PPR Task Force Accelerates Permanent Housing Realisation by Optimising HGU Land
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Post-Disaster Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Task Force (Satgas PPR) for Central Sumatra is optimising the utilisation of land under business use rights (HGU).
This optimisation serves as one strategy to accelerate the provision of permanent housing (huntap) for disaster survivors in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra.
Head of Satgas PPR, Muhammad Tito Karnavian, in a statement received in Jakarta on Friday, said that HGU land is one option for providing huntap under a communal scheme, if local governments face difficulties in providing land for huntap construction and no land owned by state-owned enterprises (BUMN) is available in the area.
“The President’s directive is that all government land is prioritised for disaster victims. If none is available, we look at other options, including HGU. The principle is that the land belongs to the state; it is only under business use rights, so it is hoped it can be utilised for the benefit of affected communities,” Tito stated.
Based on mapping data for housing relocation areas from the Ministry of Forestry and the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/National Land Agency, the potential HGU land that can be used for huntap construction is very significant.
In Aceh Province, there are 52 HGU locations covering 81,551 hectares; in North Sumatra, 18 HGU covering 24,418 hectares; and in West Sumatra, 33 HGU covering 88,405 hectares.
Satgas PPR has also identified the need for housing relocation land totalling 4,778 hectares spread across the three provinces, comprising 1,039 hectares in Aceh, 3,577 hectares in North Sumatra, and 162 hectares in West Sumatra.
Optimising HGU land is one method of providing land for huntap under a communal scheme that relocates disaster survivors to new areas safe from disaster risks. The communal huntap will be built by the Ministry of Housing and Settlement Areas.
“Local governments in areas without BUMN land but with HGU, such as palm oil plantations, are being communicated with because the basic principle is that the land belongs to the state; they only hold HGU, so please let their hearts be touched for the sake of the people,” Tito said.
In addition to the communal scheme, Satgas PPR 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).
However, under that scheme, Satgas PPR is also providing housing repair assistance of Rp60 million, given in two stages, for survivors who wish to rebuild their homes independently.
Satgas PPR data 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.