Overfull Rusun in West Jakarta: Residents to be Relocated to Nagrak and Jagakarsa Housing Complexes
Jakarta — Edy Sukarya, the lurah (village chief) of Kamal, has stated that residents of Kampung Bilik, who currently inhabit land at Pegadungan Public Cemetery, will be relocated to Rusunawa housing complexes in Jagakarsa and Rorotan. This is because residential tower blocks in West Jakarta are already at full capacity.
“The available locations are in Jagakarsa, South Jakarta, as well as Rusunawa Rorotan and Rusunawa Nagrak in North Jakarta. There is also Kampung Rambutan in East Jakarta,” explained Edy on Thursday (26 February 2026). “The challenge is that residents refuse relocation if it is too far away,” he added.
Edy cited residents’ concerns about losing their livelihoods as the primary reason for refusing relocation to distant areas. The majority of the 131 registered households have been settled for several decades and depend on trading or informal work in the area for their survival.
“These people have lived there for years, more than 30 years, they are indigenous residents. Moving suddenly to a distant location is difficult. The main issue is their livelihood; moving house alone would be easy,” he said.
Nevertheless, the village administration has assured residents willing to relocate that they will receive full facilitation, including school transfers for children and business premises. “Everything will be taken care of; the government-provided facilities are quite good. There is free TransJakarta, free JakLingko, school transfers. If they want to start a business there, it will be provided. They just need to take the first step to move,” he stated.
As an example, residents relocating to Rusun Pesakih will pay approximately 220,000 rupiah per month. Meanwhile, Rusun Tegal Alur, which has more comprehensive and better facilities, is priced at around 500,000 rupiah per month.
“This is because they are affected residents, different from general residents. For the general public, it could be 1.5 million or 1.2 million rupiah,” he explained.
To date, Kamal Village Administration has recorded 131 affected households on the relocation list. Nine of these have already moved and occupied units distributed across Rusun Tegal Alur, Rusun Pesakih, Rusun Rawasari, and Rusun Rawa Bebek as of Tuesday (10 February 2026).
Edy stated that the administration will continue employing persuasive engagement to encourage residents to vacate the land before the set deadline of 28 March 2026, which is one week after Lebaran. “Although the dynamics are understandable given they have lived there for decades, more than 30 years, if there are challenges or dynamics, that is normal. We employ a familial approach every day,” he concluded.