Home Affairs Minister Tito and Housing Minister Ara to Revise Low-Income Definition and Remove Domicile Barriers to Support 3 Million Homes Programme

Home Affairs Minister Muhammad Tito Karnavian is preparing additional support to ensure the success of the 3 Million Homes Programme. This support includes revising the definition of low-income communities (MBR) and providing legal certainty for citizens with different domiciles to access housing programmes. The revision will be carried out jointly with the Minister of Housing and Settlement Areas (PKP), Maruarar Sirait. The planned revision will adjust the income criteria for MBR, raising the maximum limit for unmarried individuals from Rp7 million to Rp8.5 million per month. This effort aims to allow the programme to reach a broader segment of society. Furthermore, the Home Affairs Minister and the PKP Minister intend to establish a legal basis so that people wishing to access housing programmes are not restricted by the domicile stated on their identity cards (KTP). “We will revise it again, because Mr Ara wants to broaden the definition of low-income communities,” said the Home Affairs Minister in a statement to reporters following the Socialisation of Housing Financing Programme Collaboration and People’s Economic Empowerment event at Persima Field, Tambora District, West Jakarta, on Monday (15/6/2026). The Home Affairs Minister explained that his ministry has already taken concrete steps to support this national priority programme. These began with coordinating measures with regional heads and creating policies such as exempting MBR from the Land and Building Rights Acquisition Fee (BPHTB) and Building Approval (PBG) retribution. “Regions should not worry about losing locally-generated revenue (PAD), because the following year they will receive land and building tax (PBB). Vacant land has a low tax rate, but once there is a building on it, they will profit and the economy will turn over,” he clarified. Together with the PKP Minister, the Home Affairs Minister also routinely conducts direct inspections of recipients of the Self-Help Housing Stimulant Assistance (BSPS) programme, also known as house renovation aid. The most recent inspection was carried out in Kalianyar Urban Village, Tambora District, West Jakarta. The visit was also attended by the Head of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti, and several other officials. During the visit, the Home Affairs Minister stressed that the purpose of the visit was to directly verify the programme’s beneficiaries. “Everyone is moving like this, going door to door, seeing the field directly, touching the people directly. So it is not based on information, let alone from behind a desk,” he said.