Yogyakarta to Renovate 200 Uninhabitable Houses Without Using State or Regional Budgets
Yogyakarta Mayor Hasto Wardoyo has stated that the programme to renovate or repair Uninhabitable Houses (RTLH) targeting poor residents will continue in 2026. Hasto said that the renovation programme, which began in 2025, will still use the same scheme, namely without touching funds from the Regional Budget (APBD) or the State Budget (APBN). “We will continue that programme this year with a mutual cooperation scheme, not from the APBD or APBN,” Hasto said on Wednesday, 15 April 2026.
The former two-term Regent of Kulon Progo explained that the mutual cooperation scheme involves gathering funds and material assistance from various private parties through corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes. For example, partnering with the local Real Estate Indonesia (REI) in the form of Rp 20 million assistance for each targeted house unit.
In addition, there are joint contributions from companies and institutions in the form of material donations. Hasto, for instance, donated 30 sacks of cement. There are also cement donations from the environment of regional government organisations.
Hasto explained that the main priority of this repair is housing for residents in unhealthy and uninhabitable conditions, especially those serving as homes for vulnerable groups.
Conditions of houses deemed not to meet standards include cases where the kitchen, bedroom, and toilet are combined in one room within the residents’ house. Yet it contains young children who are still attending school.
“So this renovation scheme does not use APBD or APBN so that it can become a solution for houses whose land is still constrained by land administration issues,” said Hasto. “Sometimes the land being occupied is not yet clear administratively. But with mutual cooperation, this can still be resolved.”
Hasto said this scheme has proven to run smoothly in 2025 with the achievement of 82 houses successfully repaired. “So we are optimistic that in 2026 we can double the target to 200 uninhabitable houses.”
He explained that the house renovation through the mutual cooperation pattern is to improve the quality of life of the community.
Meanwhile, Partini, 70 years old, a resident of Wirogunan, Yogyakarta, whose house was selected to receive renovation assistance, expressed her gratitude.
The elderly woman who works as a domestic helper and small trader said she has occupied the house since birth and often has to face flooding disasters because the location is close to the river.
“Alhamdulillah, I’m very happy that the house will be repaired; I’ve lived here since I was little, and it often floods,” said Partini, who lives daily with her child and grandchildren, on Tuesday.