Government Optimistic Capai Target 3 Million Houses, Sri Mulyani Highlights Collaboration And Funds

Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani (Photo; Doc. Antara)

Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati emphasized that the government will collaborate with all relevant parties in order to realize various priority programs of President Prabowo Subianto that can support food security, energy security, industrial downstream, and sustainable economic growth.

"The government supports each other's many programs in order to achieve the ideals and growth of 8 percent, whether food security, energy security, downstreaming, we will also evaluate this in accordance with the direction of the President," he said at a press conference, Wednesday, February 19.

This was conveyed by Sri Mulyani after a meeting with the Minister of Housing and Settlement Areas (PKP) Maruarar Sirait, Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir, and Governor of Bank Indonesia Perry.

Sri Mulyani said that if it could raise very large funds, it would be able to support President Prabowo's priority program so that it would have a positive effect on the economy.

"If indeed we can mobilize more funds, it will become something very powerful and have an impact," he said.

Sri Mulyani said that her party would look for various instruments that would be sought to support the target of 3 million houses for low-income people.

"We have found several ways that will be further finalized by our technical team at the Ministry of Finance, Mr. Erick from BUMN and the Governor from the side of the instruments in the authority of the monetary authority," he explained.

Sri Mulyani stated that the government is optimistic that it can increase the scale of this program to meet the target of 3 million houses for low-income people.

In addition, Sri Mulyani said that there were various other assistance schemes, such as down payment assistance and house repairs, which were also being evaluated in order to accelerate the achievement of the target.

"This is everything in the APBN, we will continue to evaluate and even if necessary, increase the scale so that the targets to be achieved as much as possible can be achieved," he said.