EXISTING CONDITIONS

Housing Infrastructure Supply in the City of Balanga

Reference: City Government of Balanga. (2012). Integrated Land-And Water-Use Plan of

the City of Balanga, 2012-2020. City Planning Department.

Urbanization has become evident through the presence of subdivisions some

of the Barangays in the City of Balanga. Observing the given map, these Residential
Areas are mainly concentrated in Barangays namely, Munting Batangas,
Tenejero,San Jose, Ibayo, Camacho, Talisay, Cupang and Tuyo. Generalizing the
existing condition of the Housing Infrastructure in the City of Balanga, it can be claimed
from the data that is discussed in the City’s Comprehensive Land and Water Use Plan
of 2012-2020 that there are present issues such as accessibility to safe water and
power supply and the drastic increase of informal settlements in the city.

In the existing Built-up Zone from the CLWUP 2012-2020, there are areas
classified under subdivisions, community residences, informal settlers’ resettlement
area, government housing and dormitories.
A. Data on Supply and Quality of Housing
Reference: City Government of Balanga. (2015). Comprehensive Development Plan
2016-2020. City Planning Department.

A.1. Number of Housing Units in Accordance to their Corresponding

Wall Construction Materials:

From the given interpretation by the Comprehensive Development Plan

of 2016-2020 of the 2011 CBMS Survey, 79.82% of the total number of
households in the city have units with strong walls. Light materials are
utilized by 9.60%. Salvaged/Makeshift materials corresponds to the 1.10%.
The 2.29% of the housing units made use of mixed materials with having
strong materials dominating over light materials, while 0.49% made use of
mixed materials with predominantly use of light materials.
A.2. Number of Housing Units in Accordance to their Corresponding Roof
Construction Materials:

Based from the above table regarding each of the units’ roofing material,
78.87% of the total number of households in the city have units with strong
roofing materials. 8.63% of the units have light materials while 1.22% have
salvaged/makeshift. The 8.27% of the housing units made use of mixed
materials with having strong materials dominating over light ones, while
0.50% made use of mixed materials with predominantly use of light
materials.
B. Information on Ownership and Tenure
Reference: CDP 2016-2020

Owner-like possession corresponds to the majority with 54.94% of the

total number of household owners following are the 13.10% of owners who
rent their housing unit including lot. In the table, the are tenure types which
include the phrase, “without consent of owner” which mean that these
people who live in this units may be considered as informal settlers due to
the absence of consent of the respective lot or home owners.

C. Issues
Reference: PEP-Community Based Monitoring System (2017).The Maps of Poverty. De
La Salle University Manila. Retrieved from www.pep-net.org.

C.1. Makeshift Housing and Informal Settlements

The recent data from the CBMS 2014-2016, The issue of poverty is
presented by the number of informal settlers and people living in makeshift
houses are in some parts of the city . Such are presented in maps and
infographics.

From the percentages yielded by the CBMS, it is claimed that

approximately 2 in every 100 households live in makeshift housing.
Barangay Cupang North has the largest value of percentage/proportion with
3.4% which is equivalent to 19 households.
 With regards to the number of households who live in makeshift houses,
Barangay Cupang Proper had the largest value at 24 household units.

It could be observed from the data in 2011 and 2014-2016 that

evidence of informal settlers could be seen in the city. CBMS claims that 2 in
every 100 households represent those who live in informal settlements.
Specifically in the areas that are graphically presented in the map.

Barangay Talisay placed first basing from the percentage of people living in
informal settlements which is 5.6% of its total household units. Basing from the number
or magnitude of informal settlers, Barangay Catanig contains the largest value of 74
household units.

C.2. Supply and Demand of Drinking Water

Reference: PEP-Community Based Monitoring System (2017).The Maps of Poverty. De
La Salle University Manila. Retrieved from www.pep-net.org.

Majority of the households depend on the Community Water

System which they pay for their own use or are directly connected to
their households. Following is a percentage of 24.09% which represents
households who depend on Bottled Water which are produced by water
stations. Coming in third is the use of the Shared Faucet, such is
exemplified in apartments, subdivisions and etc. It is also noted that
14.08% made use of shared tubed/piped deep well which may also
mean communal wells. The remaining have their own direct connections
to deep wells and surface water sources.

It is claimed that 13% of households depended on dug wells and

surface waters such as springs. The issue of surface water pollution may
seem to contribute to how the CBMS claims that this percentage yield
unsafe drinking water.
 It is known that Balanga City is surrounded by vast ground water
and surface waters although pollution is very evident in its surrounding
surface water. Accessibility of the people living farther away from safe
water resources has been an issue in the city. From the map presented
above, Barangay Tanato had the largest number of households that do
not have access to safe drinking water. Its geographic location may
seem to contribute to this since it is farther away from ground water
resources.
C.3. Supply and Demand of Toilet Facilities
Reference: PEP-Community Based Monitoring System (2017).The Maps of Poverty. De
La Salle University Manila. Retrieved from www.pep-net.org.

Access to Sanitary Toilet Facilities is also an issue in the City

of Balanga. 7 out of 100 households do not have access to these. The
yielded 0.7% of the households may use pits as facilities or may not
use any type of toilet facilities at all.
 Barangay Tanato places first with a 5.3 percentage. It is followed
by Tortugas at 4.2%. Access to water and toilet facilities seem to
interrelate based on the maps in C.2. and C.3.