Home Affairs Minister urges regional heads to submit data on housing aid recipients
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Minister of Home Affairs has requested regional heads to immediately submit complete data on prospective recipients of permanent housing stimulus aid, as well as aid for moderate and light house damage, to expedite the post-disaster budget disbursement process in Sumatra.
“Districts/Cities that can submit in those three groups by name by address completely, we will execute immediately. Those who haven’t submitted yet, please do so, or you will be protested by your own community,” said Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian at the Bina Graha Building of the Presidential Staff Office in Jakarta on Wednesday.
Tito emphasised that the central government cannot determine the budget amount with certainty if regions only submit data in bulk. Regents and mayors are asked to map residents into the three stimulus categories provided.
The government will provide stimulus funds for permanent housing construction amounting to Rp60 million, disbursed in two stages. Meanwhile, aid for disaster survivors with moderately damaged houses receives Rp30 million in stimulus, and light damage receives Rp15 million.
The Minister of Home Affairs also allows independent or in-situ construction on land owned by residents themselves with government stimulus aid. Residents are permitted to build houses according to their preferences, as long as the land location is not in a red zone or disaster-prone area.
In addition to independent construction, residents also have the option for their homes to be built by the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB).
Meanwhile, the Minister of Home Affairs also mentioned that there will be communal complex construction, the execution of which will be handled by the Ministry of Housing and Settlement Areas.
The Minister of Home Affairs requested that regional governments not delay data collection merely due to technical reasons such as incomplete geological studies at all points. Regions are advised to first submit clean data in waves so that aid execution is not hindered.
To accelerate the process, regional heads are instructed to form data collection task forces that go directly to the field. The ministry has prepared operational cost support so that verification of the recipient names and addresses list can be completed in a short time.
This firm step is taken so that affected communities do not have to endure temporary shelters for too long due to administrative negligence at the regional level. Tito affirmed that the central government will prioritise aid execution for regions that demonstrate strong leadership in data validation.