Promise 40: No evictions without decent relocation

Urban Poor
Posted at 07/25/2010 12:40 AM | Updated as of 07/20/2012 1:29 AM
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The Promise

We will end illegal forced evictions. We will not allow any public or private authority to evict families and leave them homeless in the street. The government must provide decent relocation, near-city or in-city, if possible, quality housing, adequate basic services and jobs.
 
We will not tolerate a situation where wage earners have to stay in the city to work while the other members of the family stay in distant relocation centers. This separation weakens and often fractures family life. We will not institutionalize such situations by building sites in the city where they will live apart from their families. As the work force in the cities, the poor, up to the extent possible, should be given the opportunity to stay in the cities.
 
We will strengthen efforts to achieve balance and equitable urbanrural development and established sustainable livelihood activities in relocation areas to proactively address the problems of in-migration and informal housing.
 
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The Aquino campaign platform: Action plans on Urban Poor
 

April 10, 2012: Several residents of Barangay North Triangle staged a rally at the Quezon City Hall on Tuesday to protest the scheduled demolition of their homes. (Continue Reading)

 

April 24, 2012: Malacañang had nothing to do with the violent demolition of an informal settlers' colony in Parañaque City on Monday, a Palace official said. (Continue Reading)

April 23, 2012: Tension escalated in Silverio Compound in Parañaque after residents threw hard objects against a demolition team on Monday morning. The demolition team retaliated and threw tear gas. (Continue Reading)

April 23, 2012: One person died while 36 more were injured after violence erupted during a demolition at the Silverio Compound in Sucat, Parañaque before noon Monday. (Continue Reading) 

 

July 25, 2011: The Aquino Administration sought the full enforcement of the Urban Development and Housing Act by requiring all local government units to conduct adequate consultation and relocation of informal settlers before any demolition or eviction is carried out. The term “adequate” means that the relocation sites should include basic services and facilities and access to employment and livelihood opportunities, as mandated by law. (Continue Reading)

July 25, 2011: LGU officials were directed to adopt measures to effectively curtail the proliferation and further increase in the number of informal settlers and mendicants in their respective localities, and to create their respective Local Housing Board or a Local Inter-Agency Committee that shall be responsible in eviction and demolition-related activities in their areas. About 56 cities and 102 municipalities have fully complied with the directive. (Continue Reading) 

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