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Housing
Current housing situation in the Philippines

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in Housing for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Architecture

Submitted by: Bacani, Christopher ian e. Submitted to: Arch. Serafin Ancheta Ramento III Instructor

Date: July 03 , 2013

CURRENT HOUSING SITUATION IN THE PHILIPPINES

INTRODUCTION

One of the things which a tropical country differs from countrys of other climate zone, is housing. The architecture as well as the used of construction materials, show a clear adjustment to the specific climate conditions. A more important aspect that affects and influence the architecture is the financial position of the family. With less financial possibilities the architecture and visible construction materials are more simple and more derived from natural surroundings. Wood planks, boards, bamboo and straw are the basic materials for traditional houses.

Being a human being, home or housing is one of our primary needs. In our country, there are many issues regarding peoples that are squatting ( Informal settlers ) in many public places in the different city of our country. As the government are concerned, local government and other municipalities held the housing projects that may help informal settlers to have their home with a very low monthly payment for as low as 200 pesos.

However, despite the government project on housing development and considerable resources and other different government agencies that help to provide affordable housing to acquire by the urban poor, very little improvement has been observed in housing condition of the country.

The primary intention and objective of this research paper is to educate the student of the housing subject on what was the current housing situation on our country and also to sort some probable answers on issues regarding the housing in the Philippines.

Philippine housing

Housing in the Philippines as classified are the government low-cost housing projects. It is the housing projects done by the government to help homeless people of our country to have their own shelter. This government housing projects beneficiaries are the urban poor people. They are the informal settlers whose houses is build on some public places like houses in build in the under pass and under bridges. Another housing type in the Philippines is owned by the private sectors and real state housing. Unlike the housing projects led by the local government, this kind of housing can be afford by the people who have stable jobs and good salary.

As time goes, because of the increasing population growth and limited economic resources, housing continues to be among the major social problem that is facing by the developing countrys today like Philippines. Substandard housing, lacking in plumbing, electricity and structural integrity poses tremendous health and societal risk to its residents.

The effect of high population growth on housing demand is profound. According to Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP) 2011-2016, the housing need is estimated to reach about 5.8 million units in 2016, driven by the yearly-added new housing demand driven by population growth and the outstanding housing backlog resulted from

previously unaddressed demands. The countrys unequal economic performance has further added to the housing problem. While Filipino families earned an average yearly income of $4,791 in 2009, the bottom 30% families have had only an averaged yearly earning of $1,442. The size of this group of households has grown from 3.67 million in 2006 to 3.86 million in 2009, creating extra demands for housing from a segment of population with particularly constrained purchase power. In addition, housing expenses already accounts for 9.4% of the bottom 30% families total expenses, constituting the largest non -food expense for them. That ratio has even reached 12.8% for overall Filipino households.

As a result of the lack of housing provision and limited household affordability, it is estimated that more than a third of urban populations are slum dwellers.. In Metro Manila alone there were about 581,059 informal settlers (Housing & Urban Development Coordinating Council in 2010). Built without proper regulation and monitoring on safety and hygiene, these communities are vulnerable to fire hazards and public health threats as well as suffered from limited access to public services.

Unfulfilled Role of Government

The Government has a significant role in facilitating, if not spurring, innovative and affordable housing strategies in view of resolving this housing deficit across the country. However, in the last four decades, the Government has failed to address the housing needs of the masses. As a matter of fact, the government has allocated less than 1% of the total government expenditures for housing, making the public spending on housing of the Philippines one of the lowest in Asia (Habito, 2009).The Philippines Government has pledged to pick up this issue of affordable housing. The current plan targets at providing some 1.47 million housing units between 2011-2016. The outlook remains less than

optimistic given that the Philippines Government has had a mixed record on reaching housing target. For example, during the period of 2001-2004, the government was able to provide only 827,437 housing units, or 69 percent, of the target 1.2 million units. Even if the Government is able to deliver its promise, this is only 23 percent of the total housing backlog of 3.6 million for the same period.

Housing in many varieties Houses in rural areas/or in province

Government housing projects

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