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Batas Pambansa Bilang 220
AN
ACT AUTHORIZING THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS TO ESTABLISH AND
PROMULGATE
DIFFERENT LEVELS OF STANDARDS AND TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ECONOMIC
AND
SOCIALIZED HOUSING PROJECTS IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS FROM THOSE
PROVIDED
UNDER PRESIDENTIAL DECREES NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED FIFTY-SEVEN, TWELVE
HUNDRED
SIXTEEN, TEN HUNDRED NINETY-SIX AND ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE.
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BATAS
PAMBANSA BILANG 220AN
ACT AUTHORIZING THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS TO ESTABLISH AND
PROMULGATE
DIFFERENT LEVELS OF STANDARDS AND TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ECONOMIC
AND
SOCIALIZED HOUSING PROJECTS IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS FROM THOSE
PROVIDED
UNDER PRESIDENTIAL DECREES NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED FIFTY-SEVEN, TWELVE
HUNDRED
SIXTEEN, TEN HUNDRED NINETY-SIX AND ELEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE.chan
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chan
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1. It is hereby declared
a policy of the Government to promote and encourage the development of
economic and socialized housing projects, primarily by the private
sector,
in order to make available adequate economic and socialized housing
units
for average and low-income earners in urban and rural areas.chanrobles virtual law library
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2. As used in this
Act, economic and socialized housing refers to housing units which are
within the affordability level of the average and low-income earners
which
is thirty percent (30%) of the gross family income as determined by the
National Economic and Development Authority from time to time. It shall
also refer to the government-initiated sites and services development
and
construction of economic and socialized housing projects in depressed
areas. chanrobles virtual law library
Sec.
3. To carry out the foregoing
policy, the Ministry of Human Settlements is authorized to establish
and
promulgate different levels of standards and technical requirements for
the development of economic and socialized housing projects and
economic
and socialized housing units in urban and rural areas from those
provided
in Presidential Decree Numbered Nine hundred fifty-seven, otherwise
known
as the "Subdivision and Condominium Buyers' Protective Decree,"
Presidential
Decree Numbered Twelve hundred and sixteen, "Defining Open Space in
Residential
Subdivision"; Presidential Decree Numbered Ten Hundred and ninety-six,
otherwise known as the "National Building Code of the Philippines"; and
Presidential Decree Numbered Eleven hundred and eighty-five, otherwise
known as the "Fire Code of the Philippines" and the rules and
regulations
promulgated thereunder, in consultation with the Ministry of Public
Works
and Highways, the Integrated National Police, and other appropriate
government
units and instrumentalities and private associations.chanrobles virtual law library
Sec.
4. The standards and technical
requirements to be established under Section three hereof shall provide
for environmental ecology, hygiene and cleanliness, physical, cultural
and spiritual development and public safety and may vary in each
region,
province or city depending on the availability of indigenous materials
for building construction and other relevant factors.chanrobles virtual law library
Sec.
5. The different levels
of standards and technical requirements that shall be established and
promulgated
by the Ministry of Human Settlements only after public hearing and
shall
be published in two newspapers of general circulation in the
Philippines
for at least once a week for two consecutive weeks and shall take
effect
thirty days after the last publication. chanrobles virtual law library
Sec.
6. This Act shall take
effect upon its approval.chanrobles virtual law library
Approved:
March 25, 1982
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