Residents are Happy to Live in Barokah Palmerah House
Reported by Folmer | Translated by Nugroho Adibrata
Nine family heads living in RT 13/08, Pelmerah Urban Village, Palmerah Sub-district, West Jakarta feel happy and grateful because they can now occupy the Barokah Palmerah House.
This is the first Vertical Land (KTV) consolidation program in Indonesia
This building was built on a 90-square-meter land and was inaugurated by Jakarta Acting Governor, Heru Budi Hartono yesterday. It is a model for arranging residential areas based on a sustainable city scheme with a four-story vertical residence with nine residential units that have supporting facilities and infrastructure following decent housing standards, both in terms of building durability, air circulation, lighting, sanitation, as well as guaranteeing the legality of legal land ownership for residential owners.
It was built thanks to the synergy between the Jakarta Provincial Government, ATR/BPN Ministry, and Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation.
City Changes the Standards of Poor DeterminationRT 13/08 Palmerah Resident, Murpiah (58), admitted that she was grateful that after living in the old house for decades, this one had been renovated into Barokah Palmerah House.
"Alhamdulillah (thank God), since I was little he had lived in a house in an alley, but it had become the Barokah Palmerah House. The new house I live in now is very livable," she explained, Thursday (7/4).
She told about her life from childhood to decades of living in a small house that did not have a bathroom. But now that has changed with a nice house and a land certificate.
“I'm speechless. The new house on the second floor that I currently live in with my children and husband is well equipped with kitchen facilities with a sink and bathroom in it and has a certificate of occupancy ownership," she explained.
He hoped that the vertical house construction program initiated by the Jakarta Provincial Government in synergy with related stakeholders would continue to help poor residents who could not renovate their houses.
"This Barokah Palmerah House changed the lives of nine heads of families from previously living in a slum and unhealthy environment to becoming more orderly and livable," he hoped.
One of the Barokah Palmerah House residents, Kartiyo (58), admitted he was happy to see that the small house he had lived in since he was a child had now turned into Barokah Palmerah House which was more livable.
"Thank God, life has changed 180 degrees from bottom to top after living in this building. I didn't expect that the small house that I used to live in was in a narrow alley after being renovated into a magnificent, clean, and comfortable house," he explained.
He explained each unit has household equipment including a bed, a ricer cooker, a gas stove, and a cleaning tool.
"I'm grateful and thanks to the Acting Governor for initiating the very good Barokah Palmerah House program. Hopefully, a similar program can continue to raise the dignity of Jakarta residents," he hoped.
Land Development and Land Acquisition, Ministry of ATR/BPN Director General, Embun Sari added Barokah Palmerah House was built vertically four floors high on an area of 90 square meters.
"This is the first Vertical Land (KTV) consolidation program in Indonesia. Thank God, it was realized thanks to the Acting Governor, extraordinary community participation, and the Tzu Chi Buddhist Foundation so that Barokah Palmerah Flats have been built," he stated.
