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Executive Order No. 841 (2009)
—it is also mandated under Section 8 of said Act that after the inventory, the local government units, in coordination with the National Housing Authority (NHA), the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB), the National Mapping Resource and Information Authority (NAMRIA), and the Land Management Bureau (LMB), shall identify lands for socialized housing and resettlement areas for the immediate and future needs of the underprivileged and homeless in the urban areas. The same section of the s
Section 1. — Revisit/Reformulate/Update the Comprehensive Land Use Plans of all LGUs — It is hereby directed that all local government units shall revisit/reformulate/ update and assess the implementation and manner of execution of their existing Comprehensive Land Use Plans (CLUPS) particularly identifying government lands suitable for socialized housing, resettlement and relocation.
Section 2. — Establishment of Task Force on CLUP — Local Government Units are hereby ordered to create a Task Force for the purpose of updating/formulating/reformulating the CLUP to ensure its completion within six (6) months from the effectivity of this Order. The Task Force shall be constituted and composed of all members of the local development councils to be chaired by the local chief executive.
Section 3. — Responsibilities — The Task Force shall have the following responsibilities;
a. Update/reformulate/formulate the CLUP within the given time frame;
b. Facilitate the identification and inventory of government-owned lands which have not been used for the purpose for which they have been reserved for the past ten (10) years from the effectivity of RA 7279, and initiate the transfer of the same to NHA for purposes of utilizing these lands for socialized housing and resettlement/relocation areas;
c. Formulate the mechanics for the relocation and resettlement of persons living in danger areas such as esteros, railroad tracks, garbage dumps, riverbanks, shorelines, waterways, and other public places such as sidewalks, roads, parks and playgrounds;
d. Institute programs for the provision of basic services, facilities and access to employment and livelihood opportunities to meet the basic needs of the affected families in the relocation/resettlement sites;
e. Coordinate with other government agencies to ensure compliance of this Order;
f. Prepare implementing guidelines as may be necessary;
Section 4. — Administrative Support — The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Housing & Urban Development Coordinating Council shall provide the secretariat support to the Task Force in the performance of its tasks. 1a⍵⍴h!1
All government agencies, instrumentalities, subdivisions and government owned or controlled corporations that HUDCC may call upon to participate are hereby directed to give priority attention to the Program and provide HUDCC with full cooperation and support.
Section 5. — Reportorial Requirement — The Task Force shall submit the completed CLUP, duly approved by the Sangguniang Panglungsod/Pangbayan, and status report of its responsibilities/tasks to the President, through the Presidential Management Staff (PMS), within six (6) months from the effectivity of this Order;
Section 6. — Repealing Clause — All issuances, orders, rules and regulations or any parts thereof, which are inconsistent, herewith are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Section 7. — Effectivity — This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
Done—in the City of Manila, this 26th day of October, in the Year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Nine.
(SGD.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
By the President:
(Sgd.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA Executive Secretary