Only 45.04% of Jakarta residents owned their own homes in 2020.

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded that 45.04% of households in Jakarta owned their own homes in 2020. However, this percentage decreased by 4.4 percentage points from the previous year, which was 47.12%.

Conversely, 37.71% of households were renting in the past year. This percentage increased by 3.7 percentage points compared to 2019, which was 36.36%.

A total of 16.08% of households in the capital city were recorded as free from rent in 2020. This number increased by 4.6 percentage points from 2019, which was 15.38%.

Meanwhile, 1.17% of households in Jakarta lived in government-provided housing last year. The percentage increased by 2.8 percentage points compared to 2019, which was 0.91%.

Because many people are still unable to own their own homes, the Governor of Jakarta, Anies Baswedan, created the "Rumah DP 0 Rupiah" (Zero Down Payment House) program. Through this program, Jakarta residents earning less than Rp 14.8 million per month can obtain affordable housing with a zero down payment scheme.

However, the program has often caused controversy. In fact, the land acquisition for the Rumah DP 0 Rupiah program in Munjul, East Jakarta, has been embroiled in alleged corruption, estimated to have caused state losses of up to Rp 152.5 billion.