CLIFF PHILIPPINESTHE SECOND PHASE

The CLIFF is a global facil-ity that mobilizes various re-sources from different actors

that bridge the funding gap to support community–led upgrad-ing and housing projects for the poor. Its goal is to reduce poverty by increasing the access of slum dwellers to public, private and civil society sector resources for hous-ing and basic services delivery.

CLIFF is now in its second phase with a purpose to enable organi-zations of the urban poor to ac-cess greater public, private and civil society sector resources to deliver adequate and sustain-able housing and basic services for slum dwellers through innovative practice and influence on policy. Support and funding for CLIFF come from the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Swedish Interna-tional Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), channeled through and managed by Homeless Inter-national (HI) - a UK-based NGO.

For the second phase, CLIFF in-tends to expand its reach to new areas and with new implementing partners to scale-up the delivery of adequate and sustainable hous-ing and basic services for slum dwellers. From the first three (3) implementing partners, namely the Indian Alliance (SPARC, National Slum Dwellers Federation, Nir-man), the Kenyan Alliance (AMT/Pamoja/ Muungano Wa Wanavijiji), and the Philippine Alliance [Home-less Peoples Federation Philippines, Inc. (HPFPI) and Philippine Ac-

tion for Community-led Shelter Initiatives, Inc. (PACSII)], CLIFF now includes Lumanti for Nepal and the National Housing Coop-erative Union (NACHU) for Kenya.

The Philippine Alliance has been in-troduced to HI and CLIFF through the support and endorsement of the Slum / Shack Dwellers Internation-al Inc (SDI). CLIFF welcomed the Philippine Alliance as an implement-ing partner in 2007, having passed the requirements and criteria set.

YEAR TWO AND ONWARDSSCALING UP, FURTHER EXPANSION AND ESTABLISHING PASUFI

For Year 2 onwards, the Phil-ippine Alliance plans to:

a) enhance capacities for scaled up CLIFF project implementation through organizational strengthen-ing and institutional development;

b) conduct policy research and advocacy on reforming or nego-tiating for pro-poor implemen-tation of identified policies and regulations that reduce housing development –related taxes, fees, documentary requirements, relax design and building standards, and promote alternative building mate-rials to lower cost of housing de-velopment;

c) develop a national level on-line data base on CLIFF-relevant data, formulate and implement an effective communications strategy to promote CLIFF

d) implement affordable, com-munity-driven housing and up-grading initiatives in eight (8) cit-ies / towns, where government collaboration is strong with fertile ground for scaling up affordable and innovative financing of hous-ing projects, and more importantly,

e) prepare the operation of PASUFI as a self sustaining plat-form to fully recycle, manage, leverage,financial and non-finan-cial resources, and explore innova-tive schemes to support commu-nity-driven upgrading from Year 3 onwards.

Upgrading and housing initia-tives for year 2 within which to build the base for PASUFI afford-able finance modelling and in-novation comprise the following:

Rodriguez Municipality,Rizala) Payatas Scavengers Home-owners Association Inc (PSHAI) additional 56 units incremental housing (out of projected total of 280) in Brgy. San Isidro

b) Relocation community in Brgy. San Jose, Rodriguez, for 50 units incremental housing out of a projected total of 100

Labo Municipality,Camarines NorteAnahaw Self-initiative Develop-ment Association (ASIDA), for construction of pilot 50 housing units out of a projected total of 298

Sorsogon City, BikolFor high-risk informal settlers to be resettled on government-pro-vided site, Sorsogon City: for con-struction of pilot 60 housing units

Iloilo Citya) Riverview Village Home-owners Association, Inc. (RV-VHAI), San Isidro Relocation Site, Jaro, Iloilo City: for construction of additional 40 housing units out of a projected total of 90

b) Megaworld Homeowner’s As-sociation, Brgy. Lanit, Jaro, Iloilo City: for construction of 40 pilot housing units for onsite relocatees of Megaworld relocation site out of a projected total of 100 units

c) New Site Zone 8 Veterans Village HOA, Brgy.Veterans Vil-lage, City Proper, Iloilo City: 1st phase construction of 40 hous-ing units for families affected by onsite reblocking in a Presi-dential Proclamation Area, out of a projected total of 150 units

d) New Baldoza HOA (Mon-tinola Property), Brgy.Lanit,Jaro, Iloilo City: construction of 40 pilot housing units for informal settlers of the Montinola Prop-erty to be relocated to a PCUP (Presidential Commission on Ur-ban Poor)-acquired relocation site, out of a projected total of 225

Mandaue City, Cebua) Malibu Matimco Village Homeowners Association, Inc. (MMVHAI), Mandaue City: for construction of additional 80 housing units, out of a projected total of 295

b) Santa Cruz Village Homeown-ers Association Inc. (SCVHAI), Mandaue City: for construction of pilot/demonstration 20 hous-ing units, out of a projected total of 179

c) Sitio Mahayag Alliance Of Structure Household (SMASH), Mandaue City: for construction of 20 pilot/demonstration hous-ing units out of a projected 150 unit and a 300 meter riprap

Digos City, Davao Del SurSinawilan (Latasa-Josol) Relocation Village Community, Brgy. Sinawi-lan, Digos City: for construction of additional 40 housing units for

relocatees of government-provid-ed relocation site, potentially cater-ing to the rest of the 164 families

Kidapawan City, Cotabatoa) HPFP Resettlement Village HOA, Inc., Brgy. Singaw, Kidapa-wan City: for construction of 50 housing units on direct-purchase relocation site, out of a projected target of 135

b) Viva Friendship HOA, Inc., Brgy. Manongol, Kidapawan City: for construction of 30 housing units on direct-purchase reloca-tion site

Davao City: Brgy. Los Ami-gos, Tugbok -3rd District, Davao CityFor construction of 40 pilot hous-ing units for onsite relocatees on government-provided relocation site, out of a projected target of 408

Loan packages for these upgrad-ing or housing developments range from P70,000 to 150,000 at interest rates of 6% straight line or 9% diminishing schemes at 6 – 15 years payment periods.

PHILIPPINE ALLIANCE OFFICES:

Central Offices: 221 Tandang Sora Ave. 1116 Quezon CityTelephone Numbers:HPFPI: +63 (2) 455 9480 ● Fax +63 (2) 454 2834PACSII: +632-4559480 ● FAX +632-4542834

Below: MMVHAI Housing Project funded by CLIFF in Mandaue City, Cebu starting from Year

One of CLIFF Philippines.

...IT ALL STARTED IN ILOILO CITY

CLIFF Philippines started in Iloilo City in 2007 to: a) develop a citywide finance

facility that invests in community driven and participatory proc-esses in housing provision; and b) build the capacities of housing participants (end-users) through their extensive involvement in all project stages, such as project development and planning, hous-ing design, procurement and con-struction management. The Iloilo project involves the recycling of CLIFF capital through repayment of affordable housing loans to support community-driven de-

velopment of a total of 193 shell housing units. The 193 starter housing units are divided into 2 projects: the 21 unit KABALAKA Housing Demonstration and the 172 unit Community-Managed Resettlement Housing on Iloilo City San Isidro Relocation site. Contributing to the gains and learning in the Iloilo project is co-implementation by the Iloilo City Urban Poor Network (ICUPN), the city-wide urban poor network that has been collaborating with the HPFPI and the City on reloca-tion and housing as early as 2005.

CLIFF PHASE 2 OBJECTIVES

For the current phase of CLIFF, the Philippine Alliance pur-sues the following objectives:

i. CLIFF implementation scaled-up to nine cities and three municipalities in the

Philippines and build capacity of the Philippine Alliance in relevant functional areas of intervention (legal, technical, environmental, construction management, docu-mentation, organizational and networking) and relevant levels of intervention (spanning communi-ty, institutional and policy levels);

ii. The Philippine Action for Slum Upgrading Facility Inc. (PAS-UFI) operating as the Philippine Allliance’s alternative and sustaina-ble (financially self-reliant) financial vehicle in the national and regional levels to promote public, private and civil society sector participa-tion and leveraging of resources to deliver adequate, affordable and sustainable housing and basic services to slum dwellers at scale;

i. Community-driven city-wide partnerships developed with public, private and civil

society sectors, that mobilize, lev-erage and blend financial and non-financial resources to deliver adequate and affordable hous-ing and basic services for slum dwellers, and jointly formulate policies and practices therefore;

ii. Innovative schemes and joint ventures (e.g. medium rise build-ings, shared ownership, cross sub-sidies involving combination of economic and rental housing for the poor, land banking) under-taken with public, private and civil society sectors that leverage vari-ous resources to deliver adequate, sustainable and affordable housing and basic services to slum dwell-ers .

i. Affordable financial packages and alternative subsidies1 formulated to

support the construction of hous-ing for households.

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ii. Affordable financial packages and alternative subsidies formulat-ed to support the construction of basic services solutions for house-holds;

i. Strengthened capacity and role of communities in local governance processes

relevant to land use and shelter concerns, such as through city development planning, budget-ing, shelter planning and housing and basic services delivery mecha-nisms;

ii. Changes in policy and practice that support community driven approaches in the delivery of ade-quate and sustainable housing and basic services.

Appropriate communica-tions strategy formulated

and implemented involving, amongst other pieces of work, or-ganizing national and potential in-ternational learning and sharing of good practices through commu-nity exchanges, an online platform for exchange of CLIFF experience nationally, and the production of manuals, and regular reports.

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YEAR ONE: LEARNING FROM ILOILO CITY AND EXPANSION TO 3 CITIES

For the 1st year of CLIFF phase 2, The Philippine Alliance en-hanced its capacities to imple-

ment CLIFF by maximizing CLIFF Iloilo as its learning hub, built on the Iloilo experience and ongo-ing completion of the remainder of the 193 shell housing units, in expanding to 3 new cities to wit:

Rodriguez Municipality, Rizal Payatas Scavengers Homeowners Association Inc (PSHAI) commu-nity-driven site development and 70-units incremental housing, in Brgy. San Isidro

Mandaue City, CebuMalubu-Matimco Village Homeowners Association Inc (MMVHAI) community-driven 20 units incremental interlocking compressed earth blocks (ICEB) housing development

Digos City, Davao Del Sur: a) San Jose Boundary Bal-utakay Neighborhood Associa-tion Inc (SJBBNAI) community driven development of 20 units incremental ICEB housing and 10 units of house improvement;

b) Purok Rosas Neighbor-hood Association Inc (PRONAI) community-managed reblock-ing and development of 20-30 incremental ICEB housing units and up to 30 units housing repair.

1 The Cost of securing tenure, services and housing is high. Alternative subsidies are exemptions and /or reductions on related taxes, permits, fees, documentary require-ments, land and equipment counterparts that can be explored to come up with affordable financing packages.

PHOTOS ILOILO & YEAR ONE PROJECTS

PHOTOSYEAR TWOPROJECTS

1. Site planning of the coomunity of PSHAI in Rodriguez, Rizal

2. The pioneering HPFPI Iloilo City - ICEB rowhouses

3. Manual surveying by the commu-nity of PRONAI in Digos City.

Year Two: Meeting with the communities in Montiola Property in Iloilo City.

1. Site Development w/ the community of Labo Municipality in

Camarines Norte.2. Community meeting in Sorsogon City, Bicol.3. Community meeting

in Sinawilan, Digos City.

4. Manual surveying of the community

of Viva Friendship in kidapawan City.

5. Community meeting in Megaworld HOA (MHA) in Jaro, Iloilo

City w/ PACSII, HPFPI. and ICUPN.

6. Initial commu-nity visit in Los Amigos

Relocation Site, Tugbok District, Davao City with Davao CPDO,

HPFPI & PACSII.7. Site mapping of the SJBBNAI community in

Digos City.8. Surveying lecture of

HOA 1 community in Kidapawan City.

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