REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6026 - AN
ACT PROVIDING FOR THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC UPLIFT OF DISLOCATED FAMILIES
RELOCATED FROM THE GREATER MANILA AREA TO RESETTLEMENT PROJECTS
Section 1. The social and economic uplift of the dislocated
families relocated from the Greater Manila area to Resettlement
Projects in Sapang Palay, Municipality of San Jose del Monte, Province
of Bulacan; the Barrios of San Jose and San Gabriel, Municipality of
Carmona, Province of Cavite; and in San Pedro Tunasan, Province of
Laguna, shall be the concern of the Government. For this purpose, the
Department of Social Welfare, the Department of Health, the Department
of Education, the Department of National Defense, the Presidential Arm
on Community Development, and the People's Homesite and Housing
Corporation are hereby directed to extend services and assistance to
such families.
Sec. 2. The People's Homesite and Housing
Corporation shall subdivide the unsubdivided portion of the land
constituting the said resettlement projects into homelots of not less
than two hundred square meters and not more than three hundred square
meters each.
An area or areas that, in total, shall not exceed thirty per centum of
the total area of each resettlement project shall be reserved for the
disposed of as commercial and/or industrial areas to provide employment
opportunities and essential services to the settlers: provided, that,
resettled families in such areas shall be given priority in acquiring
homelots in residential areas; and Provided, finally, that night clubs,
day clubs, cocktail lounges, cockpits, motels, and other places of
amusement involving gambling or dancing for hire or the sale of liquors
shall in no case be established within the commercial/industrial areas
of the resettlement projects.
Homelots shall be sold to bona fide occupants and/or resettled families
on monthly installment basis such that the cost shall be paid within a
period of thirty years. A grace period of not less than six months for
payments in arrears shall be granted and no awardee shall be ejected
unless he is transferred to another housing project or to his hometown
with the assistance of the Department of Social Welfare. Bona fide
occupants shall be understood to mean those occupying homelots in the
project having been previously resettled thereon by the government at
the time of the approval of this Act and those who shall subsequently
be resettled thereon by the government. Hereafter, no family shall be
settled unless the Department of Social Welfare finds the family to be
homeless, or not an owner of any house and lot within the Greater
Manila area, or occupying land not its own under unsafe or unhealthful
living conditions, and with a gross income of not more than P1,800.
Homelots shall not be resold, assigned, mortgaged, leased or
transferred by the purchasers thereof except to the surviving legal
spouse and in default or upon the death of the surviving spouse, to the
legal heirs, or to the People's Homesite and Housing Corporation within
a period of five years after the final payment of the purchase price.
Every conveyance of land acquired under the provisions of this Act
except to the People's Homesite and Housing Corporation shall be
subject to repurchase by the original purchaser or the legal surviving
spouse and in default or upon the death of the surviving spouse, by the
legal heirs within a period of five years from the date of the
conveyance and any agreement contrary to the provisions hereof shall be
null and void.
An awardee who shall give up his rights within thirty years of the date
of the sale shall convey the lot to the People's Homesite and Housing
Corporation and shall be entitled to a refund in cash of not exceeding
fifty per centum of his amortization payments plus the depreciated
value of improvements the awardee may have made thereon.
Homelots conveyed or transferred to the People's Homesite and Housing
Corporation shall be the subject of new awards under the conditions
prescribed in this Act: provided, that the new selling price thereof
shall include any improvements made on the lot.
Commercial/industrial areas shall be sold according to the following
conditions:
1. At least one month before any sale is made, the
description or designation of the lots to be offered for sale, the
selling price thereof and other conditions of the sale shall be
published in a newspaper of general and nationwide circulation.
2. The buyer shall commence construction of the
industrial or commercial establishment within one year from the
purchase of the lot and complete the same within a period of not more
than two years.
3. Should the buyer complete the construction of the
establishment and make the same operational within one year, he shall
be entitled to a rebate to be fixed by the Board at not more than ten
per centum of the purchase price.
4. Should the buyer fail to complete the construction
of the establishment or make the same operational within two years from
date of purchase, he shall pay a penalty stipulated in the contract of
sale.
5. Preference shall be given to buyers who shall
prove their capacity to sue the area efficiently and to recruit the
greater number of its employees from residents of the area.
6. Transfers of rights and conveyances shall be
subject to approval by the People's Homesite and Housing Corporation
and to the provisions of this Act which transfer or conveyance shall be
disapproved only if the buyer shall not conform to the conditions
herein prescribed.
7. The Board hereinafter created may impose
additional conditions not inconsistent with the above in order to
safeguard the interest of the government to insure that the lot shall
be used for industrial or commercial purposes, and not be the subject
of speculative trading.
There is hereby created a Board to be composed of representatives of
the People's Homesite and Housing Corporation, Department of Social
Welfare, Home Owners Association from the resettlement area, Land
Authority, and Office of the Economic Coordination, with the latter as
Chairman, who shall determine the selling price of the aforesaid
homelots which shall be not less than fifty per centum nor more than
seventy-five per centum of the cost thereof computed on the basis of
the acquisition cost and estimated interest charges, development and
administration costs. Commercial and/or industrial areas shall be sold
for cash or on installments not to exceed a period of ten years at a
price computed at not less than the break even aggregate cost of the
entire resettlement area; Provided, that if there is difference between
the aggregate cost and actual aggregate selling price, the same shall
be assumed by the National Government by deducting the corresponding
amount from the bonded indebtedness incurred by the People's Homesite
and Housing Corporation in acquiring the areas involved.
Sec. 3. The following sums are hereby
appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the purposes herein indicated:
Department of Public Works —
Construction, improvement and repair of
roads, community centers and school buildings
in the resettlement area located in Barrios San Jose
and San Gabriel, Municipality of Carmona,
Province of Cavite P651,000.00
Construction of health centers in the same
resettlement area P50,000.00
Construction, improvement and repair of roads,
health centers, community centers and school
buildings in the Sapang Palay Project in Sapang
Palay, Municipality of San Jose del Monte,
Province of Bulacan 500,000.00
Construction, improvement and repair of roads,
community centers and school buildings in the
resettlement project in San Pedro Tunasan,
Province of Laguna 450,000,00
Department of Education, Bureau of Public Schools —
Salaries of fifteen public school teachers and
other school personnel for the current school year in the
resettlement area located in Barrios San Jose and San
Gabriel, Municipality of Carmona, Province of Cavite:
50,000.00
Provided, that in the succeeding fiscal years, funds for
the purpose shall be appropriated in the annual General
Appropriations Act.
Salaries of fifteen public school teachers and other
school personnel for the current school year in the Sapang
Palay Resettlement Area Provided, that in the
succeeding fiscal years, funds for the purpose shall
be appropriated in the annual General Appropriations
Act. 50,000.00
Salaries of fifteen public school teachers and other
school personnel for the current school year in the San Pedro
Tunasan Resettlement Area: provided, that in the
succeeding fiscal years, funds for the purpose shall be
appropriated in the annual General Appropriations Act.
50,000.00
National Waterworks and Sewerage Authority —
Artesian wells for Carmona Resettlement Area,
Province of Cavite 20,000.00
Artesian wells for Sapang Palay Resettlement
Area, Province of Bulacan 20,000.00
Artesian wells for resettlement projects in the
Province of Laguna 20,000.00
Department of Social Welfare —
Social welfare, economic and community,
development projects for Sapang Palay Resettlement
Area, Province of Bulacan 30,000.00
Social welfare work and economic and community
development projects for resettlement projects in the
Province of Laguna 30,000.00
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Enacted without Executive
approval, August 4, 1969.
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