Establishing the role of communities in governance

The experience of the Homeless People’s Federation Philippines

Bibliographic Data

ID12242511
AuthorsSandra Yu (c/o Philippine Action for Community-led Shelter Initiatives, 221, Tandang Sora Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines, corresponding author), Anna Marie Karaos (Institute on Church and Social Issues, Ateneo de Manila, Loyola Heights, Quezon City, Philippines, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume16
Issue1
Pages107-120
Publication date2004-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Urbanization (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0956-2478 • E-ISSN: 1746-0301
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/095624780401600109
OpenAlexW2047564199
LanguageEN
Citations received6

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

Business · Community development · Corporate governance · Economic growth · Economics · General partnership · Geography · Government (linguistics · Human settlement · Local government · Political science · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion · Public Administration · Finance