Section 9Sec./Art. 9

Appropriations by the National Government.- The corresponding amounts specified hereunder shall be appropriated annually for a period of five (5) years or until such time that the total fund requirement provided for in this Act shall have been fully released specifically for the following programs:

(a) Five billion and two hundred million pesos (₱5,200,000,000) to finance the Resettlement Program under Section 4(a) of this Act;

(b) Three billion pesos (₱3,000,000,000) as subsidy for land acquisition, construction and implementation of the Medium-Rise Public and Private Housing Program mandated under Section 4(b) of this Act;

(c) Twelve billion seven hundred eighty million pesos (₱12,780,000,000) for the community mortgage program under Section 4(c) of this Act;

(d) Two billion five hundred forty-two million pesos (₱2,542,000,000) for the cost recoverable program under Section 4(d) of this Act; and

(e) Three billion pesos (₱3,000,000,000) for the Local Housing Program under Section 4(e) of this Act.

There shall be a continuing annual appropriation in the total amount of not less than Five billion pesos (₱5,000,000,000) starting from the fiscal year 1995 and every fiscal year thereafter until such time that the total funding requirement under this Act shall have been fully released:Provided, however,That any fund in excess of the total funding requirements under this Act that may be derived from any or all of the sources provided herein, shall be used to augment the NHA's Resettlement Program fund to cushion the impact of displacement arising from eviction and demolition as provided in Section 28 of R. A. No. 7279, to wit:

a. When persons or entities occupy danger areas such asesteros, railroad tracks, garbage dumps, river banks, shorelines, waterways, and other public places such as sidewalks, roads, parks and playgrounds;

b. When government infrastructure projects with available funding are about to be implemented; or

c. When there is a court order for eviction and demolition.