In Six Months, Ministry Of PUPR Realizes 466,011 One Million House Program Units

Illustration. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) noted that the realization of the One Million Houses Program has reached 466,011 housing units throughout Indonesia until the first semester of 2022. The number consists of 382,162 housing for low-income people (MBR) and 83,849 housing for non-MBR. .

"The construction progress of the One Million Houses Program is expected to continue to increase until the end of the year," said Director General of Housing at the PUPR Ministry, Iwan Suprijanto, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, July 19.

According to Iwan, the Ministry of PUPR together with stakeholders in the housing sector such as local governments, development companies, banks, the private sector and the community will continue to encourage the construction of decent houses for the entire community.

This is because the house is one of the basic human needs that must be met, in addition to clothing and food. Therefore, the provision of housing for the community requires intervention from the government in realizing it.

The One Million Houses Program (PSR), he said, is a form of acceleration and collaboration between the government and housing development actors to provide decent housing for the community.

PSR was launched by President Joko Widodo since 2015 with achievements until the end of 2021 reaching 6,871,094 units.

“The One Million Houses Program is a concrete manifestation of the government's commitment to providing decent housing for the community. We at the Directorate General of Housing, Ministry of PUPR have various housing development programs such as the construction of flats, special houses, self-help houses and subsidized housing infrastructure, facilities and utilities (PSU) assistance," he said.

Based on data from the Directorate General of Housing, Ministry of PUPR, the achievement of PSR as of June 30, 2022 has increased by 187,286 units from May 2022. Of the total PSR realization, the results of the construction of MBR houses came from the Ministry of PUPR as many as 161,583 units, Ministries/Institutions 78 units, local governments 13,321 units, housing developers 153,760 units.

Next is the construction of houses carried out through corporate social responsibility (CSR) as many as 117 units and houses built by the community as many as 53,303 units. In addition, for non-MBR houses, 62,911 houses were constructed by developers and 20,938 units for the community.

"We are optimistic that the achievement of the Million Houses Program will continue to increase until the end of this year. Moreover, the house is a basic need of society that must be fulfilled as a place to live and create a young generation of superior nation in the future, "said Iwan.