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Establishing the role of communities in governance: the experience of the Homeless People’s Federation Philippines

Sandra Yu

c/o Philippine Action for Community-led Shelter Initiatives, 221, Tandang Sora Avenue, Quezon City, Philippinesysand{at}pacific.net.ph

Anna Marie Karaos

Institute on Church and Social Issues, Ateneo de Manila, Loyola Heights, Quezon City, Philippinesakaraos{at}ateneo.edu

This paper describes the achievements of the Homeless People’s Federation Philippines (HPFP), a network of community-based savings groups that works towards securing land tenure, upgrading settlements and improving the economic status of its members. The groups use savings not only as a strategy for financing their investments but also as a social mechanism to mobilize communities, promote learning and the development of support systems, and open up the potential for new kinds of partnership with local government. By 2003, this community-driven initiative had 39,000 members nationwide, in groups that, increasingly, have been able to engage proactively with government to address their land and shelter needs.

Environment and Urbanization, Vol. 16, No. 1, 107-120 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/095624780401600109
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