Optimisation of HGU Land Becomes PRR Task Force Strategy to Accelerate Permanent Housing

The Task Force for Accelerating Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (PRR) post-disaster in Sumatra continues to accelerate the provision of permanent housing (huntap) for disaster survivors in Aceh, North Sumatra (Sumut), and West Sumatra (Sumbar).

One strategic step now being promoted is the utilisation of business use rights (HGU) land as an option for safe and sustainable housing relocation.

The Head of the PRR Task Force, Muhammad Tito Karnavian, stated that HGU land is one option for providing huntap under a communal scheme.

This scheme is chosen if the local government (pemda) has difficulty providing land for huntap construction and there is no state-owned enterprise (BUMN) land available in the area.

Tito said that President Prabowo Subianto’s directive is to prioritise all government land for disaster victims.

This was conveyed by Tito after the Ministerial Level Coordination Meeting of the PRR Task Force’s Steering Team in Jakarta on Monday (6/4/2026).

Based on mapping data for housing relocation areas from the Ministry of Forestry (Kemenhut) and the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/National Land Agency (ATR/BPN), the potential HGU land that can be utilised for huntap construction is very significant.

In Aceh, there are 52 HGU locations covering 81,551 hectares (ha). In Sumut, there are 18 HGU covering 24,418 ha. In Sumbar, there are 33 HGU covering 88,405 ha.

The PRR Task Force has also identified the need for housing relocation land totalling 4,778 ha spread across the three provinces, comprising 1,039 ha in Aceh, 3,577 ha in Sumut, and 162 ha in Sumbar.

Communal huntap will later be built by the Ministry of Housing and Human Settlements (PKP).

Tito said that the basic principle for providing land is state land. Therefore, he encouraged HGU holders to allow their land to be used by the community.

“Areas without (BUMN land) but with HGU there, such as palm oil plantations, are currently being communicated,” Tito explained.

In addition to the communal scheme, the PRR Task Force is also preparing huntap under an in-situ scheme or rebuilding on community-owned land, with the work carried out by the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB).

Data from the PRR Task Force as of 9 April 2026 shows that 39,007 huntap units will be built in the three affected provinces.

Currently, 230 huntap have been completed, and another 1,240 units are under construction.