MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ PROCLAMATION NO. 378, May 12, 2003 ]

PROCLAMATION AMENDING PROCLAMATION NO. 131, S. 2001 BY TRANSFERRING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SOCIALIZED HOUSING SITE TO TO THE NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY AND PROVIDING FOR ITS DISPOSITION TO BONAFIDE OCCUPANTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7279 (URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING ACT)

WHEREAS, Proclamation No. 131, dated 05 December 2001, declared 413,093 square meters of public land situated in Barangay VI-A, Victorias City, Negros Occidental as socialized housing site and providing for its disposition to actual occupants;

WHEREAS, the said proclamation created a Local Inter-Agency Committee (LIAC) for purposes of formulating and adopting the implementing guidelines for the proper disposition of the property;

WHEREAS, there is a need for the National Housing Authority to have legal jurisdiction over the property, vesting it with legal personality to enter into agreement with other entities for site/housing development;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 5 of Executive Order No. 131, s. 2002, the NHA, under the supervision of HUDCC, shall take the lead in the disposition of the lands declared as socialized housing sites under UDHA.ℒαwρhi৷

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Philippines, by the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order the amendment of Proclamation No. 131 as follows:

The Four Hundred Thirteen Thousand Ninety Three (413,093) square meters declared as socialized housing site in Barangay VI-A, Victorias City, Negros Occidental shall be under the administration of the National Housing Authority in accordance with the provisions of Republic Act No. 7279 otherwise known as the Urban Development and Housing Act (UDHA).

For purposes of formulating the guidelines for the disposition and implementation of a comprehensive housing plan for the area, the Local Inter-Agency Committee created under Proclamation No. 131, s. 2002 is hereby retained.

All issuances, rules and regulations inconsistent herewith, are deemed repealed or modified accordingly.

This Proclamation shall take effect immediately.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 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 12th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, two thousand three.

(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

By the President:

(Sgd.) ALBERTO G. ROMULO
Executive Secretary


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