Arrears In Resident's Rentals Reaches IDR 95 Billion, DKI Provincial Government Opens Privately Managed Rusunawa Options

Illustration of flats (ANTARA)

To overcome this problem, the DKI Jakarta Public Housing and Settlement Areas (DPRKP) Office opens an option to transfer the management of flats to the private sector.

"This year we propose a study if the management of the flats is held by the private sector. The private sector is not a developer, but he is a management agency," said DKI Jakarta DPRKP Secretary Meli Budiastuti to reporters, Friday, February 7.

Meli emphasized that the private sector that will be partnered with will be the manager of the flats is not a developer or property company, but a professional institution.

So far, the flats are managed by the Flats Management Unit (UPRS) which is a technical implementing unit under the DKI Jakarta DPRKP. If there is a shortage of flat maintenance funds, the UPRS can apply for a budget from the APBD.

"UPRS mengajukan ke APBD, berapapun kebutuhan, dia pasti dikabulkan. Jadi, kalau dianggap pemeliharaannya akan berdampak (akibat banyak yang menunggak), untuk saat ini belum. Karena apa kebutuhan daripada UPRS, itu pasti dikabulkan (anggarannya)," urai Meli.

Sementara itu, bila Pemprov DKI mengubah skema pengelola rusunawa menjadi pihak swasta dengan bentuk badan layanan umum daerah (BLUD), pembiayaan operasional sepenuhnya bergantung dari retribusi atau biaya sewa dan biaya lain yang dibayar dari penghuni.

"Hopefully, for the general public, there will be no mercy. If you want to live in this flat, you have to fulfill your obligations because it is a source rather than to carry out maintenance or care," he added.