The PublicHousing Ministry says it will build around 16,000 affordable across thecountry, especially for fishermen.
“We willbuild around 16,000 very inexpensive houses for fishermen. The locations willbe all throughout Indonesia and will later be determined by the MaritimeAffairs and Fishery Ministry,” Public Housing Minister Suharso Monoarfa saidThursday as quoted by tribunnews.com.
He said hehoped that the houses, to be priced between Rp 6 million (US$672) and Rp 11million, would reduce the backlog of housing in the country and also improvethe prosperity of fishermen.
“Althoughthey [fishermen] go to sea for two to three weeks at a time, they have homes toreturn to. Of course we don’t want them living in uninhabitable houses. It ishoped that through this cheap housing, fishermen and their families can have abetter quality of life,” he said.
