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Govt launches subsidized housing program for journalists
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A subsidized-housing complex is pictured in Bogor, West Java, on Jan. 6, 2020. (Antara/Yulius Satria Wijaya)
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he government has launched a subsidized housing program for journalists, aiming to allocate 1,000 units this year as part of its effort to ensure access to affordable housing for media workers across the country.
The initiative is part of the government’s housing finance liquidity facility (FLPP), a mortgage scheme that has allocated a quota of 220,000 housing units in 2025 for various recipients, including migrant workers, farmers and health workers.
The FLPP itself was initially established in 2010 to provide loans to low-income private employees and civil servants but the eligibility has been expanded to other groups and individuals in a higher income bracket, in a bid to ensure more people have access to affordable homes.
At a press conference on Tuesday, Public Housing and Settlements Minister Maruarar Sirait said that the first phase of the subsidized housing program for journalists would kick off on May 6, aiming to allocate 100 housing units in Greater Jakarta. The eligible journalists will be selected with the help of the Press Council and the Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI).
“We recognize the challenges in determining the recipients because certainly the demand will outnumber the available [housing] units. Therefore, we want to ensure that the selection process is conducted objectively,” Maruarar said as quoted in a press release.
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Speaking at the same event, Communications and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid said having housing security would support journalists in their work.
