Indonesian House of Representatives Receives Rp50 Million in Housing Allowance, How Is It Performing?

Members of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) will receive a housing allowance of Rp50 million. This was revealed by Deputy Speaker of the DPR, Adies Kadir.

"I think it makes sense for [the housing allowance] to be Rp50 million per month. That's for members; the leadership doesn't get it because they receive official residences," said Adies, as reported by Katadata.co.id on Tuesday (August 19, 2025).

This housing allowance increases the amount of money received by the representatives.

Even before this allowance, according to calculations by the Indonesian Forum for Budget Transparency (FITRA), DPR members already earned between Rp66 million and Rp80 million per month, depending on their position.

Despite receiving substantial allowances, the DPR's performance is currently weak. This is recorded in the Report on the Performance Monitoring of the DPR RI released by the Indonesian Parliamentary Center (IPC).

IPC is a civil society organization focused on strengthening parliament. One of their main activities is monitoring and evaluating DPR sessions.

From the monitoring of Session III, which took place from April 22 to May 27, 2025, the IPC assessed that 35.6% of DPR meetings during that period fell into the "very weak" category, and 25.9% into the "weak" category.

Meanwhile, the performance of DPR meetings categorized as "moderate" was 23%, "strong" 13.3%, and "very strong" only 2.2%.

"Although all meetings were held openly, the assessment of meetings based on brief report documents is still dominated by the 'weak' status," said the IPC in its report.

"This indicates that the decisions made in the meetings do not reflect substantive and in-depth discussions," they said.

The IPC also found that DPR meetings during Session III this year ignored vulnerable groups.

"Commission VIII, which should focus on social, women's, and children's issues, did not discuss women's empowerment and child protection at all," said the IPC in its report.

"Its main focus was directed more towards religious issues and internal agendas. This shows a disparity in policy orientation and neglect of vulnerable community groups who desperately need legal protection and policy affirmation," they said.