JAKARTA - Member of Commission V DPR RI, Irine Yusiana Roba Putri criticized the suggestion of the Deputy Minister of Housing and Settlement Areas (PKP), Fahri Hamzah, who suggested the implementation of high taxes on the construction of landed houses in urban areas to encourage people to live in vertical housing. He considered that the proposal made it increasingly difficult for people to buy private housing.
"Because many cannot buy a house, finally family psychological problems arise," said Irine, Tuesday, June 17.
In addition, continued Irine, the idea will also hit the national property industry, which is currently struggling to recover from the economic impact of the post-COVID-19 pandemic.
High tax actually creates high costs for buyers. Finally, the sale of landed houses plummeted. This increases the property business as a whole," he said.
"And of course more and more people cannot buy private housing, especially young families and people from the middle class," continued the member of the PDI-P faction (PDIP) of the DPR.
Irine understands the good intentions of the Deputy Minister of PKP who may want Indonesia to be more modern with vertical housing. However, she reminded that the construction of this graded housing needs to be supported by adequate plans and infrastructure.
Meanwhile, in reality, supporting facilities in Indonesia, in this case, are still far from being 'optimal'.
"Maybe the intention is to make Indonesia more modern like developed countries, but it must be seen first, is Indonesia ready yet? Many supporting infrastructure and service facilities are not optimal for the community," said Irine.
"Besides, not everyone in Indonesia can live with a culture of living in vertical housing such as apartments that usually live more behind closed doors," added the legislator from the North Maluku electoral district.
Irine assessed that an in-depth study was needed with stakeholders such as developers, BPN, the community, and local governments. So that the decision can be accounted for and the impact is measurable.
"What needs to be explored is the impact, what are the advantages and disadvantages for each party, if you want to increase the percentage increase. So everything has a basis, based on research and facts, so that the arguments can be accounted for and the impact can be anticipated," he explained.
Irine said that there is a need for certainty of regulations and a mature and consistent policy direction in the sector as large as property which is one of the pillars of national economic growth.
"We ask the Government not to simplify residential problems just by relying on burdensome fiscal instruments. Instead, what is needed is incentives, not disincentives," he concluded.
As is known, Deputy Minister of PKP Fahri Hamzah proposed a high tax on landed houses in urban areas to encourage urban communities to live in vertical housing such as flats and apartments.
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According to Fahri, currently in urban areas there is no longer any land to build landed houses, therefore vertical housing needs to be built to meet the needs of housing.
However, Fahri said, the Ministry of PKP does not have the authority over land to build housing that is the 'jantung' of urban areas. For this reason, he considered, there needs to be regulations governing in terms of supply, including land authorities for housing.
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