Housing Bill: Effort to Untangle Central and Regional Policy Chaos
JAKARTA — The government is accelerating completion of a Housing Bill (RUU Perumahan) as a primary legal instrument to address overlapping regulations that have long hindered housing provision for the public.
Housing and Spatial Planning Minister Maruarar Sirait emphasised that bureaucratic efficiency and legal certainty are the primary targets of this policy.
A longstanding problem in the property sector—divergence between central and regional implementation of regulations—has resurfaced. According to Sirait, transparency in the licensing process will not only reduce corruption potential but also lower the substantial economic costs currently borne by consumers.
“We must ensure that this system operates with accurate data. There can no longer be any doubt about execution capacity in the field,” he stated on Tuesday, 10 March 2026.
In agreement with Sirait, Pesona Kahuripan Group Chief Executive Officer Angga Budi Kusuma highlighted the importance of harmonising regulations to be centralised.
He revealed that central government regulations often encounter obstacles when implemented at the regional level because of misaligned local policies.
“The hope is that the Housing Bill will create unified, centralised regulations. Currently, regions have different policies regarding licensing, which creates difficulties for developers and low-income communities (MBR),” Angga said.
Without strengthening rules that bind regional governments to comply with central standards, the effectiveness of this new law is feared to be blunted.
Beyond regulatory issues, the housing sector is also shadowed by construction material price fluctuations.
Angga noted that every rise in building material costs directly impacts house prices, ultimately making purchases more difficult for low-income communities.
“We are preparing approximately 20,000 clay roof tiles to support construction of about 20 housing units. This is a concrete step to ensure the project continues amid construction cost dynamics,” he said.
Angga hopes that the Housing Bill will answer the tangled licensing and investment climate uncertainty in the property sector.