Subsidized Housing Program For PMI Resigns To 2024, BP2MI Reveals The Reason

Head of BP2MI Benny Rhamdani. (Photo: Theresia Agatha/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Migrant Worker Protection Agency (BP2MI) said it was possible that the Subsidized Housing Program for Indonesian Migrant Workers (PMI) would resign in 2024.

Head of BP2MI Benny Rhamdani said this was influenced by various things, one of which was related to discussions with the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) which had not been fully completed.

"I want to first launch (subsidized change program) 2023, it turns out, right, the discussion is tough. I also don't know why it has to be tough, why is the tendency long," Benny told reporters after being met at the release of the PMI contingent to South Korea, Taiwan, and Germany, in Jakarta, Monday, July 24.

"And of course the hope is that in 2024 we will launch it," he added.

Benny said the program was very useful for PMI, so they were motivated to save and work hard abroad.

"Why is it useful? If the state provides a low-cost housing program for PMI, it will be motivated in terms of saving discipline, because one of their dreams is to own a house," he said.

"Well, it means hopefully this will happen," he said.

Previously, the Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency (BP2MI) was coordinating with a number of parties to launch a subsidized housing program for Indonesian Migrant Workers (PMI) this year.

Head of BP2MI Benny Rhamdani said the subsidized housing program for PMI would involve the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR).

"With the president's permission, BP2MI will launch a Subsidized Cheap Housing program for PMIs," Benny told reporters, Monday, June 19.

Benny said this was done as a form of government appreciation to PMI, which had contributed foreign exchange of up to IDR 159.6 trillion annually.