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Pulogebang low-cost apartments see Rp 3 billion in arrears
Rent arrears at East Jakarta's Pulogebang rusunawa (low-cost apartments) have reached Rp 3 billion (US$227,894), with more than half of its tenants failing to meet their monthly rent, the apartment management has said.
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A tenant inspects a gas meter at the Marunda low-cost apartments in North Jakarta. (Antara/Wahyu Putro A)
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ent arrears at East Jakarta's Pulogebang rusunawa (low-cost apartments) have reached Rp 3 billion (US$227,894), with more than half of its tenants failing to meet their monthly rent, the apartment management has said.
“Of the 669 families living here, 70 percent have yet to pay their rent,” Pulogebang apartment manager Ageng Darmintono said on Monday as quoted by kompas.com.
He was quick to add that he had attempted to persuade the tenants to immediately fulfill their obligation.
“As of August, we have received around Rp 600 million,” he said, hoping that by the end of the year, all arrears would be settled.
Many Jakartans living in low-cost apartments are struggling to pay rent, as data from the city’s Public Housing and Government Buildings Agency shows that total arrears in July amounted to Rp 32 billion.
Most current tenants were forced to move to rusunawa after they were evicted from their makeshift houses, because of an administrative ruling that they had illegally occupied the land. Since moving to the low-cost apartments, many tenants have said that they struggled to make ends meet, as they found it difficult to adapt to and find jobs in their new environment. (fac)
