Indonesia requires residents of houses of around 700 thousand units per year, assuming a population growth of 1.3 percent. While currently, there is a shortage of shelter for eight million. This figure grew from the needs of occupancy in 2009 of 7.4 million.
The government argued that the settlement legislation currently does not expressly authorize the government to build public housing. “We are currently updating this with the draft new legislation,” said Minister of Public Housing (Menpera) Suharso Monoarfa in Jakarta.
Occupancy problem is not just a matter of insufficient numbers of homes, but also about the ability of people to buy. Members of the House of Representatives Commission V Ali Wongso Sinaga admitted when the occupancy is ready, people do not necessarily get it. “There is a large gap between purchasing power and market prices,” he said.
Ali offers some steps to address the above. First, the spatial plan areas. “The government should anticipate the need for the designation of land and residential housing,” he said.
He suggested that the government should empower the re Housing. “Housing of land formerly known as the owner of a large bank. If it is empowered again, the issue of land needs to be resolved,” said Ali.
Given this designation, licensing issues can then be removed. “If the construction done on the zone provided, is free permits and fees