OVERVIEW

After officially introducing what is considered to be one of the country’s boldest ever attempts to implement a comprehensive social-security policy via the recent Public Health-Insurance Program (Badan Penyelenggara Jaminan Sosial Kesehatan/”BPJS for Health”) and Workers Social-Security Insurance Program (Badan Penyelenggara Jaminan Sosial Ketenagakerjaan/”BPJS for Labor”), the Indonesian government is currently preparing yet another social-security program which will this time concern itself with housing.

The country’s House of Representatives (“DPR”) has already initiated a Draft Bill on Public Housing Savings Program (“Draft Bill”), which has not only been included in the government’s 2015 National Priority Legislation Program, but also earmarked by the DPR as a 2015 Priority (Prolegnas Prioritas 2015).[1]