Maruarar Helps Grandma Hasna Who Lives In A 2x3 Meter Home With Dozens Of People

Minister of Housing and Settlement Areas (PKP) Maruarar Sirait. BETWEEN PHOTOs/Aprillio Akbar/sgd/Spt

JAKARTA - Minister of Housing and Settlement Areas (PKP) Maruarar Sirait moved quickly to help Hasna's grandmother and her family to get a more livable house.

"Mrs. Hasna and her family have found a decent house for the next 6 months," said Maruarar or called Ara in a statement reported by ANTARA, Saturday, November 9.

Ara made a surprise visit to Hasna's old house and chatted with her. During the meeting, Ara had offered Hasna's grandmother and family to move to the Pasar Rumput Flats. However, Hasna's grandmother objected, considering her family who was still studying near her old residence.

After the meeting, Ara moved quickly to find a new, more livable place to live for Hasna's grandmother and her family.

In the video released by the Ministry of PKP, it can be seen that Hasna's grandmother and her family have moved to a more livable house obtained by the Minister of PKP.

The location of the habitable house is about 200 meters from Hasna's old house. The new, more habitable house has one floor and consists of two bedrooms, one living room concurrently has a large living room, one kitchen and one bathroom that is more feasible than before.

The house also had electricity and was in a clean condition when Hasna's grandmother and her family moved to the house.

A team from the Ministry of PKP also conducted a recheck regarding the new residence inhabited by Hasna's grandmother's family.

Ara and the PKP Ministry staff provided basic food assistance to Hasna's grandmother and family. In addition to basic necessities, the Minister of PKP also provided assistance in the form of sleeping equipment and households, including 5 sets of mattresses, pillows, and 5 sets of roll, as well as 1 set of stoves.

Grandma Hasna and her family expressed their gratitude to the Minister of PKP and his staff who have helped them to get a more livable house.

Grandma Hasna (62) is a resident of Tanah Tinggi Village, Johar Baru District, Central Jakarta, previously lived in a house with an area of 2x3 meters with two floors (threat, inappropriate conditions) inhabited by 13 people. The condition of the house entered the alley, a slum and dense residential area.

Hasna's grandmother lives with one child, 8 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. Grandma Hasna works as a plastic bottle collector with an income of IDR 15 thousand per day.