RA 9904

Question 1

Magna Carta for Homeowners and Homeowner’s Associations

Answer 1

RA 9904

Question 2

RA 9904 date

Answer 2

January 7, 2010

Question 3

a tract or parcel of land partitioned into individual lots, with or without improvements thereon, primarily for residential purposes

Answer 3

Subdivision/Village

Question 4

a homeowner’s association which is a non-stock, non-profit association registered with HLURB, or one previously registered with HGC or SEC, organized by owners or purchasers of a lot in a subdivision/village or other residential real property

Answer 4

Association

Question 5

an organization of homeowner’s associations created and registered to pursue common goals beneficial to the interest of the constituent associations and members thereof

Answer 5

federation

Question 6

an association of federated homeowner’s associations

Answer 6

Confederation

Question 7

property owned or otherwise maintained, repaired or administered in whole or in part by the association (roads, parks, playground, open spaces)

Answer 7

Common Areas

Question 8

services and facilities that redound to the benefit of all homeowners

Answer 8

basic community services and facilities

Question 9

cost incurred by the association

Answer 9

Common Expense

Question 10

any controversy or dispute involving title or claim to any elective office

Answer 10

election contest

Question 11

a controversy which arises out of the relations between among members of the association

Answer 11

intra-association dispute

Question 12

a controversy which arises out of the relations between and among two or more associations

Answer 12

inter-association dispute

Question 13

procedure in settling disputes involving the registration of two or more associations

Answer 13

Adjudicatory Mechanism

Question 14

50% plus 1 of the total number of association members

Answer 14

Simple Majority

Question 15

two or more subdivision or community housing projects or phases thereof that are physically related or linked by a shared infrastructure and well-defined adjoining or common boundaries

Answer 15

contiguous area

Question 16

type of housing with lower interest rates and longer amortization periods provided to moderately low-income families

Answer 16

economic housing

Question 17

housing programs and projects covering houses and lots or home lots only undertaken by the government or the private sector for the underprivileged and homeless citizens

Answer 17

socialized housing

Question 18

an owner or purchaser of a lot in a subdivision/village

Answer 18

homeowner

Question 19

a member of the association who has been declared as such for the grounds and in accordance with the procedures under the by-laws of the association

Answer 19

Delinquent member or member not in good standing

Question 20

refers to a person who has been given the right to enjoy the property of another with the obligation of preserving its form and substance

Answer 20

usufructuary

Question 21

Every association of homeowners shall be required to register with the

Answer 21

HLURB

Question 22

Delinquent member according to RA 9904 IRR

Answer 22

a member who has failed to pay 3 cumulative monthly dues

repeatedly violated the association’s by-laws

Question 23

Through a signed petition of ___ of the association members subject to a verification and validation by the HLURB, the board of the association may be dissolved for causes provided in the bylaws and of the association

Answer 23

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