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View all search resultsIn 2019, a whopping 14.4 percent of Jakarta households were in slum areas, while the development of exclusive residential areas such as gated communities and vertical housing was on the rise, indicating increasing urban economic segregation.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo signed Government Regulation (PP) No. 25/2020 on Tapera on May 20, which provides instructions for fund management body BP Tapera and makes membership compulsory for all workers.
Property developers are lobbying the government and House of Representatives over what they call “thinning” funds allocated to the government’s subsidized housing program, which has become a key growth driver in the sector.
Subsidies have been fundamental instruments to provide basic needs, especially for goods and services essential for the dignity and productivity of a society. A subsidy for providing a roof over everyone’s head is even more fundamental and urgent. Housing rights are attached to many other rights. #opinion
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