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Unoccupied Cipinang Muara 2 apartments fuel speculation over 'well-off' tenants
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Construction is underway in 2017 at a low-cost apartment complex in Marunda, North Jakarta. (Antara/Wahyu Putro A)
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he Cipinang Muara 2 management has seized two apartment units that had been left unoccupied by its tenants, giving rise to speculation that some tenants were ineligible for renting the low-cost apartments.
Several reports submitted to LAPOR! (lapor.go.id), the national complaints platform, allege that a number of tenants at low-cost apartments were actually well-off civil servants who owned cars, as indicated by the number of cars in the apartments' parking lots.
The tenancy of Cipinang Muara 2, like other public housing complexes in Jakarta, is intended for low-income households.
Cipinang Muara 2 management head Septalina Purba said that she suspected the tenants of the two sealed units actually owned a house elsewhere. “If they never stay here, they have a house, I’m sure of it,” Septalina said on Monday as quoted by wartakota.tribunnews.com. She said the tenants had acted as if the apartment units were their own property. “No, this is state property,” she said.
According to the apartment’s regulations, Septalina added, if an apartment was left unoccupied for more than 14 days without due notice, the apartment must be vacated. (jlm/evi)
