In The Footsteps Of Anies 2017, Jakarta Residents Are Not Willing To Rent A House, Anies 'nowadays' Raises The Household Income Limit Of IDR 0, IDR 14 Million

The Governor of DKI Jakarta, Anies Baswedan. (Photo: Diah Ayu / VOI)

JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan promised to provide housing for lower middle class Jakarta residents in 2017. The promise was offered when Anies was a candidate for the Governor of DKI Jakarta.

The program for realizing the promise is in the home down payment (DP) of Rp. 0. For Anies, the middle to lower class citizens must feel good when property prices in Jakarta rise.

Ownership of home assets is the way to get to that goal. Anies statement was shared again by politician from the Indonesian Justice and Unity Party (PKPI), Teddy Gusnaidi via his Twitter account, @TeddyGusnaidi, Wednesday, March 17.

In the tweet, Teddy included a story about Anies' promise with the title 'Anies: We Are Not Willing That Jakarta Residents Only Have A Rented House'

"Statement @aniesbaswedan in February 2017. Houses for the small people are not for the middle and upper class people. This is what I have always denied, because it is impossible, but is defended by the people,"

"Now I am touched and proud, this little fellow turns out to have a salary of 14 million," Teddy tweeted.

Statement @aniesbaswedan on February 2017. Houses for small people not for middle and upper class people. This is what I have always denied, because it is impossible, but was defended by his people. Now I am touched and proud, this little people turns out to have a salary of 14 million. https://t.co/CHx64GHD3T

- Teddy Gusnaidi (@TeddyGusnaidi) March 17, 2021

In the article, Anies did not want the lower middle class Jakarta people to only be able to rent a house. "Now who can feel the increase in property prices? Developers and the upper middle class. Small residents do not feel that, do you want to be ignored by this injustice?

If elected as governor later, Anies promised the citizens of Jakarta could own a house by reducing the DP on the house.

In 2021 the promise is only to sell soy sauce. In the Governor's Decree, which was signed on June 10, 2020, Anies raised the maximum income limit for home loan financing facility recipients without down payment (DP).

Initially, the highest income limit for a family that was allowed to apply for a DP home ownership was Rp. 0 was Rp. 7 million. Now, families whose income reaches Rp.14.8 million are allowed to make this application.

Acting Head of the DKI Jakarta Public Housing and Settlement Area Office, Sarjoko, confirmed this. "The change has been a long time ago. It is in the governorship. The highest income limit for DP program recipients is Rp. 0, from Rp. 7 million to Rp. 14.8 million," said Sarjoko on Sunday, March 14.

Sarjoko said the reason for loosening the minimum income limit for DKI residents who want to own apartment units is to increase the target market. Thus, there are also more private companies that want to work together to build Rp 0 DP houses in other locations.

In addition, Anies also cut the target of building a simple flat owned by him (rusunami) in which there is a DP house of Rp. 0, from the initial 232,214 units to 10,460 units.

When confirmed, Wednesday, March 17, Anies was reluctant to explain further about this increase. "Later, just one and one thing first, yes," said Anies after attending the inauguration of the Regional Board of the Indonesian Mosque Council (DMI) at City Hall, Central Jakarta.