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Ra 11201

RA 11201 creates the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development to pursue the State's goals of ensuring access to adequate and affordable housing for all, promoting sustainable and resilient urban development, and protecting informal settler families from eviction without due process. The new department is tasked with coordinating housing, urban development and related infrastructure programs. It aims to develop modern, productive cities guided by market forces that improve quality of life and eliminate poverty.

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Ra 11201

RA 11201 creates the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development to pursue the State's goals of ensuring access to adequate and affordable housing for all, promoting sustainable and resilient urban development, and protecting informal settler families from eviction without due process. The new department is tasked with coordinating housing, urban development and related infrastructure programs. It aims to develop modern, productive cities guided by market forces that improve quality of life and eliminate poverty.

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REPUBLIC ACT No.

11201
An Act Creating the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development,
Defining its Mandate, Powers and Functions, and Appropriating Funds Therefor

Q: What is the policy of the law?


ANS: Section 2 of RA No. 11201 provides that the State shall, pursuant to Section 9,
Article XIII of the Constitution, ensure that underprivileged and homeless citizens have
access to an adequate, safe, secure, habitable, sustainable, resilient and affordable
home.

The State shall pursue the realization of a modern, humane, economically-viable, and
environmentally-sustainable society where the urbanization process is manifest in towns
and cities being centers of productive economic activity and is led by market forces;
where urban areas have affordable housing, sustainable physical and social
infrastructure and services facilitated under a democratic and decentralized system of
governance; and where urban areas provide the opportunities for an improved quality of
life and the eradication of poverty.

The State shall ensure that poor dwellers in urban and rural areas shall not be evicted
nor their dwelling demolished, except in accordance with law.

In addition, the State shall encourage on-site development in the implementation of


housing programs and shall promote the creation of new settlements and development
of sustainable urban renewal programs while guaranteeing the preservation of
agricultural lands necessary for food security.

Q: What government agency was created by RA 11201 and what comprises it?
ANS: The Department of Housing and Urban Development (DHUD).

Q: What is an abandoned subdivision or condominium?


ANS: Abandoned subdivision or condominium refers to a project whose development
has not been completed in accordance with the approved development plan despite the
lapse of at least ten (10) years from the target date of completion and it appears that
said project owner or developer has no intention to complete the project development
or, despite diligent effort for at least the last five (5) years, the project owner or
developer cannot be located;

Q: What are human settlements?


ANS: Human Settlements comprise of (a) physical components of shelter and
infrastructure; and (b) services to which the physical elements provide support, such as
community services which include education, health, culture, welfare, recreation and
nutrition.

Q: Define informal settler families.


ANS: Informal Settler Families (ISFs) refer to households living in a lot, whether private
or public, without the consent of the property owner; or those without legal claim over
the property they are occupying; or those living in danger areas such as esteros,
railroad tracks, garbage dumps, riverbanks, shorelines, and waterways.

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