BATAS PAMBANSA BLG.

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MINIMUM DESIGN STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS
FORECONOMIC AND SOCIALIZED HOUSINGPROJECTS
THE KEY HOUSING AGENCIES

HUDCC
NHA
HIGC
HLURB
NHMFC

: planning and technical assistance

: augment and enhance local government capabilities
: guarantee schemes to encourage financial institutions
: comprehensive plans for urban and urbanizable areas
: Community Mortgage Program

Affordable cost - refers to the most reasonable price of land and shelter based on the
needs and financial capability of Program Beneficiaries and Appropriate Financing
Schemes (RA 7279)

Economic Housing: house and lot package at P500,000

Socialized Housing: house and lot package at P180,000

MINIMUM LEVEL OF COMPLETION

Economic - complete based on specifications
Socialized - shell house with doors and windows to enclose the unit
CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION AND LICENSE TO SELL

No subdivision or condominium intended for economic and socialized housing shall be sold
unless it has been registered and issued a License to Sell

BASIC NEEDS

Water
Movement and Circulation
Storm Drainage
Solid & Liquid Waster Disposal
Parks and Playgrounds
Power
SITE CRITERIA

Availability of Basic Needs

Conformity w/ zoning ordinances
and land use plan

no caseSuitability
shall an
In Physical
allocated for
area
Accessibility
and
parks

playgrounds be less
square
than100
meters. An addition
of 1% increment for
every 10 or fraction
thereof above 225.

LAND ALLOCATION

No fixed ratio between saleable and non-saleable

portions

Windows

At least 10% of the floor area of the room.

Bathrooms1/20 of its floor area.
Ceiling height of not less than 2.0meters.

Interior Stairs

a) Width. -minimum clear width of 0.60 meter.

b) Riser and Run.- maximum riser height of 0.25

- minimum tread width of 0.20 meter.

c) Headroom Clearance- minimum headroom clearance of 2.0 meters.

d) Landings.- 3.60 meters.

e) Handrails. not less than 4 risers need not have handrails

f) Guard and Handrail Details. The design of guards and handrails and

hardware for attaching handrails to guards, balusters of masonry walls shall

be such that these are made safe and convenient.

f.1Handrails on stairs- 0.80 meter or more than 1.20 meters

f.2Handrails- minimum clearance of 38 millimetersfrom the wall

CIRCULATION SYSTEM

min. of 2for asphalt pavement

min. of6 for concrete

INTERIOR SUBDIVISIONS
must secure right-of-way to nearest public road
minimum ROW of 10 meters

SUBDIVISION ENTRANCES

depth and setback must accommodate

loading and unloading of passengers

ALLEYS AND PATHWALKS

to serve as block breakers
3-meterROW
maximum length of 60meters
paved with macadam

CUL-DE-SAC/ TURNABOUTS

WATER SUPPLY
connection to public water supply system or
independent water supply system at 150 liters/capita/day
potable and adequate
ground reservoir 25 meters from source of pollution/contaminants

POWER SUPPLY
provide 1 streetlight per pole if poles are spaced at 50meters
provide 1 at every other pole if poles are spaced at less than 50 meters

SEWER AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS

communal or individual septic tank conforming to Sanitation Code
drainage system shall be concrete-lined with load-bearing cover

NON-RESIDENTIAL USE

floor area authorized for nonresidential use shall not exceed 25% of
total residential area

ELEVATOR REQUIREMENTS

provision of elevator mandatory for projects above 5 storeys

CORRIDORS

DISTANCE BETWEEN BUILDINGS

DOOR

WALL

FIRE
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nition of terms:

1. Alley a public way with a width of 2.0 meters intended to break a block

and toserve both pedestrian and for emergency vehicles, both ends connecting to
streets. It shall not be used as access to property.

2. Block- A parcel of land bounded on the sides by streets occupied by or

intended for buildings.

3. Board or HLURB- shall mean the Housing and Land Use Regulatory

Board.

4. Cluster Housing - single-family detached dwelling unit containing three or

more separate living units grouped closely together to form relatively compact
structures.

5. Community Facilities- facilities or structures intended to serve common

needs and for the benefit of the community, such as neighborhood/multipurpose

center, drugstore, school, livelihood center, and the like.

6. Dwelling - a building designed or used as residence for one or more

families.

DWELLING TYPES

Single Detached- a dwelling for 1 family which is completely surrounded by

permanent open spaces, with independent access, services, and use of land.

Duplex/Single Attached- a dwelling containing 2 or more separate living

units each of which is separated from another by party or lot lines walls and provided
with independent access, services, and use of land. Such dwelling shall include
duplexes, quadruplex or terraces, and cluster housing.

Row house - a single-attached dwelling containing 3 or more separate living

units designed in such a way that they abut each other at the sides, as in a row, and
are separated from each other by party walls; provided with independent access,
and use of land. There shall be a maximum of 20 units per block or cluster but in no
case shall this be beyond 100 meters in length.

Single-family dwelling shall mean single family per lot.

Multi Family Dwelling a dwelling on 1 lot containing separate living units for

3 or more families, usually provided with common access, services and use of land.

b. Level of Completion

Shell house- a habitable dwelling unit which meets the minimum

requirements for a housing core with the following additional components being
included as part thereof:

1) All exterior walls to enclose the unit

2) Openings for doors and windows
3) Plumbing fixtures
4) Electrical wiring within the unit
5) Floor
Complete House - a habitable dwelling unit which meets the minimum

requirements for a shell house with the following additional components being
included as part thereof: all windows and doors and partition walls for separating
functional areas.

7. Economic Housing - a type of housing project provided to average income

families.

8. Fire Resistive Time Period Rating- fire resistive time period is the length

of time a material can withstand being burned which may be 1 hour, 2 hours, 3
hours, 4 hours or more.

9. Firewall- any wall which separates 2 abutting living units and extends

vertically from the lowest portion of the wall which adjoins the 2 living

units up to a minimum height of 0.30 meter above the highest portion of

the roof attached to it; the firewall shall also extend horizontally up to a

minimum distance beyond the outermost edge of the abutting living units.

(Amended per Board Res. No. 824, Series of 2008)

10. Frontage- that part or end of a lot which abuts a street.

11. Living Unit - a dwelling, or portion thereof, providing complete living

facilities

for 1 family, including provisions for living, sleeping, cooking, eating, bathing

and toilet facilities and laundry facilities, the same as a single-family dwelling.

12. Lot- a portion of a subdivision or any parcel of land intended as a unit for

transfer of ownership or for building development.

13. Lot Line Wall- a wall used only by the party upon whose lot the wall is

located, erected at a line separating two parcels of land each of which is a separate
real estate entity.

14. Multi Family Dwelling a dwelling on one lot containing separate living

units for 3 or more families, usually provided with common access, services and use

of land.

15. Occupancy the purpose for which a building is used or intended to be

used. The term shall also include the building or room housing such use. Change of
occupancy is not intended to include change of tenants or proprietors.

16. Open Space - shall refer to areas allocated for the following purposes:

a. Circulation
b. Community facilities
c. Park/playground
d. Easements
e. Courts
17. Party Wall - a wall used jointly by two parties under easement agreement,

erected upon a line separating 2 parcels of land each of which is a separate real
estate.

18. Pathwalk a public way intended to be used only as pedestrian access to

property for socialized housing projects. It shall have a width of 3.0 meters and a
maximum length of 60 meters.

19. Parks/Playgrounds- that portion of the subdivision which is generally not

built

on and intended for passive or active recreation.

20. Socialized Housing - refers to housing programs and projects covering

houses and lots and homelots only undertaken by the government or the private
sector for the underprivileged and homeless citizens which shall include sites and
services development, long term financing, liberalized terms on interest payments,
and such other benefits in accordance with the provisions of R.A. 7279 or the urban
development and housing act of 1992.

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ECONOMIC AND SOCIALIZED HOUSING

MULTIPLE CHOICES:

1. The maximum size for a pocket park is

a. 120 sq.m c.150 sq.m

b. 100 sq.m d. 75 sq.m

2. Maximum block length is

a. 250 m. c. 300 m.

b. 200 m. d. 400 m.

3. Maximum block length bounded by an alley is

a. 150 m. c. 200 m.

b. 100 m. d. 250 m.

4. Maximum block length bounded by pathwalk is

a. 100 m. c. 150 m.

b. 120 m. d. 200 m.

5. The minimum horizontal dimension of courts and yards shall not be less than

a. 2.50 m. c. 2.00 m.

b. 3.00 m. d. 1.50 m. 6. All inner courts shall be connected to a street or yard, either

by a passageway with a minimum

width of

a. 2.50 m. c. 1.50 m.

b. 2.00 m. d. 1.20 m.

7. Every court shall have a width of not less than

a. 1.50 m. c. 2.50 m.

b. 2.00 m. d. 3.00 m.

8. The minimum floor area requirement for single family dwelling shall be:

a. 24 sq.m c. 32 sq.m

b. 20 sq.m d. 36 sq.m

9. Minimum ceiling heights habitable room without ceiling, a minimum headroom

clearance

of______ shall be provided

a. 1.80 m. c. 2.00 m.

b. 2.20 m. d. 2.10 m.

10. Mezzanine floors shall have a clear ceiling height of not less than _______ above

and below

it, provided that it shall not cover 50% of the floor area below it.

a. 2.70 m. c. 2.10 m.

b. 2.00 m. d. 1.80 m.

11. Doors shall have a minimum clear height of

a. 1.80 m. c. 2.10 m.

b. 2.00 m. d. 2.20 m.

12. For bathroom doors and doors in the mezzanine minimum height shall be.

a. 1.80 m. c. 2.10 m.

b. 200 m. d. 2.20 m.

13. Minimum clear width for main door shall be

a. 1.00 m. c. 0.80 m.

b. 090 m. d. 0.70 m.

14. Minimum clear width for service door and bedroom door shall be

a. 0.65 m. c. 0.80 m.

b. 0.60 m. d. 0.70 m.

15. Minimum clear width for bathroom door shall be

a. 0.50 m. c. 0.70 m.

b. 0.60 m. d. 0.80 m.

16. Rooms for habitable use shall be provided with windows with a total free area of

openings

equal to a least _________ of the floor area of the room.

a. 15% c. 12%

b. 14% d. 10%

17. Stairs shall have a minimum clear width of

a. 0.60 m. c. 0.70 m.

b. 0.55 m. d. 0.65 m.

18. Stairs shall have a maximum riser height of 0.25 meters and minimum tread

width of;

a. 0.22 m. c. 0.20 m.

b. 0.30 m. d. 0.25 m.

19. Stairs shall have a minimum headroom clearance of

a. 2.10 m. c. 2.20 m.

b. 2.00 m. b. 1.50 m.

20. Maximum height between landing shall be

a. 3.60 m. c. 3.00 m.

b. 3.50 m. d. 2.70 m.

IDENTICATION:

1.___________________ a public way with a width of 2.0 meters intended to break

a block and to serve both pedestrian and for emergency vehicles, both ends connecting to
streets. It shall not be used as access to property.

2.__________________- A parcel of land bounded on the sides by streets occupied

by or intended for buildings.

3._________________ - shall mean the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board.

4. __________________ single-family detached dwelling unit containing three or

more separate living units grouped closely together to form relatively compact structures.

5.___________________- facilities or structures intended to serve common needs

and for the benefit of the community, such as neighborhood/multipurpose center, drugstore,
school, livelihood center, and the like.

6. _________________ a building designed or used as residence for one or more

families.

7.________________ - a dwelling for 1 family which is completely surrounded by

permanent open spaces, with independent access, services, and use of land.

8.__________________a dwelling containing 2 or more separate living units each of

which is separated from another by party or lot lines walls and provided with independent
access, services, and use of land. Such dwelling shall include duplexes, quadruplex or
terraces, and cluster housing.

9.__________________________ a single-attached dwelling containing 3 or more

separate living units designed in such a way that they abut each other at the sides, as in a
row, and are separated from each other by party walls; provided with independent access,
and use of land. There shall be a maximum of 20 units per block or cluster but in no case
shall this be beyond 100 meters in length.

10.________________________ shall mean single family per lot.

11__________________________ a dwelling on 1 lot containing separate living units

for 3 or more families, usually provided with common access, services and use of land.

12.___________________________ a habitable dwelling unit which meets the

minimum requirements for a housing core with the following additional components.

13.___________________________ a habitable dwelling unit which meets the

minimum requirements for a shell house with the following additional components being
included as part thereof: all windows and doors and partition walls for separating functional
areas.

14.________________________ - a type of housing project provided to average

income families.

15.__________________________- fire resistive time period is the length of time a

material can withstand being burned which may be 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, 4 hours or
more.

16.._________________________ - any wall which separates 2 abutting living units

and extends vertically from the lowest portion of the wall which adjoins the 2 living units up to
a minimum height of 0.30 meter above the highest portion of the roof attached to it; the

firewall shall also extend horizontally up to a minimum distance beyond the outermost edge
of the abutting living units.

17.._________________________- that part or end of a lot which abuts a street.

18.________________________ - a dwelling, or portion thereof, providing complete

living facilities

for 1 family, including provisions for living, sleeping, cooking, eating, bathing and

toilet facilities and laundry facilities, the same as a single-family dwelling.

19.._________________________- a portion of a subdivision or any parcel of land

intended as a unit for transfer of ownership or for building development.

20.________________________ - a wall used only by the party upon whose lot the

wall is located, erected at a line separating two parcels of land each of which is a separate
real estate entity.

21.___________________________ a dwelling on one lot containing separate living

units for 3 or more families, usually provided with common access, services and use

of land.

22.__________________________ the purpose for which a building is used or

intended to be used. The term shall also include the building or room housing such use.
Change of occupancy is not intended to include change of tenants or proprietors.

22____________________________ a wall used jointly by two parties under

easement agreement, erected upon a line separating 2 parcels of land each of which is a
separate real estate.

23._____________________________ a public way intended to be used only as

pedestrian access to property for socialized housing projects. It shall have a width of 3.0
meters and a maximum length of 60 meters.

24. _____________________________ - that portion of the subdivision which is

generally not built on and intended for passive or active recreation.

25.______________________________ - refers to housing programs and projects

covering houses and lots and homelots only undertaken by the government or the private
sector for the underprivileged and homeless citizens which shall include sites and services
development, long term financing, liberalized terms on interest payments, and such other

Lot Line Wall -

Frontageoccupancy

Party Wall -

benefits in accordance with the provisions of R.A. 7279 or the urban development and
housing act of Dwelling
1992.
Single-Family

Cluster Housingcomplete House -

Economic Housing

- Alley

Board Or Hlurb

Block

Single Detached.

Duplex/Single
Attached

Fire Resistive Time Period Rating.

Pathwalk

Multi Family Dwelling

Community Facilities Dwelling

Socialized
Housing - .

Open Space

Row House -

Firewallliving
Unit

Lot

Shell House

Multi Family Dwelling

Pathwalk

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