The categories for tenure status of the lot are as follows:
- Owned/being amortized. This includes house owners paying the land on installment basis or holders of certificate of land title under the Land Reform Program, or holders of Ancestral Domain Title, and house/lot awardees of housing loan from Pag-ibig, Social Security System (SSS), Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), commercial banks or other financial firms. It also includes owner-like possession of the lot such as those held under heirship and other similar arrangements. A lot is held under heirship if it is inherited even if the title of ownership has not been transferred to the heir(s) yet. Included here are inherited lots without title of ownership;
- Rented. There is a fixed amount paid by the occupant in cash or in kind;
- Rent-free with consent of owner. The household occupies the lot with permission of the owner and without paying any rent in cash or in kind to the owner, tenant/lessee or subtenant/sub-lessee;
- Rent-free without consent of owner. The household occupies the lot without the permission of the owner; and
- Not applicable