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This has further contributed to the overcrowding problem - from 2000 to 2010, Metro Manila's population increased by 1.93 million, and a further 1.02 million from 2010 to 2015. The city of Taguig in particular had the highest growth rate of 4.5% with a population of 804,915. [ 16 ]
By 1968, there were an estimated 75,000 squatters living in informal settlements and inner-city slums. [13] At the Port of Manila, land was reclaimed in the 1950s in Tondo and quickly occupied by squatters. By 1968, there were over 20,000 households in the informal settlement. [14] Elsewhere in Manila, parks and military land were occupied. [14]
Barangay 76 is a barangay of Caloocan, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is known for being the least populous barangay in Metro Manila, with a population of 2 according to the 2020 census. [1] [2] Formerly an agricultural land and later an informal settlement, it is currently predominated by commercial establishments.
It is the most populous of the four barangays in Metro Manila bearing the name San Antonio. [3] [4] [5] In 2016, the barangay also recorded the highest number of informal settlers in Parañaque with 2,661 households illegally occupying properties in the barangay, and 607 households living in makeshift houses. [6]
In the 1980s, thousands of informal settlers from Metro Manila were relocated to San Jose del Monte. Due to the large number of residents, Bulacan Governor Roberto Pagdanganan recalled in 1996 that the relocation did not ensure new livelihoods for its informal settlers, thus turning many squatters toward criminality; he noted that the town had ...
Barangay 76, meanwhile, is the least populous barangay in Metro Manila with a population of 2. It used to be an informal settlement and its entire 2.8-hectare (6.9-acre) area is now predominated by retail buildings.
Of the 689,377 informal settler families living in Metro Manila, 20,718 were reported to be living in Taguig. Of these: 4,778 of these families lives along danger areas, along the lake shoreline, creeks, and rivers; 13,248 occupy government-owned lands; 718 occupy privately-owned lands; and 1,974 families are in Areas of Priority Development.
In early March 2017, thousands of members of the [3] [4] group [5] [6] Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay, 'Federation of Mutual Aid for the Poor') and other informal settlers illegally occupied an idle housing project of the National Housing Authority (Philippines) (NHA), in Pandi, Bulacan, in the Philippines.