Citizen-Friendly Development Scheme

Jakarta, February 28, 2019 - Jakarta Property Institute (JPI) offers an innovative development scheme without eviction as a solution to the arrangement of villages and illegal settlements that is more in favor of Jakarta residents.

Throughout 2018, the Legal Aid Institute recorded 79 eviction cases affecting 366 families and 866 business units in Jakarta.
affecting 366 families and 866 business units in Jakarta. Evictions that should have
benefit Jakarta's spatial order, but instead create new problems.

JPI Executive Director Wendy Haryanto said that eviction is not the right thing to do.
organize Jakarta effectively. "Evictions are a scourge because they often result in
clashes between residents and officers. In addition, evicting residents to distant areas eventually cuts off their livelihoods," said Haryanto.
cut off their livelihoods," said Wendy.

Wendy then thinks that the best thing is to provide a solution to structuring the slum area that is friendly and not detrimental to residents.
slum area that is friendly and does not harm residents. "The JPI scheme shifts residents to a vertical unit
vertical units of apartment class and freehold status in the same area. By not moving
them to a distant place, residents get the opportunity to continue their livelihoods," explains WPI.
their livelihoods," explained Wendy.

This scheme conducts partial development by utilizing vacant land around the community to build the first vertical housing.
neighborhoods to build the first vertical housing. Then,
Then, local residents can move there and the previous land is built new housing.
"Later, the size of the unit received by residents will be equal to or more than the one they currently live in.
currently. Residents will also be provided with moving money that they can use during the move,"
Wendy continued.

Local governments themselves can save money because funding and development are borne
by the developer, instead of using the APBD. "The government can divert the fulfillment of
SIPPT obligations of developers that cannot be executed to encourage optimal land utilization while managing the surrounding slums,
optimally while organizing the surrounding slum areas," concluded Wendy.

Wendy said that the above scheme can be a win-win solution in improving
quality of life for DKI Jakarta residents. The government has been working alone in addressing
the lack of affordable housing for city residents. The above scheme provides an opportunity
for parties outside the government, including the private sector, to work together to solve the problem.
the problem.

"The burden on the government is reduced, the developer's obligations are fulfilled, the backlog of 1.2 million homes
residents will be resolved more quickly and effectively," Wendy concluded.