15,000 Liveable Homes Prepared for Residents in Underdeveloped, Frontier, and Outermost Regions

The National Border Management Agency (BNPP) of the Republic of Indonesia is accelerating the implementation of the Self-Help Housing Stimulant Assistance Programme (BSPS) in the country’s border areas. Through collaboration between the BNPP and the Ministry of Housing and Settlement Areas (PKP), the government has allocated assistance to improve the quality of 15,000 Uninhabitable Houses (RTLH) spread across underdeveloped, frontier, and outermost (3T) regions, the Smallest Outer Islands (PPKT), and state border areas. This acceleration programme was conducted through a coordination forum with the Directorate of Housing Quality Improvement of the Ministry of PKP and representatives from 40 border district/city governments who participated online on Tuesday (14/7/2026). BNPP Secretary Makhruzi Rahman emphasised that the BSPS Programme is a tangible manifestation of government synergy in improving the quality of life for communities living in border areas. “The BSPS Programme not only provides liveable houses for the community but is also part of the government’s efforts to strengthen the welfare and social resilience of communities in border areas as the nation’s front porch,” said Makhruzi. He explained that the programme reaches 40 districts/cities bordering seven neighbouring countries and the open sea. According to him, the development of border areas cannot only focus on defence and security aspects but must also touch on improving the community’s quality of life through the provision of healthy, safe, and comfortable housing. Makhruzi explained that the implementation of the BSPS Programme begins with the preparation of prospective recipient data based on the By Name By Address (BNBA) database compiled by the BNPP. The data is then proposed through the Housing Assistance Information System to be verified by the Ministry of PKP before the determination of aid recipients is made. He added that the determination of aid allocation considers a number of indicators, including the number and percentage of the poor population, the level of inequality (Gini ratio), the poverty depth index, the number of families in deciles 1–4 who still occupy uninhabitable houses, and the commitment of local governments in administering housing affairs.