Section 9Sec./Art. 9

Relocation of Informal Settlers. The government, through the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDGC) and the National Housing Authority (NHA), in coordination with the LGUs and implementing agencies concerned, shall establish and develop resettlement sites for informal settlers, including the provision of adequate basic services and community facilities, in anticipation of informal settlers that have to be removed from the right-of-way site or location of future infrastructure projects, pursuant to the provisions of Republic Act No. 7279, otherwise known as the Urban Development and Housing Act of 1992. Whenever applicable, the concerned LGUs shall provide and administer the resettlement sites.

In case the expropriated land is occupied by informal settlers who refuse or are unable to demolish their structures and other improvements therein despite the writ of possession issued by the court under Section 6 hereof, the court shall issue the necessary writ of demolition for the purpose of dismantling any and all structures found within the subject property. The implementing agency shall take into account and observe diligently the procedure provided for in Sections 28 and 29 of Republic Act No. 7279.