The Committee noted large-scale forced evictions of urban families carried out for urban renewal and beautification, which had reportedly affected over 1.2 million people in the period between 1995 and 2008. The Committee expressed concern over the lack of effective consultation of, and legal redress for, persons affected by forced evictions, and inadequate measures to provide sufficient compensation or adequate relocation sites to families who have been forcibly removed from their properties. The Committee also found that the percentage of the national budget allocated to housing programs was insufficient to increase the supply of social housing units for those most disadvantaged and marginalized. The Committee on the Rights of the Child (2009) found a high number of street children and noted their special vulnerability to various forms of violence and abuse, including sexual and economic exploitation. The Committee also found a continued lack of a systematic and comprehensive strategy to address the need to prevent, reduce the number and protect children living in the streets. The Rightto Waterand Sanitation Significant challenges still haunt the right to water and sanitation in the Philippines, despite an increase in the number of households with access to safe water and sanitation (see table below). There are still significant parts of the country where Filipinos do not enjoy safe, acceptable, physically accessible and affordable water.l The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (2009) noted significant water pollution and environmental degradation, which affect the quality of water, and regional disparities with regard to access to safe drinking water and sanitation. Goal 7. Ensure environmental sustainability Target 7c: Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation Philippine lndicators Baseline Target Second Midterm Fourth MDG Probability of Year 2015r, Progress Report Progress Watch Meeting indicated in Report (2011) Repoft Tflg:' @o4 0" 7.7a Proportion of with access to safe water households 73.0 (2005) ** 78.7*r.* 80,2*** 81.4 84.8 (2000) (2004). (2008) (2010) 82.9*** 86.2*** 88.6 92.5 (2000) (2004) (2008) (2010) ** 86.5 (1eeo) (2010) *** **** High supply 7.8a Proportion households of with 67.6 seo) 83.8 (1 High sanitary toilet faciliw * National Statistical Coordination Board, MDG Watch as of September 2010, http://www.nscb.gov.ph/stats/mdg/mdg_watch.asp. ** National Economic and Development Authority *** Based on the Foudh Progress Report (2010) of the National Economic and Development Authority **** National Statistical Coordination Board, MDG Watch as of October 2O12,hllp:llvrv'ru.nscb.gov.ph/stats/mdg/mdg-watch.asp me Rightb w* The full enjoyment of the right to work remains an unfulfilled promise. The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2008) found persistent high unemployment and underemployment rates in the country, with a large number of persons 1 The Department of lnterior and Local Government, for example, has identified 455 waterless barangays, where at least half of the residents do not have access to water. 13