Indonesia’s Public Works and Housing Ministry reported a total of 499,702 houses were constructed under the One Million Houses Program in the first half of 2017, achieving 49.9% of the full-year target. In full-year 2016 only 805,169 house units were constructed under the program. The better performance this year is partly attributed to the release of the government’s 13th economic policy package on 24 August 2016. This package simplified the process to establish residential property projects for low-income families. For example it has been made easier to obtain the building permit (IMB) or the building worthiness certificate (SLF) for low-income housing programs.
