REPUBLIC ACTS

 Republic Act No. 9653: Rent Control Act (2009)

 Republic Act No. 9507: Socialized and Low-Cost Housing
Loan Restructuring and Condonation Act (2008)
› IRR RA 9507
 Republic Act No. 9397: Disposition of Lands for Socialized
Housing (2006)
 Republic Act No. 9341: The Rent Control Act (2005)
 Republic Act No. 8501: Penalty Condonation (1998)
 Republic Act No. 8368: Repeal of Presidential Decree No.
772 (1997)
 Republic Act No. 8437: Rent Control Law (1997)
 Republic Act No. 7835: CISFA (1994)
 Republic Act No. 7279: Urban Development and Housing
Act (1992)
EXECUTIVE ORDERS
 Executive Order No. 272: Authorizing the Creation of the
Social Housing Finance Corporation and Directing the
transfer of the Community Mortgage Program, Abot-Kaya
Pabahay Fund Program, and other social Housing Powers
and Functions of the National Home Mortgage Finance
Corporation to the Social Housing Finance
Corporation (2004)
 Executive Order No. 105: Approving and Directing the
Implementation of the Program for "Provision of
Group Home/Foster home for Neglected, Abandoned,
Abused, Detached and Poor Older Persons and Persons with
Disabilities" (2002)
 Executive Order No. 20: Reaffirming Mass Housing as a
Centerpiece Program in the Poverty Alleviation efforts of the
Government and further strengthening the Housing and
Urban Development Coordinating Council (2001)
 Executive Order No. 258: Prescribing Time Standards in
the Issuance of Permits for Housing Projects (2000)
 Executive Order No. 45: Prescribing Time Periods
for Issuance of Housing Related Certifications,
Clearances and Permits, and Imposing Sanctions for
Failure to Observe the Same (2001)
› IRR EO 45
 Executive Order No. 159: Declaring Mass Housing as
Centerpiece Program of the Estrada Administration and
Constituting the Presidential commision for Mass
Housing (1999)
 Executive Order No. 170: Establishing the Revolving
Funds for Housing Projects of Local Government
Units (1999)
 Executive Order No. 71: Devolving the Powers of the
Housing and Land use Regulatory Board to approve
Subdivision plans to Cities and Municipalities pursuant to
R.A. no. 7160, otherwise known as the Local
Government Code of 1991 (1993)
 Land is the basis for livelihoods. It requires fair and
transparent management to allow equal participation
and sustainable use. Land use planning is the
mechanism to allow this kind of resource management
and the reconciliation of diverging interests. It lays the
foundation for controlled urban and rural development.

In the Philippines, land use planning is

hierarchically structured and most activities take place
at a subnational, particularly at the provincial and
municipal level. The planning levels are interlinked:
lower-tier plans with shorter coverage periods are set to
follow the priority setting of larger-scale plans.
 Community organizations are geared towards action.
There are urgent problems and issues we need to tackle and
solve in our communities. That's why we came together in the
first place, isn't it? But for groups to be really successful, we need
to spend some time focusing on the skills our members and
leaders use to make all of this action happen, both within and
outside our organizations.

One of the most important sets of skills for leaders and

members are facilitation skills. These are the "process" skills we
use to guide and direct key parts of our organizing work with
groups of people such as meetings, planning sessions, and
training of our members and leaders.
 A good facilitator is concerned with both the outcome of
the meeting or planning session, with how the people in the
meeting participate and interact, and also with the process.
While achieving the goals and outcomes that everyone wants is
of course important, a facilitator also wants to make sure that
the process if sound, that everyone is engaged, and that the
experience is the best it can be for the participants.

In planning a good meeting process, a facilitator focuses on:

 Climate and Environment

 Logistics and Room Arrangements
 Ground Rules