Indonesia to build over 2,000 homes for tribal chiefs in Highland Papua

Aziz Andriansyah, director general for administration and risk management of the ministry, stated that President Prabowo Subianto has instructed the local authority to provide 2,200 housing units for local chiefs and residents in Highland Papua.

“We are here for the 2,200 homes program, implemented according to the president’s instruction to the Highland Papua Governor to build houses for the people and tribal chiefs in eight districts of the province,” he said in a statement received on Wednesday.

The provision of 2,200 housing units in Highland Papua is a special program enacted directly by the president with its own legal basis and procedures, he said.

It is “not a regular program usually provided to local authorities from government ministries or agencies,” the ministry official noted, with the regular program referring to the development of flats for poorer residents, disaster victims’ housing, or regular housing renovation.

“The special program is implemented according to the president’s instruction, and we will prepare special regulations, procedures, and criteria with attention to its technical and non-technical needs,” Andriansyah said.

He expressed hope that the development of 2,200 housing units for residents and tribal chiefs in Highland Papua will proceed smoothly according to plan.

He added that the 2,200 housing units allocated for residents in the Highland Papua province consist of 2,000 units of 45-square-meter houses and 200 units of 90-square-meter houses.

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Translator: Yudhi Efendi, Nabil Ihsan