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Right to Housing
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Based on the 2020 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey, majority of the families resided in a
single type of building/housing unit (90.3%). The rest of the families dwelt in apartment/
accessoria/rowhouse (6.7%), duplex houses (1.9%), and other multi-unit residential building
or commercial/industrial/ agricultural building/house, including condominium/condotel
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In 2020, about three (3) in every five families (59.8%) owned the house and lot they
occupied. About 15.8 percent of families occupied a house they owned in a rent-free lot
with consent of the owner, 10.2 percent rented the house/room including the lot, and
9.3 percent occupied a rent-free house and lot with consent of the owner. The rest either
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Philippine Statistics Authority. (2021, June). 2020 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey.