Based on the results of the 2022 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS), three in every five families (62.1%) owned the house and lot they occupied. About 15.3 percent of families occupied a house they owned in rent-free lot with the consent of the owner, 9.5 percent rented house/room including a lot, and 8.3 percent of families occupied a rent-free house and lot with consent of the owner.
The rest had tenure status of owned house in rent-free lot without consent of the owner (2.5%), owned house but the lot was rented (1.9%), or in rent-free house and lot without consent of the owner (0.3%).
A higher percentage of rural family residents (65.8%) owned the house and lot they occupied compared with urban residents (58.7%). Meanwhile, a higher percentage of urban residents (16.0%) rented the house and lot they occupied compared with rural residents (2.5%). Moreover, families in rural areas (20.4%) with own house in rent-free lot with consent of owner was almost double in proportion compared with those in urban areas (10.5%).
Across regions, the top three with highest percentage of families who owned the house and lot they occupied were Region II (86.5%), Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) (79.8%), and Region III (76.6%). There were six other regions with percentage of families who owned the house and lot they occupied higher than the national level.
On the other hand, Region VI (45.6%), National Capital Region (NCR) (51.6%), and Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) (52.6%) had the lowest percentage of families who owned the house and lot they resided. Families who rented the house and lot that they occupied were highest in NCR (28.6%) and Region IVA (15.7%).
PSA: 3 in 5 Filipino families own house and lot they occupy
In 2022, most families lived in a single type of building or housing unit (90.3%). The rest of the families reside in apartments/accessorias/rowhouses (6.0%), duplex houses (2.1%), other multi-unit residential buildings (0.9%), condominiums/ condotels (0.5%), and commercial/industrial/agricultural buildings/houses (0.2%).
By place of residence, more families in rural areas (97.3%) lived in single houses compared to those who resided in urban areas (83.9%). On the contrary, more families in urban areas (10.4%) resided in apartments/accessorias/rowhouses against those who lived in rural areas (1.2%).
All regions posted higher than 90.0 percent of its families residing in single type housing units, except in the NCR (76.1%) and its nearby regions of Region IVA (78.1%) and Region III (87.7%). These three regions had the highest percentages of families residing in apartments/accessorias/rowhouses with 16.9 percent in Region IVA, 12.9 percent in NCR, and 9.3 percent in Region III.
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