NO.1 VOL.1 / DECEMBER 2016 Received: 14 September 2016 Accepted: 3 October 2016 Published: 22 December 2016 Corresponding author: RIAU SUJARWANI STISIPOL Raja Haji. Email: riausujarwani@gmail.com FAIZAL RIANTO STISIPOL Raja Haji. Email: faizalrianto@gmail.com RAJA ABUMANSHUR MATRIDI STISIPOL Raja Haji. Email: matridi_aeksalo@yahoo.com SHIERLY VIANI PRATIWI STISIPOL Raja Haji Email:shierly1522@gmail.com Assessing the Impact of House Rehabilitation Program to Poverty Alleviation in Riau Islands Province RIAU SUJARWANI, FAIZAL RIANTO, RAJA ABUMANSHUR MATRIDI, SHIERLY VIANI PRATIWI ABSTRACT The house rehabilitation program is part of Indonesia’s nation- wide program targeting poor and low-income households living in uninhabitable housing. The aim of the program is to improve the wellbeing of its beneficiaries by improving the living condition of targeted households. The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of the house rehabilitation program on poverty alleviation in Kepulauan Riau Province. This study will gather, compare and analyse the data from control and experimental groups. The con- trol group comprises households that have not received the benefit of the program, while the experimental group comprises house- holds that have benefited from the program. The data is then analysed to assess and to gain a better understanding of its impact on poverty alleviation in Riau Islands Province. Key Words: house rehabilitation, poverty alleviation, impact as- sessment, public policy INTRODUCTION Indonesia’s Constitution and additional legislation guarantee the right to adequate housing as defined by international human rights law (UN-HRC, 2013). The Government of Indonesia has also reiterated its commit- ment to the progressive realization of the right to ad- equate housing and to address discrimination in access to housing in the National Long-Term Development Plan 2005–2025 (RPJPN) and the National Medium-Term De- http://dx.doi.org/10.222.99/arpap/2016.003