Jakarta, Feb. 20 -- The Ministry of Housing and Settlement is encouraging public-private partnership schemes to facilitate the construction of affordable housing for the people.

"We continue to encourage the private sector to participate in providing affordable housing," said the ministry's Director General of Urban Housing, Sri Haryati, in Jakarta on Thursday.

She noted that the ministry, as a facilitator and regulator, is ready to gather input from all private parties interested in investing in the development of decent housing for the people.

"We, the government, are open to input. If changes are needed in the rules to attract and ease investment for developers, we can discuss it because collaboration is the key," she remarked.

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