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Fixing The Boundaries Of The Reclaimed Area Of The Vitas In The Tondo Foreshore And Transferring To The National Housing Authority The Title And The Administration Of Said Area

Executive Order No. 1086

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 1086 January 31, 1986

FIXING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE RECLAIMED AREA OF THE VITAS IN THE TONDO FORESHORE AND TRANSFERRING TO THE NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY THE TITLE AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF SAID AREA

WHEREAS, the Tondo Foreshore Area historically the largest and most depressed slum community in the country is the venue of the first integrated and slum improvement and resettlement project of the government and has acquired international recognition as the model for the Nationwide Slum Improvement and Resettlement Program;

WHEREAS, the Vitas reclamation area is part of the Tondo Foreshore Development Project of the National Housing Authority which is covered by a Project and Loan Agreement with the World Bank to be developed into a port-oriented industrial area and sold or leased to proponents, thus the major source of revenue to cross-subsidize the Tondo Foreshore Development Project;

WHEREAS, under Executive Order No. 661 covering the accelerated Bliss Development Program for the Tondo Foreshore, the Bureau of Lands has been directed that the Vitas reclamation area be...

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 1086

Fixing the Boundaries of the Reclaimed Area of the Vitas in the Tondo Foreshore and Transferring to the National Housing Authority the Title and the Administration of Said Area

• Background (Whereas clauses):
- The Tondo Foreshore Area is the largest slum community in the country and the venue for the first integrated slum improvement and resettlement project of the government. (Sec. 1)
- The Vitas reclamation area is part of the Tondo Foreshore Development Project of the National Housing Authority (NHA), covered by a Project and Loan Agreement with the World Bank, to be developed into a port-oriented industrial area and sold or leased to generate revenue for cross-subsidizing the project. (Sec. 1)
- Under Executive Order No. 661, the Bureau of Lands was directed to title the Vitas reclamation area to the NHA. (Sec. 1)
- To maintain the financial viability of the Tondo Foreshore and Dagat-Dagatan Development Project by generating revenues from commercial/industrial estates like the Vitas area to recover investments in residential areas beyond the affordability of beneficiary families. (Sec. 1)
- Due to the current financial difficulties experienced by project beneficiaries of the Tondo Foreshore and other NHA projects for marginal and low income families, there is a need to make adjustments in prices and amortization payments, emphasizing the need to generate more revenues for cross-subsidy purposes. (Sec. 1)

• Provisions:
- The ownership of the Vitas Tondo Foreshore land, with an area of Four Hundred Forty Thousand Two Hundred Sixty Eight (440,268) square meters, shall remain with the NHA, and its administration is transferred back to the NHA, provided that the development of the said area into a port-oriented commercial/industrial area shall be undertaken in coordination with the Philippine Ports Authority. (Sec. 1)
- The Bureau of Lands and the National Land Titles and Deeds Administration shall take immediate steps to issue the title of the described land and those to be reclaimed in the name of the NHA, which is authorized to dispose of it either by sale or lease to qualified proponents, with the proceeds used to recover investments in the development of residential areas in the Tondo Foreshore and Dagat-Dagatan Development Project. (Sec. 2)
- All documents, contracts, including lease or sale agreements and monies derived therefrom previously executed/received by the Philippine Ports Authority shall be turned over to the NHA. (Sec. 3)
- All Executive Orders, Letters of Instructions, and other Presidential Decrees and issuances inconsistent with this Order are hereby repealed, amended, or modified accordingly. (Sec. 4)
- This Executive Order shall take effect immediately. (Sec. 5)

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