Kompas Research and Development Survey: Majority of Residents Reject Tapera

Through Government Regulation (PP) Number 21 of 2024, the government mandates that workers become participants in the People's Housing Savings (Tapera) program and pay monthly contributions, at the latest starting in 2027.

The Tapera contribution amounts to 3% of the monthly salary, with a breakdown of 2.5% deducted from the worker's salary, and 0.5% paid by the company/employer.

However, according to a survey by Kompas Research and Development (Litbang Kompas), a majority of the public rejects this policy.

The proportion of respondents who disagree with Tapera and do not want to participate in the program reaches 43.1%.

Only 16.2% of respondents agreed and were willing to participate, while 12% of other respondents agreed but were unwilling to participate.

"Those [who agree but are unwilling to participate] are the group who want to receive the benefits of government housing assistance, but do not agree with the current scheme offered," said the Litbang Kompas team in their report on Tuesday (11/6/2024).

This survey also reveals that, among the group of respondents who rejected Tapera, 52.8% argued that this program burdens their finances.

Then 17.4% rejected it because they already own a house, 11.5% cannot benefit from the program because they earn more than Rp8 million per month, and 9.9% consider the Tapera program unclear and untrustworthy.

This Litbang Kompas survey involved 524 respondents aged 17-44 years with secondary to higher education. Respondents were randomly and proportionally selected across 38 Indonesian provinces.

Data collection was conducted from June 5-8, 2024, through telephone interviews. The survey's margin of error is approximately 4.28% and the confidence level is 95%, under conditions of simple random sampling.