Preference Study of Marginal Society in Palembang City who Live in Subsidized Houses and Flats on the Need for Space as A Place for Activity

Abstract

Palembang city is one of the metropolitan cities in Indonesia. The strongest character is seen when the growth of the residential environment is quite dense and the economic level of the community is quite low. This is the impact of high land and property prices in big cities such as Palembang. The phenomenon is that a new family with a limited economy chooses to build a house on a plot owned by their parents or chooses to develop an existing old house. This has an impact on the increasingly dense residential environment that is not directed with irregular buildings. In South Sumatra alone, about 9,987 housing units are needed to accommodate a total of 63,845 residents or often referred to as the housing backlog. This issue is very important to provide solutions to problems related to meet the needs of housing in urban areas. Some of the solutions provided by the government are by making flats (rusun) or subsidized houses. However, the increasing number of members in the family who demand greater space requirements must be considered for the possibility of residential development carried out by people living in subsidized houses and flats. Through this research, it is hoped that the ideal standard for the development of a residential module can be formulated that can accommodate the growing needs of family activities in the concept of a modular house. In this research, identification, analysis, and formulation were carried out in several stages: (1) identification of standard forms of housing provided by the government; subsidized housing and flats, (2) collecting data on community preferences for the need for residential space development as a forum for their activities; with a sample of subsidized houses, flats, and densely populated settlements. Based on the results of the study of preference aspects, it can be concluded that subsidized housing and flats have been channeled to marginalized communities in need in terms of people who have low economic conditions. This can be seen from the observation that most of the houses are inhabited by their owners based on data taken from several flats and subsidized houses. Most of the occupations of residents of flats and subsidized houses are selfemployed and traders who earn mostly less than 5 million. Most of the milk houses and subsidized houses are still in standard condition and have an area of approximately 36 m2.