JAKARTA - Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri) Tito Karnavian revealed the 15,000 Program for Improving the Quality of Uninhabitable Houses (RTLH) in Border Areas as the largest program of the National Border Management Agency (BNPP) since the institution was formed in 2010.
"This BNPP program is probably the largest ever since BNPP was established in 2010 and it seems that there is no program from the past to perform house surgery on the border," said Tito, who is also the Head of BNPP, at a press conference at the BNPP Building, Jakarta, Thursday night, as quoted by Antara.
He explained that the program would target 15,000 houses spread across the lagging, leading, and outermost (3T) areas as well as border areas in 17 provinces and 40 regencies/cities.
The program is run by BNPP and the Ministry of Housing and Settlements (PKP) with cross-ministry support and agencies and will use the socio-economic database from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) to ensure that assistance is targeted.
According to Tito, this step is a concrete effort by the government to present a program that truly touches the needs of the community in border areas.
"So far, honestly, there has never been a program that is really real for border areas," he said.
Tito also appreciated the Minister of PKP Maruarar Sirait for his support in implementing the program.
"I would like to thank the Minister of Housing, Mr. Maruarar Sirait, who I talked about the border, he immediately caught it. He caught it from his program, BSPS this year, he immediately offered me 10,000 (houses), please BNPP determine the location to strengthen the border, to make the people on the border prosperous," said Tito.
On the same occasion, Maruaramen said that around 80 percent of his ministry's budget in 2026 was allocated for the surgery program of 400,000 uninhabitable houses (RTLH).
He said the total budget of the Ministry of Housing and Public Works in 2026 reached more than Rp. 10 trillion, with most of it focused on the Self-Help Housing Stimulus Assistance (BSPS) program.
"Our budget is around Rp. 10 trillion, 80 percent of which we dedicate to home surgery," said Ara, his nickname.
He explained that the allocation was equivalent to around Rp8 trillion which was used to support the target for renovating houses nationwide. According to him, the BSPS program is part of the government's target to renovate around 400,000 houses in 2026, significantly increasing compared to the previous year's realization.
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