Prabowo-Gibran Has A Housing Building Program Of 3 Million, This Is The Response Of PUPR Minister Basuki Hadimuljono

Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Basuki Hadimuljono. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Basuki Hadimuljono responded to the 3 million house program launched by the presidential and vice presidential candidate pair Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka.

Basuki said the program was good to solve the problems of backlogs or home shortages which currently reach 12.7 million houses.

However, Basuki said that until now there has been no discussion regarding the plan.

"There has been no chat. It has not been discussed. In the past, Pak Jokowi's program was 1 million houses, we have achieved more than 1 million houses," he told reporters at the PUPR Ministry Office in Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Thursday, March 14.

"If there is a program of 3 million houses, I think it's good, but it hasn't been discussed yet," he said again.

Meskipun demikian, Basuki mengatakan program pembangunan 3 juta rumah tentunya akan berdampak pada peningkatan anggaran yang cukup besar.

The cost of building 1 subsidized housing unit for low-income people currently reaches Rp144 million, and absorbs a budget of Rp144 trillion.

Presidential candidate number 2 Prabowo Subianto promised to build as many as 3 million houses, 1 million houses in rural areas, 1 million urban areas, and 1 million coastal areas, if he is elected president later.

The promise to build the house is included in one of the big plans he has carried with his partner, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, which is named the National Transformation Strategy.

Prabowo is a presidential candidate whose votes are currently superior to his two rivals, namely Anies Baswedan and Ganjar Pranowo, according to the recapitulation of the Indonesian KPU's interim votes.

The temporary recapitulation of the Indonesian KPU as of Wednesday March 13 to 13.00 WIB shows that the presidential-vice presidential candidate pair number 02 Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka gets 59.48 percent of the vote.