Rumah Sarni Sarnis HouseHRVQ8BENVGBU4 Housing Policy, Programme, and Project lternati!esRumah Sarni Sarnis HouseThe Call for the House"t #as a $ot%$umid a&ternoon, #$en 'arni recei!ed a call &rom a &amiliar num(er) '$e #as #aiting &or customer to come across small (ar(ers$o* #$ere s$e #or+s e!ery day, #$en Pa+ Hari% a relati!e #$o li!es in same !illage in 'u+o$arjo% ga!e $er im*ortant ne#s concerning $er $ouse) '$e almost could not (elie!e t$e &act t$at s$e got , million ru*ia$ &rom go!ernment to u*grade $er $ouse in 'u+o$arjo) -$e sudden luc+ re.uired $er to go to 'u+o$arjo as soon as *ossi(le to sign some documents to get $er money allocated) Quic+ly, 'arni as+ed &or *ermission &rom $er colleagues in (ar(ers$o* in order to go to $er !illage, ta+ing care &or *rocedure)'arni too+ a (us to 'u+o$arjo &rom nearest terminal in /a+arta) &ter 01 $ours long journey, s$e arri!ed in 2esa 3amal, a small !illage in 'u+o$arjo in /a#a -enga$ region, consists o& a**ro4imately 56 &armer &amilies) '$e #as (orn t$ere in 0786 as t$e youngest o& 00 daug$ters o& &amily in a decent $ouse) s years *assed, 'arni and $er sisters mo!ed to /a+arta, lea!ing $er *arents to get a (etter li!eli$ood) 9nly one o& $er older sister stays in t$e !illage, li!ing in $er o#n $ouse a&ter s$e got married) "n 566,, $er &at$er *assed a#ay, lea!ing $er 86 years old mot$er li!es #it$ $er older sister to +ee* $er com*any) :rom t$at day on#ards, t$e $ouse lost its in$a(itants, (reat$ing t$roug$ dar+ #indo#s, loc+ed doors, collecting dust o& time)9n t$e same day s$e arri!ed, s$e met Pa+ Hari, 2esa 3amal;s leader to sign documents needed) -$e land and $ouse #as gi!en to $er &rom $er *arents (ecause s$e still did not $a!e a$ouse (ac+ t$en) :rom t$e !illage leader, s$e got t$e clear story o& t$e *rogram) "t #as an initiati!e &rom Kementrian Perumahan Rakyat a sum o& money &or lo#%income community to im*ro!e t$eir $ouses in sel&%$el* *rocess? t$e ne# generation o& *olicies #ill not (e (ased on go!ernment *rogrammes at all, in t$e con!entional senseC t$ey #ill (e (ased on locally sel&%determined, sel&%organised and sel&%managed *rogrammes (y t$e *eo*le #$o need t$e goods and ser!ices t$at t$ey e&&ecti!ely demand? su**orting, *ro!iding ser!ices t$at *eo*le could not create t$emsel!es, suc$ as regulation, &inance, +no#%$o#, and land tenure? " am also grate&ul &or t$is su(sidy &rom go!ernment to reno!ate my $ouse)? s$e added)) Get, #$at tomorro# #ill (ring to 'arniH "t is true t$at s$e $as a *ro*ertyE land and $ouse) "t is true t$at s$e can enjoy $er $ouse e!ery moment s$e !isits $er relati!es t$ere) Ne!ert$eless, 2esa 3amal is located in remote area in Bulu 2istrict #it$ >54)61, *oor in$a(itants &rom 10)58, total in$a(itants? "& my $ouse is &inis$ed, " t$in+ " #ill sell it and mo!e closer to t$e city #it$ good #ater *ro!ision, *u(lic trans*ort, and secure en!ironment) @ay(e " #ill o*en a grocery or (ar(ers$o*)? "n 2esa 3amal, t$ere is no #or+ ot$er t$an &armer) :or a single mot$er in t$e late &i&ties #it$ no *ension, *$ysical #or+ is no longer suits $er) -$e case o& su(sidy &or sel&%$el* $ousing does not directly +ee* $er li!e in t$e $ouse &or (etter li!eli$ood)'el&%$el* $ousing $as (een t$eoriFed since -urner and gain e(( and &lo# as discourse &or $ousing as a !er( &or t$e *oor) "& t$e solution &rom go!ernment is *ro!iding su(sidy, it is li+ely only &or s$ort term im*ro!ement &or t$e $ouse per se) -unas and Ba+smono sel& $el* $ousing consolidation s$ould (e (ased on a long term !ision and clear socio economic and en!ironmental considerations)? Related to migration, '*eare and Harris