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        "id": 1712717,
        "msgid": "president-ensures-commitment-to-provide-affordable-housing-for-workers-1777629340",
        "date": "2026-05-01 16:17:26",
        "title": "President Ensures Commitment to Provide Affordable Housing for Workers",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "President Prabowo Subianto has reaffirmed the government's commitment to providing decent and affordable housing for workers, with plans to construct at least one million units this year, clustered near industrial areas and workplaces. These new worker-friendly cities will include essential facilities such as schools, sports amenities, daycares, hospitals, and efficient public transportation to support residents' needs. The initiative aims to reduce workers' high rental expenditures by converting them into long-term, affordable home ownership instalments, backed by low-interest credit access through state banks, including a new KUR scheme with a maximum rate of five per cent per year.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - President Prabowo Subianto has ensured his\ncommitment to providing decent and affordable housing for workers. An\nofficial statement in Jakarta on Friday indicated that the government\nhas built hundreds of thousands of homes for the public and plans to\nundertake larger-scale construction in the future. \u201cWe have already\nbuilt quite a lot this year, reaching 350,000 homes. But our target is\nat least one million homes; we will start this year as well, one million\nhomes. These homes will be built in clusters near industrial areas and\nclose to workplaces, as per your suggestions,\u201d the President stated\nwhile attending the International Labour Day commemoration at Monas in\nJakarta. The President conveyed plans to develop new cities designed to\nbe worker-friendly. These new cities will be equipped with various\nfacilities to support the needs of their residents. He mentioned that\neach city is planned to have around 100,000 housing units. \u201cI have\nordered that there must be schools, sports facilities, daycares,\nhospitals, and most importantly, transportation, whether light rail,\nbuses, so that workers can commute to their jobs smoothly and\nefficiently,\u201d Prabowo said. The President emphasised that focusing on\nmeeting housing needs is essential, given the high burden of housing\nexpenses for workers thus far. According to the President, the\ngovernment will direct these expenditures to be redirected into home\nownership instalments with long and affordable tenors. \u201cSo, what was\npreviously 30 per cent for rent, we will reduce that. That will be for\nyou to instal your own home. The instalments, if possible, over 20\nyears. If not 20 years, 25 years. If not settled in 25 years, 30 years.\nIf not, 35 years, 40 years. Because workers won\u2019t run away anywhere,\nright? Farmers and fishermen won\u2019t run away either,\u201d the President\nexplained. Meanwhile, in the financing sector, the President emphasised\nthat the government will provide access to low-interest credit through\nstate-owned banks. One of them is through the government\u2019s plan to\nlaunch the People\u2019s Business Credit (KUR) with a maximum interest rate\nof five per cent per year.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/president-ensures-commitment-to-provide-affordable-housing-for-workers-1777629340",
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