LOW-INCOME HOUSING FINANCE IN THE PHILIPPINES: COMMUNITY MORTGAGE PROGRAM Presented by : FLORENCIO R. CARANDANG JR. Social Housing Finance Corporation Workshop on Housing Finance, 26-29 June 2011, Corporate Nuhkt Resort Hotel, Ulaanbaatar City, Mongolia
PHILIPPINES: Some Facts
PHILIPPINES
PHILIPPINES Population (2010 est.): 94 million (2010 est.) 18.8 million families (HH) Poverty (2009): 26.5%, 24.9 M 20.9 %, 3.9 M HOUSING NEED 5.7 M units (2016) 3.7 M units (2010), 800k provided 3.8% of HH pop in informal settlements (714k) 5.65% of urban HH in informal settlements (74k)
PHILIPPINES HOUSING SITUATION for Poor Philippine government housing interventions for the bottom 30% of the population Housing interventions: resettlement and security of tenure But, barely 1% of the national budget allocated to housing URBAN POOR PROGRAM – COMMUNITY MORTGAGE PROGRAM
COMMUNITY MORTGAGE PROGRAM (Who are the beneficiaries?) The homeless and the underprivileged families – the poor
COMMUNITY MORTGAGE PROGRAM (Who are the beneficiaries?) The homeless and the underprivileged families – the poor
COMMUNITY MORTGAGE PROGRAM (Who are the beneficiaries?) The homeless and the underprivileged families – the poor
COMMUNITY MORTGAGE PROGRAM (Who are the beneficiaries?) The homeless and the underprivileged families – the poor
COMMUNITY MORTGAGE PROGRAM Government funded program – anti-poverty program For the homeless and the underprivileged communities in urban and urbanizable areas Financial assistance (loan) to purchase the land they are presently occupying LOAN DETAILS 25 years to pay 6% interest Community loan but can be individualized titles
COMMUNITY MORTGAGE PROGRAM (Pictures of Projects)
COMMUNITY MORTGAGE PROGRAM (Pictures of Projects)
COMMUNITY MORTGAGE PROGRAM (Pictures of Projects)
COMMUNITY MORTGAGE PROGRAM (Pictures of Projects)
COMMUNITY MORTGAGE PROGRAM (Highlights of accomplishment) Since 1989, collection efficiency 76%, latest 12 months – 85% Community members lives were transformed: - confident in their ways - pursue self-improvement – education, income generating activities, became health conscious
SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THE CMP Poverty is not permanent Provision of housing/shelter security aids poverty reduction Poverty is everybody’s business (government, private sector and including the poor themselves) “Alone we can accomplish little…together we can do so much!”