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Some new things have been regulated in Ministerial Regulation Number 17 of 2021 to further
optimize the distribution of housing benefits to workers, she informed.
They include the addition of regional banks that are members of the Regional Banks Association
(ASBANDA) and the launch of a new scheme that allows people to switch from general mortgages
to additional service benefits mortgages, and makes deposit interest rates the basis for interest
rate calculations for funding and loans, she said.

"To Social Security Agency (BPJS Ketenagakerjaan), (please) expedite information about
additional service benefits program immediately to workers, entrepreneurs, housing
development companies, and banks through joint work agreements with banks that are members
of State Banks Association and Regional Banks Association," she urged.

Putri asked the State Savings Bank (BTN), whose core business lies in the housing sector, to
ease banking requirements for workers applying for housing loans through the additional service
benefits program.
"I also expect cooperation from entrepreneurs or employers and housing development
companies to provide or facilitate housing for workers/laborers," she added.

She also highlighted that Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah had also reminded that the additional
service benefits of the old-age insurance program should help participants and employers alike
in meeting homeownership needs.

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