BTN Support For Home Financing For Media Industry Employees

BEKASI - BTN stated its readiness to disburse home ownership loans (KPR) and finance subsidized housing for media industry employees, including journalists. The program is the result of collaborative efforts between BTN, government, and the national housing ecosystem.

The home program for media industry employees was officially launched in Bekasi, West Java, Tuesday, May 6. The event was attended by the Minister of Housing and Settlement Areas (PKP) Maruarar Sirait, Minister of Communications and Digital Affairs Meutya Viada Hafid, Head of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti, Governor of West Java Dedi Mulyadi, Deputy Chairman of Commission I of the Indonesian House of Representatives Dave Akbarshah Fakrarno Laksono, Commissioner of the People's Housing Savings Management Agency (BP Tapera) Heru Pudyo Nugroho, and the board of directors of BTN.

Also present at the inauguration were Deputy Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs Nezar Patria, Regent of Bekasi Regency Ade Kuswara Kunang, President Director of Vistaland Group Alexander Tirta, and other housing development associations.

Director of Consumer Banking BTN Hirwandi Gafar said that the government's efforts to improve people's welfare through home ownership this time can also be enjoyed by workers in the media industry, including journalists who have also been involved in disseminating information about the benefits of the national housing development program.

"This is the result of a collaboration between ministries and institutions as well as stakeholders in the national housing ecosystem," said BTN Consumer Banking Director Hirwandi Gafar in a release received by VOI editorial team, Tuesday, May 6.

The launch for the home program for media industry employees and the handover of keys was carried out at Grand Harmoni Housing Cibitung, Bekasi. Minister of Communication and Digital Meutya Viada Hafid, who had a career as a journalist, was also happy with the government's program for media industry employees, including journalists.

"I previously had a career as a journalist for 10 years, so I was very happy when the Minister of PKP called me to invite Komdigi to participate in this program. I immediately contacted the Press Council and media worker associations. Less than a month, finally 1,000 subsidized houses were realized for media industry employees, which today were raised to 2,000 units," said Meutya Viada Hafid.

The home program for media industry employees is intended for media industry employees who meet the criteria for subsidized mortgage recipients, including having no houses, having never received government housing subsidies, and income of no more than the provisions of the Ministry of PKP or ranging from Rp. 8.5 million to Rp. 14 million.