MUI 50th Anniversary, Government Gives 1,975 Houses For Alim Ulama

Minister of PKP Maruarar Sirait (Photo: VOI)

JAKARTA - The government provides 1,975 houses for religious scholars in the context of the 50th Anniversary of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) as support for spiritual figures, Koran teachers, and dai, for their contribution in building the nation.

Minister of Housing and Settlement Areas (PKP) Maruarar Sirait said that the initiative was government support for spiritual figures, Koran teachers, and dai, for their contribution in building the nation.

"Since its establishment on July 26, 1975 MUI has become a pillar of morals, spiritual compasses and references, as well as giving advice to the government of the nation and state as Pak Kyai Ma'ruf Amin said earlier," Maruarar Sirait said quoting Antara.

He also talked with the two recipients of the subsidized house. A Koran teacher from the Bogor Madani Insan Foundation, Anwar, admitted that he was happy to occupy the subsidy house with his family, because the water was clean, the waste management was good, and the environmental security was maintained.

Anwar mentioned earlier that he signed in Bekasi for almost Rp. 1 million. As for subsidized houses, he said, they were in installments of Rp. 1.1 million per month.

"Imagine Mr. Kyai, with a contract of one million rupiah. Now he is, Mr. Anwar with 1.1 million, he can already own his own house, sir. Not by signing again, sir. It's only 100 thousand different," he said.

Likewise expressed by the Arabic teacher at a madrasa in Depok, Mafaza Adinda Rosa. He took a subsidy house in Bekasi. Dinda mentioned that apart from her good house, residents in the subsidized housing environment are also easy to get along with, so he likes to live there.

Maruarar also asked for support and prayers from MUI so that his party can build and finance more subsidized houses, considering the benefits are great for the people.

On that occasion, he explained that currently there is a backlog or gap between the needs and supply of 9.9 million houses. For this reason, he said, the government overcomes it through a number of policies for the small people, namely freeing of land and building rights acquisition duties (BPHTB), which usually pay 5 percent.

The second, he said, made it free to approve the Building Building (PBG) according to President Prabowo Subianto's direction.

"Then what was just continued yesterday, sir, we just decided yesterday, VAT borne by the government under Rp. 2 billion is also free for the Indonesian people, sir," said Maruarar Sirait.

This year, said Maruarar, there are 350 thousand subsidized houses provided for various segments, including farmers, fishermen, laborers, nurses, and journalists.

Maruarar also expressed his gratitude to MUI for supporting the renovation program of 3 million houses a year. He said there were around 26 million uninhabitable houses.