Surabaya City Government Ready To Operate 74 Uninhabitable Houses

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SURABAYA - The Public Housing, Settlement and Land Affairs Office (DPRKPP) of Surabaya City, East Java is ready to dissect 74 uninhabitable houses through the first phase of the uninhabitable home improvement program in March 2022.

Head of the Housing and Settlement Areas of the Surabaya City Public Housing and Settlement Areas (DPRKPP) Lasidi said, by 2022, the Surabaya City Government targets 800 houses to be included in the category of uninhabitable houses (Rutilahu).

"As for the budget for each housing unit, the city government has budgeted for repairs of Rp. 35 million," he said, quoted by Antara, Thursday, March 24.

According to him, the budget has been prepared in the Surabaya 2022 APBD. For phase 1, he continued, targeting 74 houses, with a target completion time of 20 days.

Based on the direction of the Mayor of Surabaya, Eri Cahyadi, the Rutilahu program in 2022 is prioritized for Low-Income Communities (MBR). This is also aligned with the Surabaya Mayor Regulation Number 9 of 2022 concerning the Social Rehabilitation of Uninhabitable Houses in the City of Surabaya.

"The mayor hopes that all the people of Surabaya City can report residents whose houses are unfit for habitation to the local Lurah. Later the kelurahan will submit it to the Social Service (Dinsos) and forward it to us," he said.

After the verification process is complete, he said, the DPRKPP will sign an MoU with the Home Improvement Technical Group (KTPR), which was previously selected based on a joint deliberation between the village head and local residents.

"Given the existence of the March Intensive Work program, the Mayor wants to empower MBR residents, so Rutilahu beneficiaries can also join KTPR," he said.

There are also special criteria for prospective beneficiaries of the Rutilahu program, namely residents of the City of Surabaya who are included in the MBR data and have not received Rutilahu assistance, except for disaster victims. Then, Rutilahu that can be repaired are houses and land that are physically controlled by the beneficiaries.

Meanwhile, the beneficiaries of the Rutilahu benefit must have an identity card (KTP) and a family card (KK) for residents of the city of Surabaya, and have a domicile certificate issued by the local kelurahan. Then the condition of the house is uninhabitable / victims of fire and / or disaster.

"Getting a recommendation from the head of the RT/RW, who is known to the local lurah, as well as a standing house that stands on land that has a legal basis of control," he said.

Next, the beneficiaries of Rutilahu must attach a statement letter. First, a statement that the house/land is not in dispute and will occupy their own house, the house being repaired is known regionally by the Head of RT/RW and Lurah.

Second, the statement letter has never received assistance for house repairs from the government except for the construction of healthy and disaster latrines.

"Thirdly, the statement of availability does not sell or rent the houses that have been rehabilitated within a period of 5 years, with sufficient stamp duty," said Lasidi.