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        "id": 1932631,
        "msgid": "jakarta-dprd-flats-bylaw-an-effort-to-provide-housing-solutions-1787291585",
        "date": "2026-08-21 12:27:14",
        "title": "Jakarta DPRD: Flats bylaw an effort to provide housing solutions",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "The Jakarta Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) is moving forward with a draft bylaw on flats (rumah susun) as a response to the city's housing needs amid land constraints. The bylaw is one of two scheduled for deliberation this year, alongside a population control bylaw. The DPRD will review the governor's explanation and present faction views at a plenary session on 26 August 2026.",
        "content": "<p>The Jakarta DPRD believes the draft regional regulation (Raperda) on\nflats represents an effort to provide solutions for the community\u2019s\nhousing needs amid land constraints and the dynamics of Jakarta\u2019s\ndevelopment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor that reason, we need to ensure that flats are not only places to\nlive but also become residential environments that are liveable,\nhealthy, and safe,\u201d said Deputy Speaker of the Jakarta DPRD Ima Mahdiah\nduring a plenary meeting in Jakarta on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The Raperda on flats is one of those designated for deliberation this\nyear, in accordance with Jakarta DPRD Decision Number 41 of 2025\nconcerning the Programme for the Formation of Regional Regulations of\nthe Special Capital Region of Jakarta Province for 2026.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the flats bylaw, a Raperda on population control is\nalso part of the deliberations.<\/p>\n<p>Ima said the Raperda on population control is an important part of\nresponding to the dynamics of population growth and distribution in\nJakarta.<\/p>\n<p>With this bylaw, Ima added, the Jakarta Provincial Government will\nhave a legal umbrella for population control, so that it can be carried\nout in a directed, integrated, and data-based manner, thereby supporting\nimprovements in quality of life and the equitable distribution of\nservices for all Jakarta residents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFurthermore, based on the results of the meeting of the Jakarta DPRD\nConsultative Body together with the executive on 28 July 2026, a\nschedule for deliberation of the two draft bylaws was agreed upon and\ntoday is followed up in the holding of the council\u2019s plenary meeting,\u201d\nsaid Ima.<\/p>\n<p>Ima said the factions in the Jakarta DPRD will examine and scrutinise\nthe Jakarta Governor\u2019s explanation of the two draft bylaws, which will\nthen be compiled into material for the factions\u2019 general views.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod willing, the results will be delivered at the DPRD plenary\nmeeting on Wednesday, 26 August 2026 at 10.00 WIB,\u201d she said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/jakarta-dprd-flats-bylaw-an-effort-to-provide-housing-solutions-1787291585",
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