Minister: Land Certification for Low-Income Earners Protects Assets

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/Head of the National Land Agency (ATR/BPN) Nusron Wahid said the acceleration of land certification for low-income communities (MBR) through a Joint Circular Letter (SEB) is a form of protection for their assets.

“We want to ensure that people not only have decent homes, but also legal certainty over their land, so that the benefits of government programmes can be felt in full,” said Minister Nusron in Jakarta on Tuesday.

The circular was signed by the Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/Head of the National Land Agency (ATR/BPN), the Minister of Housing and Settlement Areas (PKP), and the Head of Statistics Indonesia (BPS) on the Acceleration of Cross-Sectoral Land Registration for Low-Income Communities.

According to him, the circular governs synergy between the ATR/BPN Ministry, the Ministry of Housing and Settlement Areas, and BPS, ranging from data provision and facilitation to verification of beneficiary data.

He said the ATR/BPN Ministry, together with the BPN Provincial Offices and Regency/City Land Offices, will support the process so that cross-sectoral land registration can proceed more quickly and accurately.

“Through the signing of this circular, the ATR/BPN Ministry fully supports the implementation of the acceleration of cross-sectoral land registration for low-income communities,” said Nusron.

The land certification programme for low-income communities is divided into three clusters: the Government Assistance Programme, the Banking Financing Programme through the Housing Financing Liquidity Facility (FLPP), and the Independent Cluster.

Minister Nusron explained that the ATR/BPN Ministry is currently prioritising certification based on Self-Help Housing Stimulant Assistance (BSPS) data from 2015–2024, covering approximately 1.1 million beneficiary homes.

“Of the 1.1 million homes spanning 2015 to 2024, these are the first we are targeting. We will also complete certification based on 2025 BSPS data covering 45,000 beneficiary homes, as well as 2026 BSPS data covering 400,000 beneficiary homes,” Minister Nusron said in his statement.