Jakarta – The Public Works and Housing Ministry and state-owned housing developer PT Perumnas will team up to start working on a program to build 1 million homes over the next five years.

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – For almost the last eight years, Mairia, 33, has been living with her four children in a 3-by-4 meter room since the Indian Ocean tsunami swept her house

Hans David Tampubolon – Public Housing Minister Djan Faridz says that there is no political motive behind his ministry's recent plan to develop cheap housing for journalists.

Ulma Haryantop, Jakarta – Legal activists have sounded the alarm over a draft amendment to the 1992 Housing Law that they say could criminalize squatters and other low-income people.

Thin Lei Win, Dili – East Timor, one of the world's youngest nations, is attempting to enact laws on land ownership eight years after gaining full independence.

Jakarta – The nation's cities are experiencing a housing crisis fueled by overpopulation, a lack of new homes, and poor access to lending, all of which have the greatest impact on the l

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