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).
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April 9, 2025
April 8, 2025
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
April 3, 2025
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
April 2, 2025
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.
March 26, 2025
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.
March 21, 2025
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
March 19, 2025
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
March 3, 2025
Ni Made Tasyarani, Jakarta – Balinese architects have expressed concerns over the growing number of buildings that violate local architectural guidelines and promote illegal architectur
February 26, 2025
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
February 12, 2025
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
January 15, 2025
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.
January 14, 2025
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
December 27, 2024
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
December 17, 2024
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
November 29, 2024
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
November 7, 2024
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
November 3, 2024
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
October 29, 2024
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
October 10, 2024
Edo Rusyanto, Jakarta – Hashim S.
September 30, 2024
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
September 17, 2024
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
September 10, 2024
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
August 27, 2024
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.
July 1, 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.
June 19, 2024
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
June 12, 2024
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.
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
June 10, 2024
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.
June 6, 2024
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
June 4, 2024
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
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.
June 3, 2024
Alfida Rizky Febrianna, Jakarta – The Manpower Ministry has acknowledged the protests from workers and employers against the mandatory Housing Savings Program (Tapera).
May 31, 2024
Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – The chairwoman of the Indonesian Employers' Association (Apindo), Shinta Kamdani, reiterated her objection to the recently introduced public housing savings o
Jakarta – It is not the government's job to tell us to save our money for housing. We, employees and workers, know what's best for us and can decide for ourselves.
May 30, 2024
Teguh Adi Prasetyo, Jakarta – BPJS Watch Advocacy Coordinator, Timboel Siregar, suggested a shift in the controversial Housing Savings Fund (Tapera) program from mandatory to voluntary
Antara, Koran Tempo, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo or Jokowi's decision to require all workers to participate in the Public Housing Savings or Tapera program is considered to b
May 29, 2024
Amanda Puspita Sari, Jakarta – Private-sector and self-employed workers in Indonesia, including foreigners, will now have to contribute 3 per cent of their salaries to the country's Pub
May 28, 2024
Antara, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo acknowledged the public's concerns regarding the 3 percent salary deduction for the Housing Savings Fund (Tapera) contributions.
May 2, 2024
Jakarta –- The workers' security agency BPJS Ketenagakerjaan and the state-owned housing firm Perum Perumnas recently inked a memorandum of understanding.
March 4, 2024
Alfida Rizky Febrianna, Jakarta – State-Owned Enterprises Minister, Erick Thohir, has called on both state-owned and private companies to contribute towards providing 1.5 million homes
February 7, 2024
Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – The government is considering extending the maximum home mortgage tenor to 35 years to provide more affordable monthly payments for lower-income households, but
January 5, 2024
Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – Jakarta's community-centered housing rights project was honored with the Gold World Habitat Awards 2024, on Thursday, January 4, by World Habitat, an internationa
October 25, 2023
Aditya Hadi, Jakarta – The government has announced plans to boost the property market by covering the value-added tax (VAT) and the Rp 4 million (US$252) administration fee for low-inc
October 24, 2023
Dion Bisara, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo unveiled new tax breaks for property purchases to invigorate the country's housing sector, in a bid to bolster Indonesia's resilien
August 15, 2023
Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – The government has been easing regulations on home ownership since 2021, aiming to attract more foreigners to buy properties in the country, but the effort has p
August 9, 2023
Dion Bisara – Amid the sprawling islands and diverse cultures of Indonesia, there's a burgeoning interest in the property from overseas buyers.
August 8, 2023
Amy Heppy, Jakarta – Indonesian Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) Erick Thohir said many people, especially millennials, do not have a house.
August 3, 2023
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Foreigners are required to show only a passport to buy a house or residential unit in Indonesia, but the number of foreign homeownership is still incredibl