Anies Cooperation To Provide Middle Class Boarding House With Private, PDIP: Should Work On Houses DP Rp0

Alaspadu Residential Display on Jalan Kudus, Menteng, Dukuh Atas BNI Station, Central Jakarta, Friday (19/8/2022). (ANTARA/HO-DKI Jakarta Provincial Government)

JAKARTA - Member of the PDIP faction of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Gilbert Simanjuntak, criticized DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan for cooperating with the private sector to provide boarding houses to special apartments for the middle class.

According to Gilbert, there are jobs that have more urgency for Anies to do than to facilitate housing such as middle-class boarding houses.

For example, the completion of the Rp0 DP House program, which is currently still low in achievement. This is because this program is a political promise contained in the regional medium-term development plan (RPJMD) for 2017-2022.

"It's a small business that deserves to be worked on by the private sector. The Zero Rupiah Downpayment House should have been done. Don't make a promise to heaven and what is being done is diverting the issue as if it were working," said Gilbert, Friday, August 19.

Moreover, at this time, the DKI Provincial Government has to rack their brains to cover the potential loss of Rp.

"The provincial government is tasked with returning taxes collected for lower class people in the form of decent housing, because the DKI UMP does not allow them to have decent housing in DKI," said Gilbert.

As is known, DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan collaborated with the private sector to work together to provide housing titled Alaspadu and Rumapadu specifically for the middle class in the transit oriented development (TOD) area.

This collaboration is carried out by PT MRT Jakarta (Perseroda) through its subsidiary PT Integration Transit Jakarta with PT Rukita Bhinneka and PT Cove Living Indonesia.

Alaspadu is a rental residence similar to a boarding house with a co-living concept and Rumapadu is an ownership residence in the form of an apartment. The target residents are workers with an income of between Rp. 7 million and Rp. 20 million per month.

In the signing of the cooperation, Anies said the DKI Provincial Government was trying to serve the housing needs for people of all walks of life. Not only low-income people, but also in the middle class segment.

"What should not be missed is the middle class economy, some of them are young people who are just starting their careers, but have started living independently. They need housing. Now, to this young group, we are offering a new concept. Stay near where you work, stay near public transportation," said Anies at the Alaspadu location, Jalan Kudus Menteng, Dukuh Atas BNI Station, Central Jakarta.

According to Anies, the daily expenses of middle class residents living in Alaspadu and Rumapadu can be streamlined because their residences are close to an integrated transportation system.

“How cheaper it is to live in an area like this. Monthly spending is efficient. Instead of living far away, every day commuting, both for private vehicles and public transportation," he said.