April 18, 2026 | 04:10 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian Minister of Housing and Urban Area Development, Maruarar Sirait, stated that 21,000 uninhabitable houses in Papua will undergo renovation. The house renovation program is set to commence on Tuesday, April 21, 2026.
"In line with President Prabowo Subianto's directive, uninhabitable houses must be promptly renovated on a massive scale," Maruarar said at Wisma Danantara in Jakarta on Friday, April 17, 2026. He stated that the program has also been reported to Hashim Djojohadikusumo, the Chair of the Housing Task Force.
The minister mentioned that this house renovation program will be carried out in six provinces covering 42 regencies/cities, with a minimum of 500 houses to be renovated in each regency/city.
In addition to house renovation, Maruarar added that the people's business credit program (KUR) for housing will also reach Papua. There are also housing financing programs in collaboration with PT Sarana Multigriya Finansial and PT Permodalan Nasional Madani.
In addition to renovating houses, the government will refurbish slum areas. "So, our program is quite extensive, not only to construct and renovate houses, but also to make the areas non-slum. Then the people will be economically empowered," the minister said.
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