Palmyra Palm Fronds for Inexpensive Houses in NTT

MINISTER for Public Housing Suharso Monoarfa explained the government’s plan to build extremely simple houses at a price of Rp5-10 million and inexpensive houses at a price of Rp20-30 million for low-class communities. According to him, the houses will be built using materials found locally. “In East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) we recently constructed houses using dried Palmyra palm fronds, a bit of