The onsite relocation of informal settler families (ISF) from Pook Arboretum and Pook Marilag is a step closer to implementation, following the UP Board of Regents’ approval of the draft agreement between the university and the Quezon City government on April 26. 

The proposed usufruct agreement will allow the city government to use Pook Arboretum and Pook Marilag—totaling 48,501 square meters, which is almost as large as two Sunken Gardens—as temporary relocation sites (TRS) over a 25-year period. Quezon City will then transfer ISFs from those areas to housing units it will build on the TRS. The contract is awaiting final approval from both parties.