Bekasi reprimands housing firms

Bekasi reprimands housing firms

BEKASI (JP): The Bekasi administration has reminded hundreds
of housing companies in the regency of their responsibility to
build public facilities.

Building firms are ordered to build such facilities as they
are vital to help improve the quality of the city's housing
development plan, according to circular No.648/2721/Bappeda,
dated Oct. 11, 1994 signed by deputy regent to Bekasi H. Dede
Satibi.

The circular reads: based on the Minister of Home Affairs'
Decree No. 1 1987, these facilities should equal about 40 percent
of housing complexes.

Three quarters of the 40 percent area is earmarked for the
establishment of general facilities, including gutters, water
networks, security stations and roads, while the remaining
quarter is for social facilities such as mosques and school
buildings.

Data at the Bekasi administration shows that out of 296 low-
cost and luxurious housing complexes in the regency, developers
of only ten complexes have transferred the ownership of the
public facilities to the regional government.

The circular was made public in response to the increasing
number of complaints filed by housing complex residents over the
limited availability and poor condition of such facilities.

Many residents in housing complexes in Bekasi Jaya Indah,
Perumnas II Setia Makmur, Jati Mulya and Pondok Timur Indah, for
example, frequently complain of damages to roads in their area.

They acknowledge that repairs were once done but the quality
was less than expected, thereby resulting in further damage over
a brief period of time.

Confusion as to who is responsible for the construction and
maintenance of these facilities is apparent by the vagueness of
replies when there are complaints.

The administration simply stated that housing developers have
not yet transferred the facilities to the regency, while many
developers only make promises. (12/hhr)