WHEREAS, one of the Administration's priority concerns is the provision of houses to deserving homeless Filipinos and pursuant thereto, the Administration has launched a program that will ensure that lands proclaimed as housing sites are disposed of to the intended beneficiaries in the most expeditious, equitable and participatory manner;

WHEREAS, Proclamation No. 430 was issued on 29 December 2000 excluding from the operation of Proclamation No. 423, dated 12 July 1957 which established the Fort Andres Bonifacio Military Reservation x x x a certain portion of land embraced therein and reserved the same, subject to final survey, under the administration of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), for off-base housing use of the Philippine National Police (PNP);

WHEREAS, Memorandum Order No. 74 dated September 13, 2002 directed the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) to formulate and adopt certain guidelines and implement post-proclamation activities in the areas proclaimed as socialized housing sites;

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 131 issued on October 1, 2002 declared open for disposition for socialized housing purposes certain government-owned lands defined under Republic Act No. 7279, otherwise known as the Urban Development and Housing Act of 1992;

WHEREAS, there is an urgent need for the HUDCC to oversee and administer the immediate execution of the PNP off-base housing project pursuant to its mandate.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. Proclamation No. 430, dated 29 December 2000, is hereby amended such that the portion of land containing an area of ninety two thousand two hundred fifty (92,250) square meters, more or less, which was excluded from the operation of Proclamation No. 423, dated 12 July 1957 establishing the Fort Andres Bonifacio Military Reservation and which was reserved for off-base housing use of the Philippine National Police (PNP), shall henceforth be placed under the administration of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC).

SEC. 2. As the designated administrator of the proclaimed area, the HUDCC is hereby directed and authorized to directly oversee and fast-track, through appropriate project schemes and contractual arrangements, subject to existing laws, rules and regulations, the implementation and development of the PNP off-base housing project.

SEC. 3. In the event, however, that the number of housing units generated from the PNP off-base housing site exceeds the actual requirement of its intended beneficiaries, or should the pre-qualified beneficiaries be less than the housing units produced, the HUDCC shall dispose of the residual units to other low-salaried government employees, subject to the prequalification guidelines it may hereafter adopt.

IN WITNESS HEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

DONE, in the City of Manila, this 25th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Three.


By the President:

ALBERTO G. ROMULO
Executive Secretary