REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The one-million-house program is part of Nawacita, or the nine priorities of the Joko "Jokowi" Widodo administration, a minister said.

"The one-million-house program for the people is part of Nawacita for national development," Public Works and Housing Minister Basuki Hadimoeljono said here Tuesday (7/4).

To support the program, every stakeholder must first understand the significance a house adds to one's dignity, he stated.

The government plans to build one million houses: 603,516 houses for low-income citizens (MBR), and 396,484 for non-MBR.

To ensure clean governance, the government has adopted an e-procurement mechanism for the implementation of strategic programs, including the one-million-house program, according to Basuki.

The e-procurement mechanism has reached 9,850 packages, or 71.69 percent of the total 13,739 packages worth Rp59.9 trillion, or 77.48 percent of the total ceiling at Rp77.4 trillion.

The government will officially launch the One Million House Construction Program for the People on May 1, 2015, coinciding with the National Labor Day.

The launch will be in Ungaran, Semarang district, Central Java, which will be simultaneously followed by 17 provinces that are prepared to support the program.

Earlier, Director Executive of Indonesia Property Watch Ali Tranghanda described the one-million-house program as a multi-sector one involving a number of ministries.

To make the program a success, the government should set up a land bank to control land prices and prevent any hike.

Regional administrations under the coordination of the home affairs ministry should play a major part in establishing the land bank, he noted.

The National Agrarian Agency will have a role in deciding land spatial arrangement, while the Finance Ministry must assist in providing tax exemptions, he pointed out.

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