ACTIVITY #1: Physical Configurations as Outcomes of Socio-Economic Systems

1. What further development/s or strategies can you suggest to improve the housing
development here in Philippines?

2. Give examples of socio-economic elements

3. What are the 3 pillars of PDP 2017 2022? Explain.

Answer: Malasakit, Pagbabago, Patuloy na pagunlad

4. State one strategy for building safe and secure communities for Filipinos. Explain.

a. Develop integrated neighborhoods and sustainable communities particularly for low-

income households.
b. Intensify implementation of alternatives and innovative solutions in addressing the
housing needs of the lower income classes and vulnerable sector.
c. Strengthen decentralization of housing and urban development interventions
d. Adopt viable land acquisition approaches and fast-track the inventory of lands for
socialized housing development.
e. Mainstream program convergence budgeting in housing and resettlement, and
innovative housing finance modalities.
f. Strengthen partnerships with stakeholders.
g. Strengthen housing as a platform to reduce poverty and improve social outcomes.

5. What are the two sectors that collaborated in identifying and reiterating the need to adopt
alternative approaches to land acquisitions and innovative approaches to housing
solutions?
Answer: the PDP 2011-2016 Midterm Update and the 2014 Socioeconomic Report

6. In the land management challenge, what are the innovative approaches to housing
solutions?
Answer: high-density mass housing, vertical developments for socialized housing, public
rental housing, expansion of housing microfinance
7. These are the adaptations in alternative approaches to land acquisition.
Answer: usufruct, long-term lease, land-banking

8. What is (NRPF)?
Answer: National Resettlement Policy Framework

9. What is (NUA)?
Answer: New Urban Agenda

10. What is the difference of Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan and Regional
Development Plans?

Answer: MTPDP focuses on major policy initiatives, socioeconomic strategies and major
national programs while the regional development plans make strategies, programs and
projects that carries out the goals of the national plans.

11. Why do you think urbanization pose risks to health, life and property and natural hazards?

Answer: Highly populated or urbanized places poses risks since overpopulation can
cause pollution therefore damaging health, higher number of people also results to
shortage in jobs possibly creating informal settlers which can end up in a dangerous
environment.

12. Why do we still have a large number of homeless/underprivileged Filipinos even with the
agencies and programs the government has?

Answer: Expanding access to decent and secure shelters especially in urban areas is
difficult for the housing sector because of the rapid growth in urbanization and limited
availability of suitable and affordable land.

13. Why do we need socioeconomic resilience?

 Answer: To ensure the stability of the country to be able to function that withstands
effects of natural disasters.

14. What legislative agenda is this, to promote the productive use of land by rationalizing
taxation of idle lands, thereby repealing sections of the RA 7160 otherwise known as the
Local Government Code of 1991?
Answer: Passage of the Idle Lands Tax

15. This department will be the sole planning and policy-making, regulatory, program
coordination, and performance-monitoring entity of the NSP.
Answer: Creation of the Department of Housing and Urban Development

16. What does stands for SHDFC?

Answer: Social Housing Development Finance Corporation

17. What does NaLUA stands for?

Answer: National Land Use Act

18. What is the Philippine development plan 2017-2022?

Answer;

The Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2017-2022, approved in February 20, 2017 is the first
medium-term plan to be anchored on a national long-term vision, or AmBisyon Natin 2040,
which represents the collective vision and aspirations of Filipinos for themselves and for the
country.

19. What are the four cross-cutting bedrock strategies of three pillars?
Answer:

(1) attaining just and lasting peace,

(2) ensuring security, public order and safety,

(3) accelerating strategic infrastructure development, and

(4) ensuring ecological integrity and a clean and healthy environment.

20. What are the physical and socio-economic plans for the national, regional, provincial and
municipal respectively, and how are they implemented
21.What is (HLRPP)?

Answer: Housing Loan Receivables Purchase Program

22. Under what constitution is "the state shall, by law and for the common good, undertake in
cooperation with the private sector, a continuing program of urban land reform and
housing which will make available at affordable cost, decent housing and basic services
to underprivileged and homeless citizens in urban centers and resettlement areas".
Answers: 1987 Constitution

23. The Philippine development plan 2017-2022 aims to :

Answers: 1. support families

2. Marginalized sectors
3. Local Governments and the private sectors
4. Secure community

24. What is (NSP)?

Answers: National Shelter Program

25. What is (HGC)?

Answers: Home Guaranty Corporation