Home Affairs Minister: Three Million Houses Programme Reflects President's Concern for the Little People

Home Affairs Minister Muhammad Tito Karnavian has stressed that the Three Million Houses programme represents President Prabowo Subianto’s concern for the little people. Through this programme, underprivileged communities are expected to have the opportunity to obtain decent housing. “To accelerate readiness for owning a house or a decent home, the Ministry of Housing and Settlement Areas (PKP) has made various breakthroughs, including making house prices cheaper,” Tito said in a press release received by Kompas.com on Wednesday (6/5/2026). Tito made this statement at the Collaboration for Housing Financing and Community Empowerment event held by the Ministry of PKP at the Ahmad Yani Raider 600 Building, Manggar Baru Ward, Balikpapan City, East Kalimantan, on Tuesday (5/5/2026). To speed up decent home ownership for low-income communities (MBR), Tito said the Ministry of PKP is partnering with the banking sector to support people’s housing financing. In addition, the Ministry of PKP is coordinating with the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) and the Financial Services Authority (OJK) to strengthen support for the programme. The Ministry of PKP is also collaborating with the Home Affairs Ministry and the Ministry of Public Works (PU) in implementing exemptions from Acquisition Duty on Land and Building Rights (BPHTB) for MBR as well as exemptions from Building Permit Approval (PBG) fees. He added that the Three Million Houses programme requires support from regional governments through the issuance of Regional Head Regulations (Perkada) to ensure optimal implementation. Furthermore, Tito asked regional governments to build Public Service Malls (MPP) to accelerate the permitting process efficiently. “I ask all regions together with other public services to build MPP. So, in one building, there is a one-roof system, one roof for all permits,” he said. “The specific meeting in East Kalimantan for several regencies that have not yet utilised it (the existence of MPP),” Tito added. For information, the event was also attended by PKP Minister Maruarar Sirait, East Kalimantan Governor Rudy Mas’ud, Balikpapan Mayor Rahmad Mas’ud, and other related parties.