The Socialized Housing and Economic

Housing under BP 220

"Merun pa lang dalawang classification ng housing sa batas na kailangan ikuha ng
License to Sell." as one of my mentor pointed out. He continued, "mahirap ibenta ang
property kung hindi mo alam ikumpara ang isang property sa isa." He's referring to
why there are houses with prices below 400,000, around 1 Million, 2.5 Million and above.

These knowledge made me say, "ahh oo nga". Well, as an ordinary seller, all we know is
just to sell property and help client owning their dream home. These ideas are actually very
helpful as many township and housing projects sprouting around provinces and are many
option for buyers that make them confused with the differences.

I'm referring to Housing Projects under BP 220 and PD 957 classification

which both need a separate license to sell a housing developer need to apply for at
Housing Land - Use Regulatory Board (HLURB).
For now here is the Socialized and Economic Housing both under Batas Pambansa (BP)
220.

BP 220 - Minimum Design Standard

By Minimum Lot Area

House Design Socialized Housing Economic Housing
Single Detached 64 sqm 72 sqm
Duplex/Single Atached 48 sqm 54 sqm
Row house 28 sqm 36 sqm

By Minimum Floor Area

18 sqm for socialized housing
22 sqm for economic housing

By Price Ceiling
Php. 450,000 and below for socialized housing
Php. 300,000 to 1,250,000 for economic housing

BP 220 Law requires and encourages the developer to offer out and deliver affordable and
quality housing for the people to have a balanced housing development in the country.

With all the differences, we cannot compare properties in different classification like
comparing prices, features and amenities or the communities between socialized housing,
economic housing or medium cost housing.

For complete detail and IRR of BP 220 see this link: http://old.hlurb.gov.ph/uploads/laws-
issuances/BP220IRR/Revised_IRR_BP220_2008.pdf