Tracing Lupang Arenda's Journey Towards Recognitionby the Barangay Informal Settlers Affairs Office
Posted by mariannemores on 16 March 2022 in English.Barangay Santa Ana Geography and Location Barangay Sta. Ana is the second largest barangay in the Municipality with a total of 810.3 hectares covering 20.90% of The municipal land area. It is bounded in the north by the municipality of Cainta, by the cities of Pasig and Taguig in the west, Barangay San Juan in the east, and by the Laguna Lake in The south. The barangays general topography is generally low lying and flat. Sta. Ana is dissected by the Mangahan Floodway which divides the barangay into two sections—Sta. Ana Poblacion located in the east, and Floodway and Lupang Arenda in the west. The poblacion is drained by Taytay River which flows southwestward towards Manggahan Floodway while Lupang Arenda is drained by Napindan Channel, both of which empties the Laguna Lake.
BarangaySantaAna Population and Density Accordingto the 2015 Philippine Statistics Authority Census, Barangay Sta. Ana has a population of 91, 343. In 2018, through a barangay initiated census, the population Of the barangay is now projected at 110,000, with majority of the population coming from the Poblacion and Lupang Arenda. With its large population size and limited land area, Barangay Sta. Ana has the highest population density in the entire municipality with an estimate of 112 persons per square kilometer.
Lupang Arenda Housing and Settlement In the early 90’s, then President Fidel Ramos declared the area of Lupang Arenda (Presidential Decree [PD] 704) and Floodway (PD 458 and 1160) as government relocation sites for the poor families of Taytay and the relocates of the Pasig River Rehabilitation project. However, the areas were flocked by families from different provinces all over the country, and has now an estimate of 15,000 families.
Lupang Arenda Housing and Settlement In 2009, after typhoon Ondoy, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo issued Executive Order (EO) 854, which revokes all PDs issued by Ramos siting the flooding that occurred during Ondoy and declaring the areas uninhabitable. Due to this, thousands of families are now considered informal settlers.
LupangArenda IssuesandChallenges Liquefaction Presidential Issuances(Pres. Arroyo’s) Professional Squatting Syndicates Lack of detailed map of community
Philippines OpenStreetMap community and volunteers assisted in generating drone images of Lupang Arenda in 2019. Because of this, streets were more visible and infrastructural issues were identifiable, the community was able to plot the street names, and boundaries can be delineated better. It is also a good source of data towards distribution of land to the community.
Lupang Arenda Solutions Creation of the Barangay Informal Settlers Affairs Office (BISAO) Issuance of CELO: Certificate of Lot Occupation CAOHA: Certificate of Actual Occupants and House Assessment Mapping Geodetic Assessment
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Tracing Lupang Arenda’s Journey towards Recognition Presenter: Barangay Informal Settlers AffairsOffice