Tenure of Status of House / Lot

Table 1

     Some 11, 422 households or 46.96% of the households own their house and lot while 8,283 or 34.06% are renting either a house or a room. Others own the house but are renting the lots in some kind of arrangement. The rest of the household population is either living in public places; with rented/owned houses or lot, or rent-free houses or lots without the consent of the owner. These households fall under the informal settler’s category and are usually the problem area of the housing sector. The need to relocate to a more livable site is always the priority for this category of a household.

Type of Toilet Facilities, by Municipality

          Table 3

     A total of 20, 086 or 82.58% of the total households have water-sealed flush to sewer/septic tank systems while some households are sharing the same system amongst them. The rest of the household populace either uses the closed-pit or open-pit system while a small number have no toilet system at all or are using other means of sewerage disposal.

        Based on CBMS 2017 data, there are seven types of toilet facilities used by the24, 322 existing households in the municipality of Carmona. About 20, 086 or 82.58%of the total households are using their own water-sealed, sewer septic tanks while 13.88% or 3,377 households are sharing toilet facilities with other households. The rest are using owned and shared water-sealed another depository type of toilet facilities.

However, there are 180 recorded households with no toilet facilities using only their backyard and sometimes bodies of water and available public spaces.

Type of Construction Materials for Walls, by Municipality

         A total of 20, 653 households used strong construction materials for walls. This is 84.91% of the total 24, 322 households that exist in the municipality. Some used mixed but predominantly strong materials with 2,156 households or 8.86%. While some used light to mixed light materials, the rest are made of salvaged & mixed makeshift materials.  Three hundred twenty-six (326) households are using light materials such as bamboo, sawali, cogon, and nipa while few are using mixed but predominantly salvaged materials.

Table 5. Type of Construction Materials for Roof, by Municipality

About 90.79% of the total households in the municipality used strong construction materials for roofs. Some used mixed but predominantly strong materials while 1, 351 or 5.55% of the total households are using mixed but predominantly strong materials and 557 households with a share of 2.29% also make use of mixed but predominantly light materials.

Moreover, seventy-four (74) households are using light materials such as cogon, nipa and anahaw; 67 households used salvaged/ makeshift materials and 200 households are using mixed but predominantly salvaged materials.

Table 6

                                               Source: CBMS 2017-2018

          The number of households that own/use a faucet, and community water system for drinking water is 19,290 or 79.31% while 2,028 or 8.34% of households are connected to a shared faucet, and community water system or sharing a faucet with other households. 1,671 households get their drinking water from peddlers selling minerals, purified or just trucked in. A small number collect water from wells, springs, rivers, and rain due to extreme poverty. Some have no definite means of obtaining drinking water for their daily use.

          Based on 2017 CBMS data, there are ten (10) main sources of drinking water that exist in the municipality. There are 19, 288 households that use their own faucet while 1, 671 are using bottled or mineral water, and 2, 028 households source their water from a shared faucet. Few are using water that came from tubed/ pipe deep well and

tubed/piped shallow wells. Only one (1) household is using water from protected springs. Others are using water from peddlers, dug well, lake, river, rain and other sources of living water used for daily activities.

Table 6-Households with and without access to Safe Water

                                Source: CBMS Census 2017-2018

According to the data shown above, there are 1, 913 or7.87% of the total households have no access to safe water.  Barangay Mabuhay has the highest magnitude with 946 households without access to safe water; followed by Maduya with 607 households and Lantic with 141 noted households. Least magnitude of households without access to safe waterways was identified at Barangay 1 and Barangay 8. 

Table 7- Households with access to Electricity, by Barangay

 Source: CBMS Census 2017-2018

          Electric Company serves about 23, 179 or 95.30% of the total occupied housing units for their lighting and cooking needs while the rest have no electrical service at all using only generators and maybe kerosene, LPG or candle for lighting and cooking needs.

Table 7a: Sources of Electricity, 2019

Source: CBMS 2017-2018

Carmona Water District

Carmona Water District is the sole provider of water services in the municipality of Carmona. Out of 15,599 concessionaires, a total of 14,273 active concessionaires from different barangays were recorded in 2019. These are composed of 13, 491 residential/government subscribers and 782 are subscribers from commercial establishments. Residential and government subscribers peaked at Barangays 9-12 and 14. For commercial concessionaires, Barangay 9- Maduya has the most number of subscribers.

Table 9: CARMONA WATER DISTRICT RATE, 2019

Source: CWD 2019

The table above shows the water rate of Carmona Water District (CWD) classified in five types of service customers namely, residential/government; commercial/industrial; semi-commercial A; semi-commercial B, and semi-commercial C. Commodity charges depend on the maximum number of cubic meters used by the serviced residents, government and business establishments. First, residential/government water that is being used solely for domestic purposes has a minimum charge of P238.60.

               Commercial/industrial on the other hand is the water being used by business establishments in their day-to-day operations with a minimum charge worth P477.20. Semi-Commercial A is business establishments indirectly using water for their daily operations including dental and medical clinics, warehouses, groceries, government banks, drugstores, and fish and meat stalls with individual water meters with the minimum charge of P417.55.  Semi-Commercial B refers to the small business establishments such as sari-sari stores, vulcanizing, and repair shops and is expected to pay a minimum charge of P357.90. Lastly, Semi-Commercial C refers to the water used in apartments whose owners assume payment of water bills using one central water meter with a minimum charge of P298.25.

Table 10. Inventory of Residential Subdivisions, 2019

          As of 2019, the municipality of Carmona has twenty-three (23) existing residential subdivisions with a total land area of 234.45 hectares. Twenty-one (21) of these residential subdivisions are open market class or economic type that caters to families with medium to high income in and outside the municipality, while the remaining two (2) are socialized housing types. Of these residential subdivisions, Terraverde Residences Phase 2 has the highest number of units, with 1, 326, followed by the Mandarin Villas, with 1,107 units. The least number of housing units, on the other hand, is situated at the Manila SouthwoodsReal Estates Phase 3-A with 58 units. 

Residential Subdivisions, 2019

          The existing twenty-three (23) residential subdivisions are located at Barangays 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14. Barangay Lantic has the most number of residential subdivisions with ten (10), followed by Barangays Bancal, Milagrosa, and Cabilang Baybay. The Manila Southwoods Phase I-IV is the only subdivision at Barangay Cabilang Baybay, with a total land area of 54.51 hectares. It has 472 units that are open to families with medium to high income. 

Informal Settlers2019

Table 11: Households who are Informal Settlers per Barangay

*Households living in public places; with rented/owned house or lot, or rent-free house or lot without consent of the owner over the total number of households

**Number of households living in public places; with rented/owned house or lot, or rent-free house or lot without consent of the owner over the total number of households

          Based on the data collated from CBMS Census 2017-2018, there are seven hundred fifty-seven (757) households identified as informal settlers. The highest magnitude of informal settlers was identified at Barangay Bancal with 459 households, followed by Cabilang Baybay (94) and Maduya (87), while Barangay Mabuhay (16) got the least magnitude of informal settlers.

Inventory of Resettlement Areas

           There are four (4) resettlement areas in the municipality, three (3) of which namely, Phase 3 1/2, Milagrosa Homes and Paligawan Resettlement Area are owned by the Local Government Unit (LGU) while Phase 4 is under private ownership.

          Phase 4 which is located in Barangay Milagrosa has 781 families living in the same number of housing units. These families were tenants from Silverio Property in Barangay Cabilang-Baybay that were displaced when the owner of the land decided to develop it for commercial and industrial purposes. Phase 3½ in Brgy. Milagrosa has 460 families residing in 458 housing units. These families were from the private lands of Macaria Realty in which Waltermart is located. The families from the lands of Manila Southwoodsalong Governor’s Drive in Barangay Mabuhay were resettled to Milagrosa Homes. While 315 informal settlers from Maduya, Carbon and Quarry sites in Mabuhay were resettled to the newly-acquired 10-hectare area of Paligawan in Lantic.

Table 12: Inventory of Resettlement Areas

             Source: MUDHO 2014

      *315 UNITS RELOCATED AWARDED TO FAMILIES

Inventory of Relocated families

            As of December 2017, there are three hundred fifteen (315) families relocated to Paligawan Resettlement Area. Out of the total 315 awardees, one hundred sixty-seven (167) individuals came from Barangay Mabuhay (Carbon and Quarry); 24 awardees from Barangay Maduya; 21 from Milagrosa (Phase 3); 19 from Sanggayad; 16 awardees came from Bancal (Granville) while 13 were from Barangay Milagrosa. In 2019, additional 15 families were displaced at the relocation site in Cabilang Baybay.

Table 12a

Housing Backlog

Table 13- Housing Backlog, 2015-2017

        Source: MPDC

          The table below shows the housing backlog for three years (2015, 2016, and 2017). As of 2017, there are 2,288 or 8.78% of the total housing backlog noted; of which 1,631 are doubled-up households; 169 are unacceptable housing units and 488 are makeshift/salvaged/improvised housing units. This is significantly lower compared to the last two years as 315 families were already relocated to Paligawan Resettlement Area. 

Table 13a- Projected Needs for Housing Units, 2015-2021

Source: CBMS 2014

Table 13b- Adjusted Projected Housing Needs 2018-2027

Source: CBMS 2017-2018