Hashim Reveals 27 Million Families Live in Uninhabitable Homes

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia — Chair of the Housing Task Force Hashim Djojohadikusumo said Indonesia’s housing needs among the population remain very large. He revealed that as many as 27 million families live in uninhabitable housing with deplorable conditions.

“There are 27 million families living in uninhabitable housing, meaning slums, shacks, places without water or electricity, and so on,” he said in Cikarang, West Java, on Sunday (8 March 2026).

Hashim said the backlog, or the gap between the number of households in need of housing and the availability of adequate housing supply, remains very large.

“There are those who have already requested (adequate housing); there is a queue of about 9 to 15 million families still waiting to get a new home,” he said.

According to him, this pushes the government to accelerate the 3 million homes for Low-Income Households (MBR). In addition, housing construction can also provide a multiplier effect on other sectors of the economy.

The housing sector contributes around 2% of national economic growth. If the housing programme can be implemented, it could raise the economy overall.

“We have calculated that if everything goes as we want—3 million homes, including apartments, if possible each year—this could yield between 1.5 and 2 percent. If the current government is at 5.3%, from housing we could reach up to 7 percent,” he said.

Hashim added that the government has just partnered with Lippo Group to build 140,000 vertical housing units on a 30-hectare donated land area in the Cikarang area, West Java.

Next, the government will also build housing on 45 hectares owned by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Kominfo), including Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI), and 41 hectares of land owned by the Ministry of Defence in Central Jakarta.