Section 1
SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Government (a) to liberate our urban communities from blight, congestion, and hazard, and to promote the modernization of our human communities; (b) to bring about the optimum use of land as a national resource for public welfare rather than as a commodity of trade subject to price speculation and indiscriminate use; (c) to effect rational inter-dependence of communities both within as well as amongst the various regions; (d) to preserve and promote a dynamic balance between the physical beauty of our land and waters on the one hand, and the handiwork of human technology on the other; and, finally, (e) to realize these policies through the human settlements approach, engaging in these activities the best efforts of the private and public sectors of the New Society.