ARTICLE XIII
URBAN LAND REFORM AND
HOUSING
Section 9. The State shall,
by law, and for the common good, undertake, in cooperation with the
private
sector, a continuing program of urban land reform and housing which
will
make available at affordable cost, decent housing and basic services to
under-privileged and homeless citizens in urban centers and
resettlement
areas. It shall also promote adequate employment opportunities to such
citizens. In the implementation of such program the State shall respect
the rights of small property owners.
Section 10. Urban or rural
poor dwellers shall not be evicted nor their dwelling demolished,
except
in accordance with law and in a just and humane manner.cralaw:red
No resettlement of urban
or rural dwellers shall be undertaken without adequate consultation
with
them and the communities where they are to be relocated. |