Project

Management Team in the form of Certificate of Award.

g.2. The City shall assign the subdivision lots to qualified families that will be identified by the

Couples for Christ, HABITAT and CITY;

g.3. the land component, an 81 hectare Relocation Site in Barangay Pagatpatan, shall be

disposed and awarded to the identified families by the city government through the CHDO andother concerned city government offices in coordination with and strong participation of the

Project Management Team.

g.4. The City and Habitat shall issue a Certificate of Award of the Housing unit upon turn over to

the respective home partner; this certificate of award entitles the homepartner to occupy the

housing unit after the latter shall have been able to sign and enter into an agreement with the

Habitat for Humanity. Upon full payment, they shall be issued a corresponding certificate of

ownership over the housing unit. Furthermore, Certificate of Lot Award shall be issued by the

City Government of Butuan.

Site Development. Site development under the Balangayan Butuan Program shall be

undertaken by the Construction Subcommittee members from the City government through the

CHDO to include land-filling, road networks and drainage development and individual lot

establishment; utilities will be facilitated by the city government alongside the ANECO and

BCWD; open space improvements, on the other hand, will be lead by the CFC, Gawad-Kalinga;

all of the financial requirements thereto shall be supported by the resource generation by and

among the Balangayan Butuan Program Partners.

Construction - the GK housing units shall be contracted with beneficiaries rendering pre-

occupancy sweat equity requirements with the Administrative Committee procuring materials

and the Construction Committee preparing housing design and programs of works; the HABITAT

shall undertake procurement of housing materials as well as house construction with

beneficiaries rendering sweat equity per HABITAT guidelines; beneficiaries are assigned the

building of their own homes as counterpart for the CIGLA approach;

Documentation. Except for CIGLA, The City shall process the building permit of the Program for

the GK and HABITAT approaches; the beneficiaries shall process their respective Tax

Declarations and land Tittles;


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Payback/Cost-Recovery. Cognizant to attached provisions, from which housing units and lots

were generated, recovery of cost or payback for the same adopts varied schemes. This task shall

be undertaken by the Administrative Subcommittee and will b e supported by the Construction,

Estate Management and BB programs Subcommittees.

GAWAD KALINGA APPROACH

k.1. housing units generated through sponsorships by CFC from external partners shall be

treated as donation to the program, thus recovered through 100% sweat equity by the

Administrative Subcommittee from program beneficiaries;

k.2. housing units generated from the city government funds shall be recovered at cost to a

special account which will be used for construction of future housing units for the program;

k.3. subdivision lot cost shall be recovered with the :

AdHoc Committee on house and Lot Price determining lot cost and recommend

the same to the Project Management Team for approval;

Administrative Subcommittee collecting monthly amortization as assisted by theBB Programs Subcommittee.

Proceeds of collections from lot amortization following the provisions in Section

13.c of this Ordinance.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY APPROACH

k.4. the city shall appropriate and allocate funds to cover the monthly amortization as payback

to HABITAT for all the houses built under the Save and Build Program. Accordingly, the City shall

pay the full amount per monthly amortization schedule to the HABITAT every 10

th

day of themonth, based on the following computation:

HABITAT funds inputted

To this Partnership

+

6% of the inputted funds

To cover inflation

____________________= MONTHLY AMORTIZATION

180 mos. (no. of mos. To SCHEDULE

Cover 15 years)

k.5. the AdHoc Committee on House and Lot Price shall undertake determination of lot cost and

recommend the same to the project management Team;

k.6. the HABITAT shall collect from the home partners their monthly amortization and shall

subsequently remit to the City government these collections every end of the month.

k.7. the scheme for recovering lot cost shall be the function of the estate management

subcommittee with the administrative subcommittee collecting as assisted by the BB programs

Subcommittee.


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k.8. Proceeds of collection from lot amortization shall follow the provisions in Section 13.c of

this Ordinance.

CIGLA

k.9. Housing Units shall be the counterpart of beneficiaries who are given two (2) years to

construct concrete floored, G.I. sheeted housing units with septic tank;

k.10 Lot shall be recovered at cost and deposited to a Special Account which will be used for

acquisition of future homelots for the socialized housing program as provided ni Section 13.c of

this ordinance;

The AdHoc Committee on House and Lot price shall undertake determination of lot cost

and recommend the same to the Project Management Team for approval;

The scheme for recovering lot cost shall be the function of the Estate Management

Subcommittee with the Administrative Subcommittee collecting as assisted by the BB

Programs Subcommittee.

Maintenance & Sustainability

The Estate Management Subcommittee along with all other Subcommittees shall conserve and

enhance the area and the community to keep abreast with growth-related needs.

1.1Program Funds for development shall be tasked to the Resource Generation Subcommittee

of the Balangayan Butuan based on its Approved Development Framework and Plan;

1.2The HABITAT shall facilitate the linking between Livelihood Development Partners with the

City For the Save and Build Home partners, Having access to external resources;

1.3Community-based, organization-geared and development-specific homeowners

subcommittees shall maintain and enhance their respective community and the occupiedarea thereat;

1.4Maintenance and sustainability efforts shall be guided by the full-blown Balangayan Butuan

Development Framework and Plan.

SECTION 18. BALANGAYAN BUTUAN EXPANDED PROGRAM (BBEP)

Objective. Established expanding the Balangayan Butuan Program to shelter, but not limited to,

those living along the danger zones but in any other areas who are among the poorest among

the poor families of Butuan City.

Management. The Balangayan Butuan Council (BBC) shall be the policy making body and

implementer of this expanded program. The composition of which is as follows:

Chairman - City Mayor

Co-Chair - Gawad Kalinga Area Head of Butuan City Head, City Housing and

Development Office

Member Offices:


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- City Legal Office

- Sangguniang Panlungsod Office

- Punong Barangay of the Relocation Site

- Business sector

- NGO/Urban Sector

Powers, Functions and Responsibility of the Balangayan Butuan Council. The Council shall take

the lead in realizing the goals and objectives of Balangayan Butuan Resettlement Program. It

shall manage the program and supervise the preparation of the Balangayan Butuan

Resettlement Plan and be responsible in Sourcing out logistics to support the required resources

reflected in the plan.

The Technical Working Group (TWG) - the TWG shall be created in accordance with the Various

Programs of the Balangayan Butuan Resettlement Plan.

Functions and Responsibilities of the Technical Working Groupthe TWG shall explore,

prepare concepts, coordinate and recommend ideas leading toward the realization of the

program.

Resettlement Plan. There shall be a Balangayan Butuan Resettlement Plan to be formulated and

duly adopted/approved by the BBC (Section 17.b hereunder) aimed in totally developing human

resources of the beneficiaries, inculcating unto them the value of self-reliance amongst

themselves. It shall be maintained at all times to ensure proper implementation of the program;

Financing. Financing for house construction shall adopt sponsorship scheme from among all

sectors in the local, national or international levels; land component and its corresponding

development shall be the obligation of the city government with the assistance of the NHA and

CARBDP. There shall be a Special Account for this purpose under the General Fund subject to

the guidelines of the utilization of the calamity Fund per Joint Memorandum Circular No. 2003 -1 (March 20, 2003). The City Mayor may allocate from the same to form part of the Special

Account to at least 25% or so much thereof as maybe necessary;

Beneficiaries Selection. There shall be a Screening Committee which shall identify and screen

beneficiaries subject to IRR and recommend the same to the Chairman of this said Committee.

The Composition of which is as follows:

Chairperson - CSWD Permanent Representative

Members - CFC/Gawad Kalinga Permanent Representative

- City Housing and Development Office Permanent Representative

h.1. Selection Criteria. A family eligible to the Balangayan Butuan Expanded Program must have

satisfied the following general criteria:

Families affected by the CARBDP along the danger

zone or families found in other areas of Butuan City; Landless;

poorest of the poor with monthly income of or below Php 4,000.00;

structure owner of pre-tagged and censused dwellings;

voter of Butuan City;


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either married or head of the Family.

Community Organizing. Community organizing shall b e tha obligation of the :

i.1. Couples for Christ/CHDO for GK approach following the kapitbahayan

i.2. CHDO for the CIGLA

Implementing Rules and Regulations. There shall be an implementing rules and regulations

which shall be formulated and adopted by the Balangayan Butuan Council.

SECTION 19. DIRECT PAYMENT SCHEME (DPS).

Policy. There shall be adopted a direct Payment Scheme (DPS) Program of the City Government

of Butuan as an effective payment strategy in the recovery of the interim financing for land

acquisition granted to qualified homeowners associations or the cost of the resettlement sites

directly provided to the same under the concept of community ownership, including site

development cost as estimated by the City Housing and Development Office.

Applicability. This ordinance shall apply to all registered homeowners associations granted with

interim financing for land acquisition or directly provided with resettlement sites in the variousresettlement areas of the city.

Recovery Period. The term of repayments by the beneficiary shall be based on the following

schedule:

LEVEL AMOUNT OF INTERIM FINANCING/ TERMCOST OF RESETTLEMENT SITE

I Php 500,000.00 &below w/in 2 yearsII more than 500,000.00 700,000.00 w/in 3 yearsIII more than 700,000.00 1,000,000.00 w/in 4 yearsIV more than 1,000,000.00- 2,000,000.00 w/in 5 yearsV more than 2,000,000.00- 3,000,000.00 w/in 6 yearsVI 3,000,000.00 & above w/in 7 years

Payments. After securing Order of Payment from the CHDO, payments shall be made directly to

the City Treasurers Office and a corresponding official receipt shall be issued.


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d.1. Advance Payment. An advance payment equivalent to three (3) months amortization is

hereby required from the homeowners association prior to the payment of the first monthly

amortization;

d.2. Monthly Amortization. The monthly amortization of an association or Awardee shall be

computed or determined by the City Housing and Development Office;

d.3. Delayed Payments. Delayed payments shall be imposed a daily charge of 1/15 of 1% of the

amount due.

Should the association fails to pay the monthly amortization for six(6)

consecutive months, a grace period of thirty (30) days shall be granted reckoned from the

date of receipt of a notice to Pay duly issued by the CHDO. Failure to pay within the grace

period shall mean forfeiture of the lot and the previous payments made therefor shall be

considered mere rentals;

d.4. Proceeds. Funds generated out of this Ordinance shall accrue to a Special Account under the

General Fund and this shall be used for the acquisition of more resettlement sites and/ormaintenance and improvement therefor. Any excess thereon after deducting the same shall

form part of the General Fund;

d.5. Full Payment. Upon full payment of the property, the City Treasurer shall issue a

Certification of Full Payment to the concerned association or awardee. Thereafter, the City

Mayor, duly authorized by the Sangguniang, shall execute a Deed of Sale in favor of the

association or awardee, as the case may be.

The costs for the transfer of the Certificate of title, documentary

stamps, transfer tax, registration fees, and other related expenses shall be borne by the

Association. The association shall also be responsible for the approval of the Subdivision

Plan, Development Permit, processing of documents for the issuance of land titles and otherdocuments for the full transfer of land ownership.

Memorandum of Agreement. The homeowners associations which were granted interim

financing for land acquisition, the City Mayor, duly authorized by the Sanggunian, shall enter

into a Memorandum of Agreement stipulating therein the mode of payment as provided in

this Ordinance.

implementing Rules and Regulations. The City Housing and Development Office, being the

implementor of this program, may formulate Implementing Rules and Regulations to

effectively implement this Ordinance.

SECTION 20. CITY GOVERNMENT LOT ACQUISITION (CIGLA).

Objective. Fast-tracked disposition of socialized housing lots on an individual basis to

informal settlers, specifically, victims of calamity and government projects with the end in

view of encouraging formation of community associations as a vehicle to obtain common

unified direction and as an instrument to promote the goal of self-reliance and people

empowerment.


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Management. The Committee on Lot Awards shall manage the CIGLA program.

b.1. Constitution The Committee on Lot Awards shall be Constituted as follows:

Chairperson - City Mayor

Co-Chairperson - Chair, SP Committee on Human settlements

And Land Use

Members - City Administrator

- City Housing and Development Officer

- City Budget Officer

- City Assessor

- City Legal Officer

- City Treasurer

- City Social Welfare and Development

officer

- The Punong Barangay where the

subdivision is located

b.2. Powers, Duties and Functions the powers and functions of the committee on Awards

shall be the following:

i. To adjudicate and award lots within the subdivision to qualified applicants;

ii. To declare vacant the lot awarded to an applicant who fails to comply with the

terms and conditions of the award;

iii. To declare as forfeited in favor of the City Government all awards wherein theawardee failed to pay five (5) consecutive monthly installment payments, after

giving him a grace period of thirty (30) days. It is understood that the awardee

should be notified through a notice of his delinquencies within which a said

grace period of thirty (30) days is given to settle from receipt thereof. It is

understood further that all payments made are deemed to be rental.

iv. To list qualified beneficiaries duly validated by appropriate city government

agencies on the basis of basic documents, and determine priorities with special

consideration specifically considering the surrounding circumstance of a given

beneficiary such as living in declared danger zone being affected by some

government projects, being in squatter colonies where the landowner is

pressing for their eviction, and being respondent in mass eviction order issued

by competent courts; and,

v. To adopt such rules and procedures as the committee may deem proper and

necessary to carry out the purpose of this Section.

b.3 Security of Lot Awards. It shall be unlawful for any beneficiary to sell, transfer or dispose

of his/her lot or rights thereon until after five (5) years from the issuance of the

Certificate of Land Title, except in cases of hereditary succession or to satisfy bank

indebtedness arising from housing loans. In violation thereof , the beneficiary shall


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automatically lose his/her right to the lot, forfeit all the amortizations paid therefore

and shall be barred from any resettlement programs of the City.

b.4. Meetings the committee shall be called by the Chairperson, or in his absence, by the

Co-Chairperson to a meeting to consider questions on lot awards or issues related to it.

He shall preside over such meetings. In the absence of both, the members shall elect

from among themselves the temporary presiding officer;

b.5. Secretariat the Committee on Lot awards shall have a Secretariat to provide

administrative support in the performance of its duties. The Secretariat shall be

composed of the following employees of the CHDO

i. Community Affairs Officer IV

ii. Community Affairs Assistant II

iii. Community Affairs Assistant I

iv. Clerk III

v. Geodetic Engineer

vi. Survey Aidevii. Messenger

b.6. Honorarium the members and /or his authorized representative to the Committee on

Lot Awards , its secretariat and the members of the AdHoc Committee on House and Lot

Price is hereby granted an honorarium of FOUR HUNDRED PESOS (Php 400.00) per

meeting in no case shall the honorarium be beyond One Thousand Six Hundred (Php

1,600.00) monthly.

Financing. The city government shall allocate funds for lot purchase; land site development

that includes: road networks, drainage system, survey works; and, subdivision licensesand permits expenses;

Beneficiaries Selection. The selection of beneficiaries shall be as follows:

d.1. Selection Body. The secretariat shall prepare list and profile of beneficiaries for the

Committee on Lot awards deliberation and approval;

d.2 Selection Process.The full blown selection process must be reflected in the programs

Implementing Rules and Regulations to be formulated by the Committee on Lot Awards;

d.3. Selection Criteria. A family eligible to the Program must have satisfied the Following

criteria:

Homeless;

Underprivileged;

Resident of Butuan City for at least five (5) years from application;




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Community Organizing. The CHDO is tasked to organize independent beneficiaries into

homeowners association and have the same accredited to the HLURB;

Disposition. Homelot disposition shall be implemented through the issuance of Award.

Disposition of homelots shall be subject to restrictions on disposition of lands prescribed

under Article IV Section 14 of RA 7279 and to such other terms and conditions as may be

prescribed by the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Butuan City.

f.1 the committee on lot awards shall manage and define the disposition process consistent

to item b of this section;

f.2. the City Mayor is hereby authorized to sign the Deed of Sale of the lot in favor of the

awardee after full payment thereof;

f.3. non-transferability of Lot awards except in cases of hereditary succession, lot awards

are non-transferable. Any sale of the right or interest over the awarded lot shall b e

deemed null and void ab initio. The Committee on lot awards shall forthwith declare the

corresponding lot vacant and the offender shall be disqualified directly or indirectly

from availing of this program.

f.4 prohibition on the Transfer of Title Except in cases of hereditary succession or to satisfybank indebtedness arising from housing loan availment, it shall be unlawful to transfer

the certificate of title of the property within five (5) years from the issuance thereof,

and for this purpose such condition shall be annotated by the Office of the Register of

Deeds and shall appear therein as an encumbrance on the title of the subject property;

Site Development. Land development for CIGLA shall include development of access road,

road networks, drainage system and survey works with the city government coordinating

with the ANECO and BCWD for power and water Supplies;

Construction. Beneficiaries are given two (2) years to construct housing units with concrete

flooring, septic tank and G.I sheet roofing consistent to uplifting the beneficiaries standardsof living;

Documentation. The city government shall process subdivision permits and licenses up to

securing License to Sell. All documents thereafter for settlement and individual land title

transfer shall be the responsibility of the beneficiaries.

Maintenance & Sustainability.

j.1. the Committee on Lot Awards shall include in their Formulated CIGLA development

Framework and plan the Maintenance and sustainability Aspect of the Program

Mainstreaming the following approaches:

Community-based development;

Community-managed homeowners operation;

Barangay government-assisted follow-through initiatives

j.2. created area-specific subcommittees of the homeowners association whose functions

shall be on the maintenance of their respective cluster community and the occupied

area thereat;


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SECTION 21. NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY (NHA) JOINT VENTURE

a. Objective. NHA partnered resettlement establishment specifically in the acquisition

development of homelots for pre-identified socialized housing beneficiaries; this

includes the Bading, Butuan City Resettlement-Phase 1 and II projects homeowners

associations and all upcoming NHA partnered resettlement with the City Government

like the Butuan City New Villages Phase I at Brgy. Mahay.

b. Management. Management of the NHA Joint Venture shall be as prescribed in section 8

of this Ordinance.

c. Per Program Development Plant. The formulated separate NHA Joint Venture

Development Plan provided in Section 10 of this Ordinance shall serve as guide to the

NHA Joint Venture Program implementation.

d. Financing. Assignment to project resources are as follows:

d.1. BADING HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION PROJECT.

Under the Local Housing Fund (LHF) of the Constituency Office, the NHA shall acquire

the land of the City Government with the City Government Developing the Site;

d.2. BUTUAN CITY NEW VILLAGES PHASE 1. For the Phase 1 or Pilot Phase, the NHA shall

finance development of the site conveyed to the City Government by the DPWH-

CARBDP through its Resettlement Area Program (RAP). Succeeding development of

other relocation sites of the CARBDP shall be financed by the DPWH.

d.3 BUTUAN CITY RESETTLEMENT PHASE I AND II. The city Government shall finance the

acquisition of land and its subsequent development with the larger input coming from

the NHA.

d.4. After the completion of the project, any unutilized balance of the subsidy fundsallocated by NHA shall remain with NHA and shall be available for reallocation to other

resettlement project of the Butuan Government

e. Beneficiaries Selection. The selection of beneficiaries shall be as follows:

e.1. Selection Body. The Committee on Lot awards shall manage the beneficiary selection;

e.2 Selection Process. The beneficiary selection process shall follow the Committee on Lot

Awards Selection Process;

e.3. Selection Criteria. A family eligible to the NHA Joint Venture must have satisfied the

following criteria:

Must be a Filipino Citizen;

Must be a certified as a homeless citizen and registered voter of Butuan City by the

Punong Barangay and COMELEC, respectively;

Must not be a professional squatter and,

Satisfied all other CIGLA program Eligibility Requirements;

And further, for the:

BADING HOMEOWNERSASSOCIATION


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Members name included in list endorsed by Congressional District Office to the

Office of the City Mayor of Butuan for the Bading Homeowners Association

Certified members of the Bading Homeowners Association

BUTUAN CITY RESETTLEMENT PROJECT PHASE I and II

Lowest 30% of the urban population based on affordability to housing;

Certified actual occupants/relocatees in the Doongan Resettlement Site, as listed in

the Annual Inventory of Occupants, prior to the enactment of this Ordinance are

considered beneficiaries; and,

Certified members of the Petitioners of Holy Redeemer, Naghiusa, Dreamland,

Muslim Community and Pag-asa Homeowners Associations;

BUTUAN CITY NEW VILLAGES PHASE I

Certified CARBDP affected families duly validated by the LGU for the lot acquired in

Brgy. Mahay;

Must be members of the homeowners association to be organized for the joint

venture in Barangay Mahay;

f. Community organizing. Community organizing and development shall be facilitated by

the City Housing and Development Office;

g. Disposition. NHA Joint Venture acquired homelots shall be subjected to:

g.1. Subdivision, Sale and Distribution of Lots. Lots acquired by the City Government in

Barangays Doongan and Obrero, this City, shall be subdivided, sold and awarded to

qualified beneficiaries who are members of either the: Petitioners of Holy

Redeemer, Dreamland, Naghiusa, Muslim Community and Pag-asa Homeowners

Associations, Inc. for the lot acquired in Doongan; Bading Homeowners Association

for the lot acquired in Brgy. Obrero

g.2. Delinquency. Failure to notify the delinquent awardee shall not be construed or

interpreted as a waiver of the right of the City of Butuan to forfeit the award.

However, the office or personnel who failed to perform his/her function to send the

notice shall be made administratively liable for negligence.

h. Site Development. The NHA Joint Venture acquired land shall be developed along the

following terms:

BADING HOMEOWNERSASSOCIATION

The 1.1769 hectare relocation site in Barangay Obrero shall be developed by the City

government on a gradual basis as equity to the project; however, NHA may assist in

planning and implementation of land development;

BUTUAN CITY RESETTLEMEN PROJECT PHASE I AND II

The phases I and II of the Joint Venture spanning 11.214 hectares and 5.3 hectares

resettlement sites, respectively, located at Brgy. Doongan, shall be developed by the

NHA to include access and service roads, homelot and open space land-filling, drainage,

water and power system development;


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The 11.7 hectares resettlement site located at Brgy. Mahay shall be developed by the

NHA to include; access and service roads, homelot open space land-filling, drainage,

water and power system development.

i. Construction. As the disposition of NHA Joint Venture homelots are under the

Committee on Lot awards, a beneficiary is given two (2) years to construct a Housing

unit with concrete foundation flooring G.I. sheet roofing and septic tank

j. Documentation.

j.1. the City Government shall secure all permits and clearances for concerned agency as

necessary for project implementation;

j.2. the city government shall also prepare the subdivision plan/development scheme up

to approval by the DENR;

k. Payback/Cost-Recovery.

BADING HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION

k.1. NHAs equity shall be recoveredfrom the beneficiary through the citys quarterly

remittances at 9% interest per annum payable in 15 years. Failure on the part of the

AWARDEE to settle the scheduled quarterly amortization shall bear a delinquency

interest of 1% of the amount due each month in accordance with the existing policy

of the NHA;

k.2. All other expenses related to the processing and final approval of the plan including

all other fees, permits and licenses shall be borne by the CITY and chargeable to the

beneficiaries;k.3. funded under the Local Housing Fund Allocation of the First Congressional District of

Agusan del Norte for land acquisition with a counterpart from the city government.

BUTUAN CITY RESETTLEMENT PROJECT PHASES I AND II

k.4. the City Government shall collect from NHA Join Venture beneficiaries

amortizations at a certain term of payment per recommendation of the AdHoc

Committee on House, Lot Price and Term of Payment whose functions are defined

herein section 12.

k.5. Proceeds Proceeds from the Doongan Resettlement Site shall accrue to a trust

fund under the account of Butuan Resettlement Program, Phase 1; or NHA-LHF trust

Account in the case of the LHF project;

k.6. Security of Lot Awards It shall be unlawful for any beneficiary to sell, transfer or

dispose of his/her lot or rights thereon until after five(5) years from the issuance of

Land Title, except in Cases of hereditary succession or to satisfy bank indebtedness

arising from housing loans. In violation thereof, the beneficiary shall automatically

lose his/her right to the lot, forfeit all the amortization paid therefrom and shall be

barred from any resettlement programs of the City.



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k.7. Proceeds from the disposition of homelots corresponding to the recovery of the

cost of land and land development shall accrue to a trust fund under the account of

Butuan City New Villages-Phase I.

l. Maintenance & Sustainability

l.1. Funds for Maintenance- For the Butuan City Resettlement Project Phase I and

Butuan City New Villages Phase I, accrued collection shall be exclusively used for

the maintenance and/or improvement of the same and/or acquisition and

development of other resettlement projects of the CITY

l.2. Sustainability Mechanism Tasked to organizing and estate management, the

City Government, eventually, shall facilitate the turn-over of NHA Joint Ventures

to the Barangay Governments as permanent facilitators to HOAI developments

consistent to the provisions in Section 10 of this Ordinance.

l.3 The Office of the Congressional District shall also monitor the development of

the Bading Homeowners Association Project;

l.4. Community Based, organization-geared and development- specific

homeowners subcommittees shall maintain each cluster community and itsoccupied area thereat;

l.5. Future Developments shall be guided by the Community/Area Development Plan

endorsed to the Barangay Government for adoption and support;

l.6. NHA may assist in planning, estate management and monitor implementation of

the Bading Homeowners Association

m. The herein provisions shall be applied to future similar project between the city Government and

NHA except otherwise specified thereon.

SECTION 22. CITYGROUP LAND ACQUISTION AND DEVELOPMENT

(GLAD) PROGRAM.

a. Objective. Acquisition of land by beneficiaries who shall be organized as homeowners

association. And who shall be entitled to financing from Pag-IBIG for land acquisition,

including site development.

Follows guidelines of the Pag-IBIG GLAD per HDMF Circular No.80-J

b. Management. The homeowners association shall manage the entire acquisition process

with the CHDO providing administrative and technical assistance thereto.

c. Approach-specific Development Framework and Plan. Consistent to the provision of

Section 10 hereto, The CHDO shall draft a development Plan for GLAD in relation to the

total Housing backlog of Butuan City to b e incorporated in the City Shelter Plan.

d. Financing. Lot acquisition and its subsequent development shall be financed by the

individual beneficiary through a community association loan from the Pag-IBIG that will

be converted into an individual loan among GLAD beneficiaries. While processing for

loan approval, the City Government may provide interim financing for lot acquisition.

e. Beneficiaries selection. Selection of beneficiaries shall be


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e.1. Selection Body. The homeowners board of directors shall recommend for the

homeowners presidents approval, membership to the association adhering to the

selection criteria as prescribed by the City Government;

e.2. Selection Process. The beneficiary selection process shall adhere to the CHDO

Clean-Listing process wherein beneficiaries are profiled, validated and required to

submit eligibility requirements;

e.3. Selection Criteria. A family eligible to the GLAD Program must have satisfied the

following Criteria:

Members of accredited and organized community associations existing for six

months or more with a minimum membership at least thirty (30);

Active and formally employed pag-IBIG members eligible for Pag-IBIG load

under the Housing Load Program (HLP);

Landless;



f. Community organizing. The City Government through the CHDO shall provide technical

assistance in organizing the beneficiaries/homeowners into an associations by assigning

one (1) Community Development Facilitator;

g. Disposition. The Community Association (CA) with the assistance of the City

Government shall manage disposition adhering to the criteria as prescribed by the City

Government.

The CA is required to submit updated list of beneficiaries/members to the City

Government and comply with its obligations to the City and the responsibilities as

prescribed under their by-laws and Constitution, otherwise, appropriate actions shall be

the PSDP and DP subjected for cancellation

Site Development. Development of the site shall be by contract between the

homeowners association and the GLAD accredited private developer. This shall include

access and service road concreting, open space filling, drainage, light and power system

development.

Housing Unit Construction. Individual loans for house construction may be availed of

from the HDMF after completion of site development and issuance of individual titles to

member-beneficiaries.

Documentation. Consistent to stipulations of HDMF Circular 80-J, the qualified housing

developer/contractor acceptable to Pag-IBIG Fund shall assist the homeowners

association in the process of individualizing the mother title and converting the GLAD

loan to individual lot purchase loan. Homeowners association accreditation, on the

other hand, shall be the responsibility of the association with the assistance of the

CHDO;


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Payback/Cost-Recovery. The City Housing and Development Office, if provided, shall

facilitate recovery of interim financing which shall be directly undertaken by the

homeowners association in one full payment from the proceeds of the load;

Maintenance & Sustainability

1.1 the CHDO facilitated multi-sectoral community development planning exercise must

include in their formulated GLAD Development Framework and Plan the

Maintenance and Sustainability Aspect of the Program mainstreaming the following

approaches:



Barangay government- assisted follow-through initiatives

1.2 created area- specific subcommittees of the homeowners association whose

functions shall be on the maintenance of their respective cluster community and

the occupied area thereat;

Section 23. CITY COMMUNITY MORTGAGE PROGRAM (CMP)

a. Objective. Sheltered eligible socialized housing beneficiaries of Butuan City with

Housing affordabilities ranging from Php 300.00 to Php 1,000.00 per monthadopting the guidelines hereunder;

b. Management. The CHDO shall manage the program by performing the duties of

organization and implement the rules and regulation on the program issued by the

National Home Mortgage and Finance Corporation and such other issuance by

appropriate agencies involved in the national shelter program of the government.

c. Approach-Specific Development Framework and Plan. Consistent to the provision

of Section 10 Hereto, the CHDO shall draft a Development Plan for CMP in relation

to the total housing backlog of Butuan City which shall be incorporated in the City

Shelter Plan (CSP).

d. Financing.The Homeowners association shall finance acquisition of the lot through

a loan with the NHMFC. The homeowners association shall also cover for the

incidental expenses incurred during the course of building document requirements

for loan approval. Site Development and cost of housing unit construction shall be

the initiative of the community association.

e. Beneficiaries Selection. The selection of beneficiaries shall be undertaken by the

city government in partnership with the homeowners adhering to the following city

government prescribed guidelines;


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e.1. Selection Body. Homeowners Board of Directors shall execute appropriate

resolution, providing the CHDO a copy of the same, to establish the membership

of beneficiaries to the homeowners; association;

e.2. Selection Process. The Beneficiary selection process shall be based on the CMP

membership selection process, the result of which, be recommended to the

CHDO for approval and be used as reference in the homeowners board

resolution establishing the homeowners membership ;

e.3. Selection Criteria. A family eligible to the Community Mortgage Program must

have satisfied the following criteria:

Landless and underprivileged

With housing affordability range between Php 300.00-1,000.00 per month;

Prefers membership to an organization as the approach to lot acquisition, area

and community development


Either married or head of the family;

f. Community Organizing. in the pursuit of sustained development, beneficiaries shall

be organized into homeowners association as facilitated by the CHDO towards

accreditation with the HLURB. The Homeowners association shall institute

operationalization of focal committees to attend to area and community

development needs as follows

f.1. Committee on Infrastructure

f.2. Committee on Finance

f.3. Committee on Administration

f.4. Committee on Livelihood

f.5. Committee on Environmentf.6. Committee on Peace and Order

f.7. Committee on Education

f.8. Committee on Cultural Affairs

g. Disposition. Exclusive to lot disposition, the process shall be undertaken by the

CHDO alongside the homeowners association as guided hereunder:

g.1. Awarding of Lots will be by the Community Association through the CHDO

with the City Government counter-parting on the ceremonys physical

arrangements;

g.2. Transfer of Certificate of Title and Other Related Documents the association

shall be responsible for the transfer of Certificate of Title, transfer fee, approval

of subdivision plan, license to sell, issuance of individual titles, and other related

documents and the expenses incurred thereof shall be shouldered by the same;

h. Site Development. Site Development under the CityCMP may be the responsibility

of the homeowners. The establishment of road networks and survey of individual

lots thereat may be facilitated by the city government through the CHDO.


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i. Construction. The beneficiaries are given two (2) years to construct on their own a

housing unit with septic tank, concrete flooring, metal trusses and G.I sheet roofing.

j. Documentation. The homeowners association shall process accreditation to

HLURB, building permit, transfer of individual land titles and related documents;

k. Payback/Lot Cost-Recovery. Cost determination of the lot shall be based on the BIR

Zonal Valuation or other independent appraisal which ever is lower.

k.1. Period of Payment The maximum period of payment per CMP Guidelines is

twenty-five (25) years.

k.2. Monthly Amortization Payment The Monthly amortization payment shall be

paid to the NHMFC through a Loan Account Number released by NHMFC after

project take-out;

l. Maintenance & Sustainability

1.1.Maintenance and Sustainability Plan. The CHDO along with all other concerned

offices shall take the lead in developing a maintenance and Sustainability Plan

to serve as guide for positioning and utilization of resources for City-CMP as

Approved by the City Mayor;

1.2.Status Report. The CHDO shall ascertain the status of assisted homeowners

associations in relation to area and community development and provide copies

to the Sangguniang Panlungsod and City Mayor for Future decision-makingreference.

SECTION 24. CITY-ASSISTED HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

a. Objective. City government-assisted site and road networks development to eligible

HABITAT housing unit beneficiaries of Butuan City.

b. Management. the CHDO shall manage the site and road networks development in

specific HABITAT sites and all other upcoming HABITAT sites that the city

government will infuse resources. Housing Unit Construction, beneficiary selection

and other aspects of Community development shall be the responsibility of the

HABITAT.c. Approach-Specific Development Framework and Plan. Consistent to the provision of

Section 10 hereto, the CHDO shall draft a development plan for Regular City-

HABITAT in relation to the total housing backlog of Butuan City which shall be

incorporated in the City Shelter Plan (CSP).

d. Financing. The City government shall finance the site and road network development

efforts infused in the program depending on availability of funds.


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e. Beneficiaries Selection. the selection of beneficiaries shall be undertaken by the

HABITAT through its Family Selection Committee.

f. Community Organizing. in the pursuit of sustained development, beneficiaries shall

be organized into homeowners association as facilitated by the HABITAT

g. Disposition. The process shall be managed and undertaken by the HABITAT.

h. Site Development. site and road networks development under the HABITAT may be

the responsibility of the city government only in cases wherein funds are infused for

the purpose, depending on its availability.

i. Construction. the nature of the program is to build and acquire housing units

through a joint effort with the HABITAT and qualified beneficiaries following

HABITAT housing unit design.

j. Documentation, Payback/Lot Cost-Recovery, Maintenances & Sustainability shall

be the responsibility of the HABITAT.

SECTION 25. MAINTENANCE AND SUSTAINABILITY. The CHDO along with all other concerned officesshall take the lead in developing a Maintenance and Sustainability plan to serve as guide for positioning

and utilization of resources for all shelter programs as approved by the City Mayor. Thus all City

Government-assisted housing efforts must institute the following maintenance and Sustainability

mechanisms:

a.Beneficiaries shall be organized into homeowners association as facilitated by the

CHDO towards accreditation with the HLURB to pursue sustained development;

b.All per program development Framework and Planning exercise must include a

respective Maintenance and sustainability aspect of the Program mainstreaming

the following approaches:



Barangay government-assisted follow-through initiatives

c.Created area-specific subcommittees of the homeowners association whose

functions shall be on the maintenance and sustained development of their

respective cluster community and the occupied area thereat to comprise as

subcommittees on:

Infrastructure

Finance

Administration

Livelihood

Environment

Peace and order

Education

SECTION 26. APPLICABILITY. This ordinance shall apply to all resettlement projects, existing city

subdivisions, homeowners associations granted with either technical assistance, interim

financing and provided with resettlement sites by the city government of Butuan and

maybe those that will be granted or be provided with lands/lots for resettlement purposes

hereafter.


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SECTION 27. PENAL CLAUSE- Any person found to have violated this ordinance, be it in the government

service or in the private and non-government sectors, shall be fined with the following:

1st Offense - Php 500.00

2nd Offense - 1,000.00

3rd Offense - 1,500.00

And an imprisonment of thirty (30) days, or both upon the discretion of the court;

SECTION 28. REPEALING CLAUSE any ordinance inconsistent herewith shall be deemed rescinded and

repealed. Any order inconsistent to the provisions stipulated herewith shall be.

SECTION 29. EFFECTIVITY this ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.