"Not only three million (in one government term) but we want to build three million houses every year," Djojohadikusumo emphasized here on Thursday.
He explained that the program for annually building three million houses comprised one million apartment units in urban areas and two million in rural areas.
"The target is one million (apartment units) in urban areas and two million houses in rural areas every year," he remarked.
He noted that the construction of two million houses in village areas can aid in the creation of jobs there.
Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Basuki Hadimuljono earlier welcomed the three million house program initiated by President-elect Prabowo Subianto and Vice President-elect Gibran Rakabuming Raka.
Hadimuljono said that the program can help overcome the housing backlog or shortage that currently reached 12.7 million houses.
Meanwhile, Prabowo has promised to build three million houses every year, namely one million houses each in village, urban, and coastal areas.
The housing construction program is part of the main programs in his upcoming administration called the National Transformation Strategy.
So far, the government has provided various housing programs in the form of financial assistance, especially for the lower middle-income group to own a house.
There is a backlog of 12.7 million houses, as the land prices are increasingly high and hence become more limited.
Currently, the government has offered subsidized houses that can be purchased with a mortgage or KPR.
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