Section 16Sec./Art. 16

Identification of Sites for Socialized Housing. After the inventory, the QCDA, in coordination with the Quezon City Council, shall identify lands for socialized housing and resettlement areas suited for the immediate and future needs of marginal and low income families in Quezon City, taking into consideration the availability of basic services and facilities, their accessibility and proximity to job sites and other economic opportunities, and the actual number of registered beneficiaries.

Lands for socialized housing may be identified from:

(a) Those owned by the Quezon City government;

(b) Alienable lands of the public domain;

(c) Unregistered or abandoned and idle lands;

(d) Those within the declared areas for priority development Zonal Improvement Program sites, and Slum Improvement and Resettlement Program sites which have not yet been acquired;

(e) Donated privately owned lands;

(f) Private lands offered for sale by the owners; and

(g) Any other manner provided for by law.

The QCDA shall give budgetary priority to on-site development of government lands.