Jakarta, May 11 (Antara) -- The Indonesian government is developing
houses under its one million housing development program to provide
603,516 shelters to the country's low-income people (MBR) and 396,464
others to non-MBR families.
President Joko Widodo, who is popularly known as Jokowi, recently
(April 29) launched the one million housing development program
simultaneously in nine regions through a video conference centered in
Ungaran in Semarang, Central Java.
In Ungaran, the president conducted the ceremonial groundbreaking for
the construction of 103,135 houses as part of the first phase of the
construction of one million houses.
In the first phase, the government will build 331,693 houses for
low-income people in the nine regions of Semarang, North Sumatra, South
Sumatra, Jakarta, Banten, West Java, East Java, Central Kalimantan and
South Sulawesi.
In these regions, the laying of the cornerstones was carried out
simultaneously, marking the beginning of the construction of one million
houses. It was done through a video conference with the president.
Of the 603,561 units of houses prepared for low-income people, 331,693
will be built in the first phase, 98,020 in the second phase and 173,803
in the third stage.
Public Works and Public Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono had said
that his ministry will commence work this year to reduce the large
backlog in the implementation of the housing program.
According to Hadimuljono, the government has already set aside Rp13
trillion from the state budget and Rp500 million from the Social
Security Management Agency (BPJS) for the program to build one million
units of houses.
It has also allocated Rp220 billion in the 2015 Revised State Budget
for assistance in the down payment for housing credits. Those entitled
to the financial assistance are buyers of modest houses who earn a
maximum salary of Rp4 million per month and buyers of modest apartments
who earn a salary of Rp7 million per month.
During the video conference with the deputy governor of South Sumatra,
President Jokowi affirmed that he will facilitate the implementation of
the government's one million housing project for low-income people in
the country.
"The government will facilitate the construction of houses in regions
where the one million housing program will be carried out for low-income
people," the president stated during his video conference with Deputy
Governor of South Sumatra H. Ishak Mekki.
The project of building one million units of low-cost houses by 2019 is
aimed at assisting low-income people own a house, the president
explained.
However, he emphasized on the importance of ensuring the availability
of land for the project before funds are disbursed.
As part of the program, the first phase of the construction of the
houses will be carried out for people in the low-income bracket.
While reporting to Vice President Jusuf Kalla, Minister Hadimuljono
confirmed that the government had prepared some 331,000 housing units as
part of its program to build one million houses over the next five
years. He added that the construction of 331,000 houses had started this
year.
"We reported to the vice president that 331,000 houses were set after
President Joko Widodo conducted the ceremonial groundbreaking. Some
20,000 houses were completed before the groundbreaking and 103,000
houses after it was held," he affirmed.
Hadimuljono also pointed out that the government has set a target of
building low-cost houses in the next three months and low-cost apartment
houses next year.
Therefore, the government, in cooperation with state-owned banks,
insurance companies and other firms, will calculate the down payment and
interest subsidy needs. The minister added that citizens will pay only 1
percent of the total price as down payment and Rp4 million in cash to
buy the low-cost houses.
Moreover, the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing and
state-owned housing developer PT Perumnas will team up to carry out the
one million housing development project, Hadimuljono revealed.
President Director of Perumnas Himawan Arief Sugoto noted that his
company plans to build 33,500 units of low-cost houses and operate
low-cost apartment houses in 2015.
In addition, the Indonesian Settlement and Housing Developer
Association (Apersi) earlier questioned the government's readiness to
carry out the one million housing development program in the coming five
years. It said that so far, the government had set aside only Rp5.1
trillion for the program.
Council Chairman of Apersi Edy Ganefo pointed out that if the
government was willing to build one million houses, it should allocate a
funding of at least Rp102 trillion. The allocation of Rp5.1 million is
enough to build only 40 to 50 thousand houses.
However, he admitted that the government's strategic step to build one
million houses needed to be appreciated. "Apersi and other developer
associations support the government's program because people of the
low-income bracket need to be helped to own a house," he remarked.
Furthermore, state-owned savings bank Bank BTN also expressed its
support for the government's plan to build one million houses. As part
of its support for the program, Bank BTN has prepared its human
resources, technology, business processes, funding and supply of houses
to expedite the implementation of the government program.
"We have prepared our human resources to process credits and other loan
services," President Director of Bank BTN Maryono affirmed in press
statement on Wednesday (April 29).
He added that since the beginning, BTN had believed that the national
housing program would require support from all sides and that BTN would
always be in the frontline to provide it.
"We are ready to support the program with a number of corporate actions
that we will carry out to welcome the housing development scheme,"
Maryono emphasized.
He also expressed hope that the one million
housing development program is expedited because stakeholders involved
already shared a synergy.
"I do not see this scheme as an
ambitious program. It needs input and thoughts from all stakeholders so
that it is carried out expeditiously," Maryono said in a discussion in
Bogor West Java recently.
He also pointed out that the one
million housing development program must concatenate to cover the
backlog of housing needs. Till 2015, the need for houses is estimated to
have reached 15 million units, with this requirement increasing by 500
thousand units every year.
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