Editing Quezon City (section)

===Poverty, housing and urban slums===
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[[File:Manila Philippines Slums-in-Manila-01.jpg|thumb|Slum in Damayang Lagi]]
As of 2013, there are 196,818 informal settler families in Quezon City living in 151,890 structures. 48,927 of these families live along waterways, along [[right of ways]], or within other danger areas.<ref name="QC-LCQ-HousingProjects">{{cite web |url=https://lcp.org.ph/UserFiles/League_of_Cities/file/Presentation_Quezon-City-Socialized-Housing-Program.pdf |title=Quezon City Socialized Housing Program |publisher=League of Cities of the Philippines |access-date=August 2, 2021 |archive-date=August 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240826165733/https://lcp.org.ph/UserFiles/League_of_Cities/file/Presentation_Quezon-City-Socialized-Housing-Program.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Quezon Task Force on Socialized Housing and Development of Blighted Areas (Task Force Housing) is the lead agency of the city government for addressing the needs of socialized housing within the city.<ref name="QC-Demographics" /> Its goal is to direct and coordinate various city departments to develop housing projects and conduct other community development related activities.<ref name="QC-Demographics" /> The goal of the city's socialized housing program is to provide a safe, decent and sustainable home for the city's informal settlers and slum dwellers. The program involves the collaboration between different national and local government agencies, including the private sector.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cities100: In Quezon City, resilient communities are replacing vulnerable, informal settlements |url=https://www.c40knowledgehub.org/s/article/Cities100-In-Quezon-City-resilient-communities-are-replacing-vulnerable-informal-settlements?language=en_US#:~:text=Quezon%20City's%20socialized%20housing%20program,by%20the%20end%20of%202019. |publisher=C40 Knowledge Hub |date=October 2019 |access-date=August 8, 2021}}</ref> The flagship housing program of the city is the Bistekville communities, which were named by former Mayor [[Herbert Bautista|Herbert "Bistek" Bautista]] after himself while he was in office from 2010 to 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last=Araja |first=Rio N. |title=Bistekville: Home sweet home for QC's homeless |url=https://manilastandard.net/mobile/article/218596 |publisher=ManilaStandard.net |date=October 12, 2016 |access-date=August 8, 2021 |archive-date=November 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120212452/https://manilastandard.net/mobile/article/218596 |url-status=live }}</ref> The naming was controversial to an extent, for it was considered a form of political ''epal'' because his name was affixed on a public works project. As of 2018, Quezon City has 37 Bistekville projects with 7,184 beneficiaries.<ref>{{cite web |last=Araja |first=Rio N. |title=Herbert opens 2 new buildings for QC's poor |url=https://www.manilastandard.net/mobile/article/276225 |publisher=ManilaStandard.net |date=September 23, 2018 |access-date=August 2, 2021}}</ref> Additionally, there are 960 housing units built by the National Housing Authority (NHA) in barangay Holy Spirit.<ref>{{cite web |last1=de Villa |first1=Kathleen |last2=Generalao |first2=Minerva |last3=Antonio |first3=Rafael L. |title=Home for the masses |url=https://business.inquirer.net/252910/home-for-the-masses |publisher=Inquirer.net |date=June 23, 2018 |access-date=August 2, 2021 |archive-date=August 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240826170256/https://business.inquirer.net/252910/home-for-the-masses |url-status=live }}</ref>{{clear left}}