Ministry of PKP: Area of Subsidized Apartment Units Proposed 21-45 m2
JAKARTA - The Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning revealed a proposal to develop subsidized apartment houses (rusun) with unit areas of 21-45 square meters (m2).
Minister of Housing and Spatial Planning (PKP) Maruarar Sirait (Ara) held a meeting with the Deputy Chairman of the MPR, the Minister of Law, the Governor and Deputy Governor of Central Sulawesi, as well as the Regents and Mayors of Central Sulawesi and NTB, and the housing developer association.
"In the meeting, the proposal for the development of subsidized apartment houses with unit areas of 21-45 square meters, which are adjusted to the standard of decent housing for low-income people (MBR) was discussed," said Maruarar or Ara, quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, January 13.
The financing scheme, he continued, is proposed to remain affordable with an interest rate of 5 percent for units of 21-36 square meters and 7 percent for units above 36 to 45 square meters, with a tenor of up to 30 years and a subsidy period of 20 years.
Ara said, the Ministry of PKP is drafting regulations on subsidized apartments in the city. Because this year the construction of subsidized apartments will begin, so it is necessary to make legal breakthroughs so that land can be used for the construction of subsidized apartments.
"The President of the Republic of Indonesia hopes that this housing property sector can significantly drive economic growth," he said.
Regarding the challenge of providing housing in urban areas. Director General of Urban Housing of the Ministry of Public Housing, Sri Haryati, explained that the growth of population which is increasingly concentrated in the city, in the midst of high land prices, makes low-income people (MBR) increasingly difficult to access terraced houses. This condition makes subsidized flats an important and strategic housing alternative.
Meanwhile, developers said that the current subsidized rent prices were not considered attractive enough for the private sector.
This input is of concern to the government in formulating policies so that the development of subsidized flats can run sustainably.