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The Urban Poverty and Governance Program addresses urban poverty and its principal manifestation - the lack of access to humane and secure housing. Through research and advocacy, the program aims to alleviate urban poverty by empowering urban poor groups to work for better urban governance. The program's main thrusts are:

• Working with government agencies and funding institutions providing official development assistance to improve resettlement policy and practice

• Collaborating with urban local governments for the development of poverty focused plans and interventions, particularly in housing.

• Assisting peoples’ organizations and engaging them in participatory researches such as a city-wide urban poverty profile

• Conducting studies on security of tenure and formulating alternative tenure arrangements for possible application in areas proclaimed as socialized housing sites

• Disseminating information gathered from conducted researches through lectures and published articles and

• Networking with government institutions and other urban poor related groups to create a stronger advocacy base for urban development and housing reforms.

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Institutionalizing Local and National Partnerships to Address Urban Poverty and Homelessness in Quezon City

Global Land Tools Network: Institutionalizing Alternative Secure Tenure Approaches for the Urban Poor in the Philippines

Post-disaster Community Profiling and Mapping in One Pilot Barangay in Quezon City