A Need for Affordable Housing in Banda Aceh, Indonesia
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Proceedings of The Annual International Conference Syiah Kuala University 2011 Banda Aceh, Indonesia, ovember 29-30, 2011 A Need for affordable housing in Banda Aceh, Indonesia Nova Iriansyah The Fifth Commission of the Indonesian Parliament (DPR), a commission hich supervise public ork, transportation and public housing in Indonesia Corresponding Author: Abstract. (anda Aceh recently received Adiupaya Puritama a ard, an a ard given by the )ousing Ministry for cities that have successfully manage its housing and settlement. ,hile there is no doubt that (anda Aceh has made a good achievement in terms of providing housing for its residents, there is al ays a room for an evaluation of the previous and upcoming policy to improve and to develop a more effective housing policy. Similar to many cities in Indonesia, (anda Aceh e.perience massive urbani/ation although in a much smaller scale compare to 0akarta or Surabaya. This has been affected housing stocks in (anda Aceh, in particular the need for more affordable housing for lo income residents, hich ere mostly provided during the tsunami reconstruction program. 1n the other hand, there is an intense plan to develop a vertical housing (Rusun) to fulfil the need for affordable housing for the public as the land price is increasing. This paper attempts to look at both available affordable housing stocks and upcoming plan of affordable housing for lo income residents to support local authorities and other key players in delivering higher 2uality of affordable housing in (anda Aceh. Keywords: affordable, housing, (anda Aceh Introduction )ousing is considered as a basic right for Indonesia3s citi/en as stated in 44D 1955 : 7every person has the right to pursue happiness, to d ell and obtain a good and healthy environment and the right to health services89. In line ith Indonesia3s La , as agreed by the international community and stated in the Global Strategy for Shelter in the Year 2000, it is the responsibility of all governments to provide ade2uate and affordable shelter for all. This cornmitment as further strengthened by the )abitat II Conference in Istanbul, hich declared that the right to housing is part of human rights. In Indonesia and most developing countries, providing ade2uate and affordable housing for millions of the urban poor is one of the most dificult challenges. It is predicted that in 2005, the housing backlog reached 5.8 millions units and increased to 7.5 million units in 2009 (Kemenpera, 2009). Avery year more than one million housing units should be built to meet IndonesiaBs housing demand. In Indonesia, there are many supply problems in the formal housing sector (both the public and the private sectors). (anda Aceh considered has relatively small population that there is no evidence of shortage of land, thus that ill enable the city to meet the housing demand, in the form of houses built by the residents themselves, a practice they have been doing for a long time. )o ever, due to tsunami and earth2uake that s ept a ay almost half part of the city in the end of 2005, affected to the decrease of housing stocks in (anda Aceh. It is estimated during the disaster, (anda Aceh lost about 100.000 houses. No adays, (anda Aceh, similar to many cities in Indonesia, e.periences difficulty in providing affordable housing for its residents. To rebuild Aceh, the Indonesia3s government received assitances and donations from international communities. 1ne institution ho is actively assisted Aceh reconstruction program is the Asian Development (ank3s, hich estimated that in Aceh and Nias, appro.imately 15,000 completely destroyed housing units need to be reconstructed, and around 10,000 partially damaged housing units ere to be rehabilitated, ith priority being given to urban and periCurban areas (Steinberg and Smidt, 2010). The design of the housing program reflected the policy of the Government of Indonesia granting a 3E s2uare meter core housing unit to all families affected by the earth2uake and tsunami, regardless of their previous housing status. (y the end of 2009, the housing program had constructed E,001 ne homes, rehabilitated 1,109 houses, and provided onCsite basic infrastructure to these residences (Steinberg and Smidt, 2010). Volume 1 umber 2, 2011 189 Proceedings of The Annual International Conference Syiah Kuala University 2011 Banda Aceh, Indonesia, ovember 29-30, 2011 No adays, the current government focus on boosting (anda Aceh development by beautification. The government propose to eliminate slum areas and transform them into a alkCup flat (Rusuna a). A alkCup flat is considered a popular solution to provide affordable housing in urban areas, particularly in big cities, here land e.perience scarcity. This paper investigates the effectiveness of the proposed alkCup flats as ell as investigates available affordable housing for lo income in (anda Aceh. Housing Policy To address housing problems in Indonesia, national government have developed various policies and strategiesF offering the lo income people formal housing or public housing (RS, Rumah Sederhana and RSS, Rumah Sangat Sederhana). Formal housing and public housing have a long history in Indonesia. From the midC1970s both central and local governments have tried to utili/e the elfare concept of housing by developing public housing and urban rene al proGects. Perum PAR4MNAS, the National )ousing Corporation is the institution ho are in charge of the implementation the housing proGects. ,alkCup flats ere introduced under redevelopment or urban rene al programs by central and local government (,inayanti and Lang 2005). Despite some 2uestions of the successful of alkC up flats in terms of giving access to and targeting of the poor, the proGect still become the maGor government favor in present resettlement. The government also tried to increase the housing stocks to the market and setting targets for each fiveCyear development plan. )o ever, despite the private sector contributing housing stock for lo Cincome communities at higher levels than the government policies re2uired, the total of government and private housing proGects contributed only 10H of the housing demand in Indonesia3s urban areas. During the 1980s and 1990s, the central and local government issued e.clusive permits (location permits) for developers to obtain land for housing and urban development. 4nder this policy, there is a re2uirement that developers should build housing in the proportion of 1:3:E, meaning that in any particular site the developer as obliged to build three units of middle class housing and si. units of lo Cincome housing for every unit of e.clusive housing. Since no sanctions ere enforced, most developers did not follo this policy. In the case that the developer provide houses for lo Cincome people, they ere mostly unaffordable for the poor, inaccessible by public transport and far from Gob opportunities. Therefore, many of lo Cincome houses are o ned by either middle or high income people. Kemenpera (2009) has some priority programs in the period of 2005C2009 such as providing rented alkCup flats (Rusuna a), facilitating lo income apartments (Rusunami), building special houses, and facilitating the IselfChelp3 form of housing provision for the poor (Rumah S adaya). In big cities like 0akarta, Surabaya, and Medan, here land is very e.pensive, the top priority is boosting the development of rented alkCup flats and lo income apartment. In the period 2010C1015, Kemenpera aims to built 180 Rusunami and E50 rented alkCup flats (Rusunami) as these type of vertical housing have better access and relatively close to the centre of the city. Despite there is no evidence of the effectiveness of these vertical type of housing to house the urban poor, the national government strongly encourage the development of building Rusuna a and Rusunami for many cities in Indonesia. Banda Aceh and Housing problem (anda Aceh is the capital city of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province and is covering nearly E1,E3 kilometres s2uare (see Figure 1). ,ith population nearly 220.000 ((PS, 2008), (anda Aceh is considered has lo density. In terms of housing, (anda Aceh has several small housing comple.es built by the private sector. Public housing built by PAR4MNAS, found in the village of 4Gong (atee. Many houses for the Aceh disaster victims have also been built in this area. Provision of houses by the private sector is still relatively small. Similar to many Indonesi3s cities, 90H of the housing stock ere built by the people themselves. In (anda Aceh, the problem ith the IselfChelp3 form of housing provision for the poor ere that houses are located along the shoreline, here the price of the land is Volume 1 umber 2, 2011 190 Proceedings of The Annual International Conference Syiah Kuala University 2011 Banda Aceh, Indonesia, ovember 29-30, 2011 relatively cheap. These ere the most vulnerable at the time of the tsunami and ere heavily damaged, such as in 4lee Lheu, a place almost totally destroyed as a result of the earth2uake and ashed a ay by the ater. Figure 1. Districts in (anda Aceh and coverage area (Sumber: (PS, 2007) The current lo income housing, including houses for the tsunami victims are located on the hilly side of 4Gong (atee and far enough from the shoreCline. The housing type follo the public housing type provided by Perumnas, ich is the 3E m2 type. There is, ho ever, a tendency of shifting o nership to middle and upper income people. The main cause is that because the location of lo income housing are 2uite remote, so that poor people are not able to afford the transportation cost to their Gobs and schools. Many of them choose to sell the houses and to rent a smaller house in the inner city. 1n the other hand, the infrastructure embedded in the lo Cincome housing in 4Gong (atee hich is relatively appropriate, attracts middle and upper income to invest their money in there.