HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM FOR POOR FAMILIES IN SUBURBAN AREAS: EVALUATION OF THE REGULATION OF THE SOUTH BARITO REGENT #8 OF 2015

• Main Authors: Trisnanto K.A., Saleh C., Haryono B.S.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences 2017-12-01
• Series: Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences
• Subjects: Policy evaluation; housing rehabilitation; poor families; suburban areas; PM2L
• Online Access: https://rjoas.com/issue-2017-12/article_26.pdf

Poverty is a social issue that continuously challenges the government of Indonesia to find its solution. Since the enactment of regional autonomy, anti-poverty programs should not only run by the central government, but they are also under the responsibility of both provincial government as well as district government. The government of Central Kalimantan runs an anti-poverty program namely Mamanguri Tuntang Mahaga Lewu (PM2L) which puts the improvement of basic facilities into the priority including the housing rehabilitation program. In order to implement the program, the government of South Barito has arranged a technical guideline to run the program as stated in the Regulation of South Barito Regent #8 of 2015 about the Guideline of Housing rehabilitation Program for Poor Families in Suburban Areas PM2L of 2015. This evaluation study is a descriptive study, employing a qualitative research approach. The result of this study shows that the program has not yet optimally administered since there was no certain standard operating procedure available and some activities were not done within the arranged schedule. Fortunately, the result of the housing rehabilitation program has been considered optimal for it has fulfilled all of the criteria set in this study. The program has brought direct effect - rehabilitated poor families’ houses, and indirect effect - improving the neighborhood’s awareness to help each other. Besides, the families were required to provide some additional money to rehabilitate their houses.