THE construction of her family’s dream house is halfway through. Dewi Susanti, 30, is busily selecting ceramics at Home Builders Center, a building material general store in Pekayon, Bekasi, West Java. “It’s easy to find what I need here,” said the mother of one child on Monday of last week.

Dewi has been building a two-story house on a 10x6-square-meter plot of land since the beginning of this year. On the first floor are the reception