Authorizing The Forest Products Research And Industries Development Commission (FORPRIDECOM) Of The National Science Development Board To Provide Limited Low-Cost Housing Quarters To Some O

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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 595 December 3, 1974

AUTHORIZING THE FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH AND INDUSTRIES DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (FORPRIDECOM) OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD TO PROVIDE LIMITED LOW-COST HOUSING QUARTERS TO SOME OF ITS DESERVING EMPLOYEES

WHEREAS, the offices and laboratories of the Forest Products Research and Industries Development Commission (FORPRIDECOM) are located at the Forestry Campus and are part of the U.P. Los Baños Complex at Mt. Makiling, Los Baños, Laguna, which is relatively far from residential areas;

WHEREAS, there exists an acute shortage of housing facilities within the vicinity of the Forestry Campus;

WHEREAS, to meet this shortage, the different agencies in the Los Baños Complex such as the UPLB College of Agriculture, the UPLB College of Forestry, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), and the Southeast Asian Research Center for Agriculture (SEARCA), have provided their employees with housing quarters;

WHEREAS, the University of the Philippines at Los Baños (UPLB) has set aside a housing area for FORPRIDECOM personnel near its laboratories in the Forestry Campus;

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Summary of Presidential Decree No. 595

Authorizing the Forest Products Research and Industries Development Commission (FORPRIDECOM) to Provide Low-Cost Housing Quarters for Deserving Employees

- Background:
• FORPRIDECOM offices and laboratories are located at the Forestry Campus, U.P. Los Baños Complex, which is far from residential areas. (Preamble)
• There is an acute shortage of housing facilities within the vicinity of the Forestry Campus. (Preamble)
• Other agencies like UPLB College of Agriculture, UPLB College of Forestry, IRRI, and SEARCA have provided housing quarters for their employees. (Preamble)
• UPLB has set aside a housing area for FORPRIDECOM personnel near its laboratories in the Forestry Campus. (Preamble)
• UPLB policy requires all housing quarters in the UPLB area to be government-owned. (Preamble)
• The low-cost housing quarters will serve as a venue for service-testing newly-developed housing materials, designs, and techniques. (Preamble)
• The housing quarters will be rented to deserving FORPRIDECOM employees at reasonable rates to recover construction costs, making them self-liquidating. (Preamble)

- Provisions:
• Section 1: Appropriates One Million Five Hundred Thousand (P1.5-M) Pesos from the Special Fund of FORPRIDECOM to finance the low-cost housing quarters for its deserving employees as determined by the Commission.
• Section 2: The Decree shall take effect immediately.