The Social Sector |
Welfare Services and Development
Welfare Clienteles
Over the 3-year period from 1994 to 1996, there was an increasing trend in the
number of clients served by the city government thru the City Social Welfare and
Development Office (CSWDO). The children and youth sector received the most number
of services with 6,979 cases. Some of the reported cases include rape victims,
incest relationship, child abuse and drugs. One hundred of such cases reported
to the CSWDO were brought to the attention of the court. Emergency service ranks
second with an incidence of 3,644 cases. Services extended include medical assistance,
assistance to disaster victims and coffin assistance.
In 1996, the CSWDO recorded a total of 119 distressed individuals. Barangays Booy,
Dampas and Taloto recorded the highest incidence with twenty (20) cases each.
Barangays Mansasa and Ubujan have no distressed clients. About 60 percent females
are involved while the males are involved only in 39.5 percent of the cases reported.
About 946 elderly/senior citizens were served with more than 50 percent women.
Barangays Poblacion II and Cogon were highest with 173 and 146 cases, respectively.
Poblacion III has nil.
Housing
In 1990, the National Census and Statistics Office (NCSO) reported a total of
10,064 households for the City of Tagbilaran. Only 9,135 or 90.7 percent owned
houses while 929 or 9.2 percent are doubled-up or shared households. In 1995,
the total number of households grew to 12,428. Assuming a 9.2 percent doubled-up
households, about 1,143 families do not own a house.
Before 1995, a total of 2,480 house and lot units and homelots were made available
to beneficiaries. It involved a total land area of 50.3444 hectares or 503,444
square meters. Two (2) socialized housing projects, the Uptown Housing Project
(UTHP) Phase 1 and the UTHP Phase 3 were initiated by the City Government and
Provincial Government, respectively, benefiting some 271 middle-income families.
The homelot project of the Bol-anon Multipurpose Cooperative (TACECCO) benefited
634 cooperative members. The members pooled their money to buy 21.377 hectares
and subdivided it among themselves at 280 square meters each lot. The Lindaville
Subdivision Phase II, another socialized housing was developed in a 9.7567-hectare
land benefiting 549 beneficiaries. In comparison, the government housing has much
bigger lot area and cheaper than private housing.
Economic housing are also made available at a unit price ranging from PhP 350,000
and over with lot area of 100 sq. meters to 400 sq. meters.
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narrow the housing gap of 5,517 units, the city government is presently initiating
two (2) housing projects addressed to the lowest 30 percent of the population
of the society. On going is the 4-hectare resettlement project at the foot of
Banat-i Hill in Barangay Bool, generating 308 saleable units. The project is assisted
by the National Housing Authority (NHA) for the land development costing about
PhP 4.5million. The HABITAT for Humanity of Tagbilaran is constructing the housing
units. Presently, 4 duplexes are already completed and occupied by 8 families.
Construction is going on for 8 more duplexes under the regular Habitat program
and 15 more duplexes during the Jimmy Carter Work Camp (JCWC’99) on March 22-27,
1999. About 150 international and 1,200 local volunteers will help build the houses
together with the Habitat Homepartners. The house and lot package will cost about
PhP 55,000 payable in ten (10) years interest free.
Already in the pipe-line is another resettlement project for the urban poor on
a 3.7-hectare lot adjacent to the Habitat project. Expected beneficiaries are
the urban poor with less than PhP 6,000 family income a month. NHA is assisting
in the land development under the Poverty Alleviation Fund 2 (PAF 2) in the amount
of PhP 1.4million. |
SOURCE:
Socio-Economic Profile: City of Tagbilaran, 2002
(Office of the City Planning and Development Coordinator) |
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