Pacitan, East Java (ANTARA News) - The government is planning to build 150 thousand very low-cost and ordinary low-cost houses for the poor all over the country this year, an official said.

The project would mainly target fishermen living in the country`s coastal areas, Secretary of the Public Housing Ministry Iskandar Saleh said here on Tuesday.

The subsidized houses would consist of 50 thousand very low-cost houses and 100 thousand low-cost houses, he said.

The government through the Public Housing Ministry was conducting a number of surveys and feasibility studies in various parts of the country including Pacitan district, he said.

As one of the efforts to realize the project, he said the Public Housing Ministry was exploring the possibility of cooperation with the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry.

"Of course, we will leave the project to private house developers to implement. If they are not ready to do so for various reasons, we will leave it to state house developer Perum Perumnas," he said.

The very low-cost houses will be sold at Rp5 million to Rp10 million each and the low-cost houses at Rp20 million to Rp25 million each. The prices do not include land and infrastructure costs.

A low-cost house usually has a floor space of 36 sq meters.
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