Erfan Maruf, Jakarta – Minister of Housing and Settlements Maruarar Sirait on Thursday officially scrapped a controversial plan to reduce the minimum size of subsidized homes to just 18

Jakarta – Unprompted, Minister of Housing and Settlements Maruarar Sirait claims the ministry has built 157,000 houses around 5.2 percent of the ambitious target of 3 million homes prom

Jakarta – The government is in a bind with its housing program.

Andrea Arshirena Hosana, Jakarta – Qatari company Al Qilaa, through its Indonesian unit Al Qilaa International Indonesia, plans to build 50,000 affordable apartment units in Indonesia a

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Real estate developers on Thursday urged the government to set up a national housing database, saying that it would be a good starting point for Indonesia

Jakarta – The recent controversy surrounding the government's marquee 3 million homes program poses a very basic question: For whom is this initiative actually designed?

Alfitria Nefi P, Jakarta – Indonesia's Ministry of Housing and Settlement Areas (PKP) has decided to delay a loan from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in order to accele

Thomas Rizal, Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The government has come under fire for its plans to shrink the already tiny proposed subsidized housing.

Vinnilya Huanggrio, Muhammad Farhan, Erfan Maruf, Jakarta – The government's plan to shrink the size of subsidized landed houses has drawn sharp criticism from urban planners, lawmakers

Erfan Maruf, Jakarta – The government defended its plan to introduce smaller subsidized housing units in urban areas, following public backlash over proposals for homes as small as 14 s

Antara, Jakarta – President of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto has set a target to build one million units of affordable vertical housing in the first year of his presidency.

Minister of Housing and Settlement Areas (PKP) Maruarar Sirait spoke out about the draft regulation of the Minister of PKP regarding changes to the provisions on the size of subsidized

Ni Made Tasyarani, Jakarta – Property developers have proposed a rent-to-own scheme as a way to ease homeownership access for workers in the informal sector.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Presidential envoy Hashim Djojohadikusumo said Wednesday that Indonesia didn't want to heavily rely on foreign investment for the country's housing program

Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR), Maruarar Sirait, acknowledged ongoing challenges in securing investment to support the government's ambitious

Antara, Jakarta – The government has raised the monthly income ceiling for individuals eligible to purchase subsidized homes from Rp 8 million to Rp 13 million ($474 to $771).

Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – The Ministry of Housing and Settlement Area is preparing 1,000 subsidized housing units for journalists, a move the ministry denies is part of the efforts to sile

Antara, Jakarta – Minister of Housing and Residential Area Maruarar Sirait said the government is preparing 1,000 units of subsidized housing for journalists and 20,000 for farmers from

Bambang Ismoyo, Jakarta – Danantara is open to the possibility of backing the government's 3 million affordable housing program, according to the fund's boss Rosan Roeslani.

Antara, Jakarta – Governor Pramono Anung has signed a new decree that exempts homes valued below Rp 2 billion ($120,375) from land and building taxes.

Ni Made Tasyarani, Jakarta – Offices in Jakarta are shifting toward green practices as developers seek to leverage growing market demand for environmental compliance amid an excess supp

Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – The Chairperson of Real Estate Indonesia (REI), Joko Suranto, has expressed concerns regarding the lack of progress in the government's 3 million housing per year

Ni Made Tasyarani, Jakarta – Balinese architects have expressed concerns over the growing number of buildings that violate local architectural guidelines and promote illegal architectur

Jakarta – Jakarta Deputy Governor Rano Karno said the city administration would soon resolve the issue of overdue payments for low-cost rental apartments (rusunawa), which stood at Rp 9

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir urges private banks to participate in financing the public housing program, in line with the plan to ac

Wahroni, Jakarta – Housing Minister Maruarar Sirait announced plans to use land confiscated in corruption cases as a resource for the government's 3 Million Houses Program.

Jakarta – Scrolling on social media, moviegoer Jessica Sihotang stumbled across a film depicting a fellow woman in her 30s struggling to make the dream of buying a Jakarta home a realit

Edo Rusyanto, Jakarta – Several foreign investors from China, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates have expressed their readiness to invest in the construction of 6 million houses, offic

Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto's new target to build 3 million homes a year will never solve Indonesia's housing shortage, especially if the government does nothing to fix the bro

Jakarta – Public Housing and Settlements Minister Maruarar "Ara" Sirait plans to coordinate with state-owned railway operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) to develop a program for orga

Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – Director General of Housing of the Ministry of Public Works and Housing, Iwan Suprijanto, claimed that foreign investors have signaled interest in President Prabo

Jakarta – The newly established Public Housing and Settlements Ministry has recently launched the groundbreaking of 250 landed houses in Tangerang, Banten, intended for low-income citiz

Teguh Adi Prasetyo, Jakarta – Housing and Settlement Minister Maruarar "Ara" Sirait announced that four prominent business tycoons have pledged support to advance the government's ambit

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Maria Gabrielle Putrinda, Jakarta – President-Elect Prabowo Subianto, who will soon start leading the country next month, has set an ambitious goal of building 2 million houses in Indon

Whisnu Bagus Prasetyo, Jakarta – The government will raise the tax on private house construction from 2.2 percent to 2.4 percent starting next year, a Finance Ministry advisor announced

Tenggara Strategics – President-elect Prabowo Subianto intends to divide the Public Development and Housing (PUPR) Ministry into two separate entities: one focused exclusively on housin

Jakarta – Indonesia plans to reinstate the full tax break on property purchases worth up to 5 billion rupiah ($323,000) for the second half of 2024 to help support demand, its chief eco

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – The government announced Tuesday it would continue to entirely exempt value-added tax (VAT) for house purchases until the end of 2024.

Antara, Jakarta – Acting Regent of Bogor Asmawa Tosepu affirmed that illegal villas in the Puncak area will be evicted following the eviction of street vendors.

Desty Luthfiani, Jakarta – Public policy observer from Trisakti University, Trubus Rahadiansah, commented on the latest policy of the Jakarta Provincial Government regarding the urban a

Tempo.Co, Jakarta – The Public Housing Savings Management Agency, or BP Tapera, responded to ongoing public concerns that mandatory Tapera savings would be used to finance the developme

Jakarta – The Public Housing Savings program will only burden workers and companies. It is a way for the government to evade its responsibility to provide people's housing.

Makassar – Protesters from the Greater Gowa branch of the Islamic Student Association (HMI) held a demonstration on Monday June 6 to oppose Government Regulation (PP) Number 21/2024 on

Alfida Rizky Febrianna, Jakarta – The Ombudsman guarantees that the Public Housing Savings Fund (Tapera) is secure.

Natasya Salim – Thousands of workers in Indonesia have rallied in front of the Presidential Palace in Jakarta to protest a new plan to take from their salaries to support a national hou

Prisma Ardianto, Jakarta – The hotly debated mandatory housing savings policy Tapera is expected to cut hundreds of thousands of jobs, according to economic think-tank Celios.

Jakarta – Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno has voiced disagreement with the Public Housing Savings (Tapera) program, which has sparked public opposition since becoming

Alfida Rizky Febrianna, Jakarta – The Manpower Ministry has acknowledged the protests from workers and employers against the mandatory Housing Savings Program (Tapera).

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – The chairwoman of the Indonesian Employers' Association (Apindo), Shinta Kamdani, reiterated her objection to the recently introduced public housing savings o