[ MANILA CITY ORDINANCE NO. 8494, July 04, 2016 ]

REGUALR SESSION NO. 197
9TH CITY COUNCIL

Begun and held in the City Council on Tuesday,
the twenty-third day of February, Two Thousand Sixteen

AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FREE HOUSING AT BASECO HOUSING PROJECT




PRINCIPAL AUTHORS: HON. JOEY S. HIZON III, HON. ROBERTO R. ORTEGA, JR., HON RAYMUNDO R. YUPANGCO, HON. JOHN MARVIN "Yul Servo" NIETO, HON. JOEL R. CHUA, HON MARLON M. LACSON, Majority Floor Leader and HON. FRANCISCO "Isko Moreno" DOMAGOSO, Vice-Mayor and Presiding Officer


Be it ordained by the City Council of Manila, in session assembled, THAT:

SECTION 1. There shall be a Baseco Housing Project funded from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Seed Grant in the amount of Thirty-Six Million Pesos (Php. 36,000,000.00) and the counterpart road network and site development from the City of Manila.

SEC. 2. Since the funds for the housing project came from the DILG, the housing shall be transferred to the beneficiaries by usufruct only.

SEC. 3. The Beneficiaries shall be chosen in accordance with the Code of Policy as approved by the Local housing Board.

SEC. 4. Ownership of the housing project shall remain with the City of Manila.  Beneficiaries shall have usufruct of the housing units, subject to the following conditions:
  1. That beneficiaries shall not sell or transfer or lease the use of the housing units.  The sale or transfer or lease of the units shall be void and the city, together with the barangay officials, shall evict the transferee or lessee or any occupant who is not a beneficiary of the project;

  2. The housing unit shall be transferred to a new beneficiary is accordance with the prioritization as contained in the validated list as approved by the Manila Social Welfare Department;

  3. That the housing units shall be not be modified by extending to the front, back or sides of the housing units.  Extensions shall be subject to demolition by the barangay officials who shall be tasked with the maintenance of the public areas of the housing project together with the homeowners association.

  4. That extension and improvements shall only be allowed vertically upon complaince with Building laws, local ordinances, rules and regulations; and

  5. That beneficiaries shall organize themselves into a homeowners association and provide for rules and regulations to maintain peace and order traffic, sanitation, cleanliness in the housing project.
SEC. 5. Beneficiaries shall organize themselves into a homeowners association and provide for rules and regulations to maintain peace and order traffic, sanitation, cleanliness in the housing project.

SEC. 6. The Urban Settlements Office and the Local Inter-Agency Committee shall conduct an orientation with the beneficiaries of the project on the rules and regulations for use of the housing units as contained in this Ordinance.

SEC. 7. This Ordinance shall be strictly implemented by the Urban Settlements Office, the homeowners association and the Sangguniang Barangay of Baseco.

SEC. 8. This ordinance shall take effect upon the completion of the project and the housing units are turned over to the beneficiaries.

This Ordinance was finally enacted by the City Council of Manila on June 14, 2016.

  PRESIDED BY:
   
  (Sgd.) FRANCISCO "Isko Moreno" DOMAGOSO
Vice Mayor and Acting Presiding Officer
City Council, Manila
   
ATTESTED:  
   
(Sgd.) LUCH R. GEMPIS, JR.
City Government Department Head III
(Secretary to the City Council)
 

APPROVED BY HIS HONOR, THE MAYOR, ON 04 JULY 2016.

  (Sgd.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA
Mayor
City of Manila
   
ATTESTED:  
   
(Sgd.) EDWARD S. SERAPIO
City Government Department Head III
(Secretary to the Mayor)