BP Tapera Judged Not One Frequency Press Housing Backlog Numbers

JAKARTA - The management of the Rakat Housing Savings Management Agency (BP Tapera) is considered not to have the same frequency as the big mission of the Government of Indonesia in meeting the needs of public housing and reducing the decline in housing backlog numbers.

Property Observer Panangian Simanungkalit said BP Tapera's performance was not in line with the mission overseen by the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) and the Ministry of Finance regarding housing. According to him, one of the reasons is the composition of BP Tapera's management containing figures who are different from the mission of the Ministry of PUPR and the Ministry of Finance.

"BP Tapera recruited people who were different from PUPR and the Ministry of Finance so that there was no consolidation in terms of vision and mission. As a result, BP Tapera's movement will not meet the government's expectations to accelerate the decline in backlog," said Panangian in Jakarta, last week.

In addition to management, Panangian also dissects various BP Tapera decisions, including in the placement of housing subsidies received by the institution. As an institution that focuses on fulfilling people's homes, he continued, BP Tapera should place funds in a financial institution that is in line and participates in overseeing the mission.

"The placement of funds that he [BP Tapera] gets from the state budget is not with financial institutions that focus on housing. You shouldn't think about money. Whatever the background, there must be the same vision to accelerate the decline in backlog," explained Panangian.

With BP Tapera's strategy that contradicts its mission, Panangian added, the housing backlog numbers are even worsening. He detailed, when President Suharto stepped down from his position, the number of backlogs in Indonesia was only 5.3 million units.

In fact, Panangian said that during the speech of the 1st Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia, M. Hatta at the Housing Congress in 1950, it was targeted that in the next 50 years Indonesians would have to be independent from the housing side.

"That means in 2000, the number of backlogs is 0. But in reality, until now the backlog has more than doubled from 5.3 million units to 12.7 million units," said Panangian.

Meanwhile, Property Observer Colliers Aleviery Akbar said BP Tapera participants who were still limited to the State Civil Apparatus (ASN), the Indonesian National Army (TNI), the Indonesian National Police (Polri), and employees of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) were one of the reasons the institution's performance was not achieved.

Meanwhile, BP Tapera has been effective in working since 2019 led by one commissioner and four deputies. However, so far, the institution directly under the President has only been able to distribute 120 thousand housing units for low-income people (MBR), the majority of which are ASN and BUMN employees.