Foundation for the Development of the urban Poor, Inc.

The Foundation for the Development of the Urban Poor (FDUP) is historically interwoven with the conceptualization stage and eventual implementation of the Community Mortgage Program (CMP), a socialized housing program for the urban poor under the Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC). In January 1989 the FDUP became the first NGO originator of the CMP. FDUP set itself on the difficult task of enabling the urban poor to have access to the Community Mortgage Program. For more than 30 years, FDUP has worked with more than 100 community organizations and helped over 9,000 families, who were in danger of being evicted and becoming homeless, purchase properties through access to the CMP or the High-Density Housing Program (HDH), both of which are government housing programs, or through direct purchase arrangements using the savings of members. The many families have been assisted through various projects: - Land Acquisition for community’s security of land & shelter tenure through Community Mortgage Program (74 projects, more than 6,723 families) and Direct Purchase arrangement (32 projects, 1,106 families) - 4 Low-cost Housing Projects, 1,106 families - House Construction or Improvement – 24 communities, 171 families - High Density Housing Program: 1 in-barangay housing (QC) – 212 families; 1 in-city housing (Manila) – 172 families; 1 in-city housing (Manila) – 200 families. Aside from housing, FDUP has been working with federations of people’s organizations (POs) to promote participatory governance in Quezon City, Caloocan City, and Valenzuela City. Believing that active people’s participation is key in effective and responsive city governance, FDUP helped create these federations that pursue pro-poor agenda in their respective local governments, both at the barangay and city levels.