Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian has asked regional heads in Aceh to expedite the collection and submission of data on disaster-affected houses as a basis for distributing housing assistance and community recovery.
He said this in a coordination meeting with President Prabowo Subianto, a number of related ministers, Aceh Governor Muzakir Manaf, Aceh Deputy Governor Fadhlullah, and Aceh Tamiang Regent Armia Fahmi in Aceh Tamiang, Aceh, Thursday.
"Those from Aceh are asking for it to be faster, so the public doesn't blame the government for not being prompt enough. The government is waiting for this data. Therefore, the key data comes first from the regents and mayors," he said.
Tito stated that data speed and accuracy are the main keys to housing management, with house damage classified as light, moderate, and heavy damage.
Based on data received by the government as of December 27, 68,850 houses were recorded as having suffered minor damage, 37,520 houses as having suffered moderate damage, and 56,108 houses as having suffered severe damage in the three affected provinces.
He added that the latest data released by the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) recorded a total of around 213,000 affected houses, as conditions on the ground remained dynamic.
For lightly and moderately damaged houses, the government distributed assistance in the form of financial support provided by BNPB, amounting to IDR 15 million and IDR 30 million respectively.
Tito said the housing data would also be used by the Ministry of Social Affairs to distribute additional assistance in the form of IDR 3 million for home furnishings and IDR 5 million for family economic recovery.
Meanwhile, for severely damaged houses and lost houses, the government has prepared a housing replacement scheme, either through the provision of temporary housing or the provision of housing waiting funds (DTH).
According to Tito, the entire aid scheme is entirely dependent on the availability and completeness of data from the regions.
"But it's all about data. We've had several meetings, and we've always asked our fellow regional heads to help us quickly get the data," he said.
