PRR Task Force Accelerates Land Provision and Permanent Housing Construction in Aceh Tamiang

The hopes of thousands of disaster survivors in Aceh Tamiang Regency, Aceh, to soon occupy permanent housing (huntap) are beginning to see light. The Aceh Tamiang Regency Government, together with the Post-Disaster Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Task Force (Satgas PRR) for Sumatra, has reached a series of agreements with companies holding Cultivation Rights Titles (HGU) to accelerate the provision of land for huntap construction.

The agreement was reached during a Coordination Meeting on the Acceleration of HGU Land Release involving the Aceh Tamiang Regency Government, the Ministry of Housing and Settlement Areas (PKP), the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Regional Office of the National Land Agency (BPN) of Aceh, HGU-holding companies, and the National Command Post of the Satgas PRR on Tuesday (30/6). The meeting focused on resolving various land provision obstacles that have been one of the main challenges in accelerating post-disaster rehabilitation and reconstruction.

During the discussions, several company-owned lands reached an agreement to be immediately followed up as huntap construction sites. Land owned by PTPN, PT Socfindo, PT Betami, PT Bahruni, and PT Evan Group has been declared to have completed discussions, while several other companies are still completing administrative stages or preparing replacement land. This development opens up opportunities to accelerate the construction of the planned 2,212 huntap units.

Brigadier General Andre Julian, Deputy Head of Data for the Satgas PRR Command Post, stated that the task force continues to facilitate coordination between the regional government and HGU holders so that land requirements can be met without hampering the construction process. According to him, resolving land issues is a crucial stage for rehabilitation and reconstruction to proceed according to target.

‘The results of the meeting synchronised the land owners whose land will be used by the Aceh Tamiang Regency Government as prospective huntap construction sites. In essence, an agreement has been reached between the Aceh Tamiang Regency Government and several land owners to immediately carry out this huntap construction in parallel,’ Andre said in a written statement on Wednesday (7/1/2026).

He explained that the acceleration of rehabilitation and reconstruction is carried out through huntap construction by the Ministry of PKP, which runs concurrently with the completion of land release administration. This approach was chosen so that the community does not have to wait for the entire administrative process to be completed before construction begins.

‘In the context of accelerating rehab and reconstruction, activities must indeed be carried out in parallel between the huntap construction itself, which will be executed by the Ministry of PKP, and the administrative process. We are striving for this to be fast so that the community can immediately feel the benefits and occupy the huntap as the government’s responsibility to the people,’ he said.

Meanwhile, Colonel Tamimi Hendra Kesuma, Deputy Head II for Data at the Satgas PRR Command Post, assured that every company’s efforts will continue to be monitored together with the Aceh Tamiang Regency Government, the Ministry of PKP, the Aceh BPN Regional Office, and the Directorate General of Regional Administration Development of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

‘If within one week there are still companies that have not fulfilled their commitments, the resolution will be facilitated at the central level so that the construction process does not experience delays,’ he stated.

Aceh Tamiang Regent Armia Fahmi expressed appreciation to the Satgas PRR and the Ministry of PKP for continuously assisting the regional government in finding land provision solutions for affected communities. ‘Thank you to the Task Force and the Ministry of PKP. The lands can now be executed; we just need to recheck the lands that are ready and A1. So we can immediately tidy things up and report to the Ministry of PKP for construction to begin,’ Armia concluded.