Cheap and Cheerless
The property industry needs to extend the option to rent cheap apartments for the poor, known as rumah susun. The implementation of this plan must be focused on those who need assistance.
October 26, 2011
THE Rumah Susun Law recently passed by the House of Representatives (DPR) guarantees protection for consumers and assistance for poor people in obtaining housing, such as in apartments. The momentum provided by the passing of this law should be used to return the government's cheap accommodation program to its original aim, namely to provide cheap apartments for low-income people through low-interest home loans.
This option would be meaningful only
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