Declaration of Policy.
Section 1
SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy.—It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Government (a) to liberate our human communities from blight, congestion, and hazard, and to promote their development and modernization; (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 interdependence 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 those policies through the human settlements approach; engaging in these activities the best efforts of the private and public sectors.