BPS data shows 9.29 million households in Indonesia lack proper housing, with 18 million living in unsatisfactory conditions. Many roofs made of asbestos pose health risks.

BPS reveals that 821,000 homes in Jakarta are uninhabitable. The Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian targets the national rehabilitation of 450,000 homes.

Power may change and narratives of success may continue to be produced, but statistics remain the witnesses of what has truly changed.

We may have succeeded in increasing production, but ensuring its sustainability is difficult if being a farmer does not provide a decent livelihood.

“Who wants to live in the city?” should not be a question about who is wealthy enough to buy luxury homes.