This study is founded on the assumption that people's participation is one way of increasing community control and community ownership of housing facilities, which helps reduce unwanted social costs, hence bringing about a balanced, inclusive society that aims to empower the poor people within society. Therefore, the current study aimed to examine events related to social housing that have affected housing-related policies and explore how such policies contribute to the enhancementof community participation through the social inclusion of the poor. The study uses a qualitative research method.Data collection techniques were in the form of an interview guide given to 40 respondents, interviews were conducted withtwenty people,observations were made on twenty respondents, and documentationand literature study was also conducted to strengthen the research findings. It has been established that the poor do not own much apart from life, including accommodation, hence the call for decent housing provision by the government. Government promotes cheap housing facilities through land subsidies to public housing developers.Based on the findings of the study, it was concluded that the objective of increasing community participation in housing programs through social inclusion for the poor had achieved the vision and mission ofinclusive empowerment by helping to increase community control and community ownership of housing space both in rural villages and urban areas of Indonesia.