Housing construction for the disaster-affected people in Sumatra will be accelerated by the Indonesian government.

Jakarta (Indonesia Window) – Indonesia’s Cabinet Secretary, Teddy Indra Wijaya, held a meeting with the Minister of Investment and Downstream Development and Head of the Danantara (sovereign wealth fund) Investment Management Agency, Rosan Roeslani, on Saturday (Dec. 27) to discuss housing construction for disaster-affected people in Sumatra.

The meeting, held at the Cabinet Secretariat Building, discussed accelerating the housing construction of temporary and permanent units for disaster-affected people in Indonesia’s provinces of Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra.

Teddy Indra Wijaya said that State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) are currently building 15,000 housing units, with a target completion date of three months.

“The first 500 units will be completed this week and will be equipped with clean water sanitation, places of worship, electricity, Wi-Fi, and facilities for children,” the Cabinet Secretary said in a written explanation on a website as quoted by Indonesia Window on Monday.

In addition to temporary housing, the Indonesian government, through the Ministry of Housing and Settlement Areas, has also begun construction of permanent housing.

The National Disaster Management Agency (locally known as its abbreviation (BNPB) is also currently constructing 4,500 temporary housing units across the three affected provinces.

"The first 2,500 units were built last week on government land (owned by state-owned enterprises), and the second 2,500 units will begin construction early next week," he noted.

The cabinet secretary expressed his hope for an active role from local governments in the process of providing locations and moving affected residents into the provided housing.

"These temporary and permanent housing units are being built by meeting several criteria: not in disaster-prone areas, and being located close enough to homes, main roads, public facilities, and the residents' workplaces," he said

On this occasion, the Cabinet Secretary also met with the Minister of Housing and Settlement Areas (PKP), Maruarar Sirait, and the Head of the State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Regulatory Agency, Dony Oskaria.

The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) reported that as of Monday, December 29, 2025, 1,140 people had died, 163 were missing, and 399,200 were displaced due to the hydrometeorological disaster.

BNPB also reported that the catastrophe affected 15 health facilities, 3,188 educational facilities, 803 houses of worship, 97 bridges, and 99 roads.

Reporting by Indonesia window