BPS: Home ownership backlog figures fall 12.39 percent

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Head of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti said that based on the March 2026 National Socio-Economic Survey (Susenas), the housing ownership backlog and the habitability backlog had declined compared with the March 2025 Susenas.

She said BPS presents backlog one, namely the housing ownership backlog, or in other words the percentage of households that do not own their own home. Backlog two is the condition in which households occupy their own home but it is not fit for habitation.

“Based on the March 2026 Susenas, we have updated this backlog data. Backlog one, namely the number and percentage of households that do not yet own a home, in percentage terms fell from 13 percent in March 2025 to 12.39 percent in March 2026,” Amalia said during the release of the 2026 Housing Statistics Publication in Jakarta on Thursday.

Accordingly, the ownership backlog figure of 9.64 million households in March 2025 fell to 9.29 million households in March 2026.

Furthermore, backlog two in March 2026 reached 24.03 percent, or around 18.01 million households, a figure lower than the March 2025 level of 25.33 percent, or around 18.77 million households.

“So both backlog one and backlog two have improved, or in numerical terms have declined,” Amalia said.

She explained that the backlog two figure in 2026 appears twice as high as backlog one for ownership.

The high backlog two, she continued, shows that achieving equitable ownership of decent housing is one of the development priorities. The Minister of Housing and Settlement Areas is aligned with BPS data, in that the Ministry of Housing and Settlement Areas has raised the target for Self-Help Housing Stimulant Assistance (BSPS) from 45,000 to 400,000 because the statistical data indicates this needs to be reduced more quickly.

For information, the Ministry of Housing and Settlement Areas (PKP) is partnering with the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) to strengthen the governance of the 3 Million Houses Programme through the use of accurate, integrated and field-based data.

Minister of Housing and Settlement Areas Maruarar Sirait stressed that housing policy must be built on a strong data foundation so that every government programme can be implemented in a targeted, effective and accountable manner.