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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 105 - APPROVING
AND DIRECTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM “PROVISION OF GROUP
HOME/FOSTER HOME FOR NEGLECTED, ABANDONED, ABUSED, DETACHED AND POOR
OLDER PERSONS AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES”
WHEREAS,
pursuant to Article XIII, Section II of the 1987 Philippine
Constitution “The State shall adopt an integrated and comprehensive
approach to health development which shall endeavor to make essential
goods, health and other social services (including housing) available
to all the people at affordable cost”;
WHEREAS, by virtue of the membership of the Philippine Government in
the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP),
the State is committed to implement the actions agreed upon in the
Macau Declaration and Plan of Action on Ageing for Asia and the
Pacific;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Executive Order No. 266, Republic Act 7277 and
Batas Pambansa 344, all concerned government departments, agencies,
offices, bureaus or instrumentalities including government owned and
controlled corporations, local government units and non-government
organizations are directed to ensure that the rights of older persons
and persons with disabilities are upheld, their needs and concerns are
addressed, and their roles as active participants in nation building
are fully recognized;
WHEREAS, a Technical Working Group, spearheaded by the Department of
Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) formulated the 1999-2004
Philippine Plan of Action for Older Persons (PPAOP) and Philippine Plan
of Action for Persons with Disabilities (PPWD) containing the country’s
vision for the upliftment and development of older persons and persons
with disabilities which shall serve as the instrument in implementing
the commitments of the Philippine Government to ESCAP and UN Decade of
PWDs;
WHEREAS, for the period 2001-2004, it is estimated that the average
proportion of population of persons 60 years old and above to total
population is about six percent (6%) and persons with disabilities is
about three percent (3%);
WHEREAS, the Philippine Plan of Action for Older Persons and Philippine
Plan of Action for Persons with Disabilities encouraged the provision
of group home/foster home for neglected, abandoned, abused and detached
older persons and persons with disabilities;
WHEREAS, Persons with Disabilities who choose to live independently or
outside their unit family home, shall likewise be afforded the right
for a housing unit;
WHEREAS, there is a need to establish a program, which will address the
housing requirements of neglected, abandoned, abused and unattached
older persons and persons with disabilities.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
order:
Section 1.
Sec. 2.
The families that will serve as caregivers for the poor aged and
disabled persons shall also be entitled to personal income tax
exemptions pursuant to the provisions of Republic Act 7432
Sec. 3.
The Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB) is also directed to
formulate housing designs and standards for the aged and disabled
persons and study the possibility of providing the provision of
group/foster homes for the aged and older persons as a mode of
compliance to the 20% balanced housing requirements under Republic Act
7279 or the Urban Development and Housing Act.
Sec. 4.
The HUDCC, NAPC and DSWD may call on the support and assistance of
other government agencies, bureaus and instrumentalities including
private sector organizations, in the implementation of this order,
which shall also guide the Local Government Units in the execution of
the program at the local level.
Sec. 5.
Sec. 6.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 16th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Two.
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