Practice question
An agency plans to relocate poor families to a resettlement area without consulting either the families or the receiving community. It argues that its housing objective makes consultation unnecessary. Which constitutional rule directly answers that claim?
- Resettlement requires adequate consultation with the affected dwellers and the communities where they will be relocated
- Any housing label eliminates participation requirements
- Only consultation with the agency's contractor is required
- Poor families may never be consulted
- The Constitution forbids every resettlement project
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article XIII, Social Justice and Human Rights: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353; Section 10.
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