Sangata (ANTARA News) - The East Kutai district government in East Kalimantan has allocated Rp10 billion to build houses for the poor in 2012, an official said.

"With this amount of money we will be able to build about 200 houses," District Chief Isran Noor said here on Sunday.

He said the government would select the people who would receive the houses according to several criteria. "We will prioritize those who are categorized as poor or have no source of income," said Isran.

Apart from building 200 houses, he added, the local government would also help renovate people`s house. The effort to provide the poor with housing would be continued until 2016, he said.
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