THE HOUSE FACILITATION FOR THE LOW-INCOME COMMUNITY: A STUDY ON THE SELF-RELIANCE HOUSING STIMULUS PROGRAM

Abstract

There have not been many studies examining the success of the Self-Reliance Housing Stimulus Program in improving the quality of habitable houses from the perspective of the low-income communities. This study tries to explore the success of the program in improving the quality of the habitable houses before and after getting the support by surveying 388 low-income households in cities and regencies located in the Central Java Province. The result of the research shows that with the program has helped the low-income people to improve the quality of their houses. The increase can be seen in the physical factors of the building, the environmental, and the health factors.

Keywords

• Habitable house
• low-income communities
• self-reliance housing stimulus