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Zone One Tondo Organization (ZOTO), also known as Samahan ng Mamamayan-ZOTO is a federation of urban poor community groups based in relocation sites and areas for demolition in the Philippines. [1] Established in October 20, 1970, [ 2 ] ZOTO is the oldest urban poor organization in the Philippines.
The Philippine House Committee on Housing and Urban Development, or House Housing and Urban Development Committee is a standing committee of the Philippine House of Representatives. Jurisdiction [ edit ]
Based on the Rules of the Senate, the Senate Committee on Urban Planning, Housing and Resettlement has 11 members. The President Pro Tempore, the Majority Floor Leader, and the Minority Floor Leader are ex officio members.
Community organization is differentiated from conflict-oriented community organizing, which focuses on short-term change through appeals to authority (i.e., pressuring established power structures for desired change), by focusing on long-term and short-term change through direct action and the organizing of community (i.e., the creation of alternative systems outside of established power ...
The league as the following mission statement: [3] To foster unity and cooperation among all cities in the country; To promote the interest and welfare of its members; To provide a cohesive force that embodies the sentiments and aspirations of its members and advocates the principles, among others, of enhanced devolution and decentralization, integrated development planning, coordination of ...
In the Philippines, residents of slum areas are commonly referred to as "squatters" and have historically been subject to relocation or forced demolition. With a steadily growing metropolitan area, Metro Manila is subject to a densifying population of slum dwellers—a 2014 article states that Manila has an estimated 4 million people living in ...
Congress enacted the Local Government Code of the Philippines in 1991 to "provide for a more responsive and accountable local government structure instituted through a system of decentralization with effective mechanisms of recall, initiative, and referendum, allocate among the different local government units their powers, responsibilities ...
House meetings, where a series of house meetings are held in a community, leading to a community congress to form an organization. This approach was developed by Fred Ross. The Community Service Organization (CSO) was a good example, and a similar approach was used by the Cesar Chavez (who was an organizer in the CSO) in the United Farm Workers.