Seongdong-gu Invests 1.4 Billion Won in Apartment Support Project in 2020

Seoul City Offers Top-Level Support...Up to 3 Projects Including Senior Center Renovation Can Be Applied, Applications Accepted Until February 21

Briefing Session on the '2020 Apartment Support Project' Held at Seongdong-gu Office on the 7th

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Seongdong-gu (Mayor Jeong Won-oh) is promoting the ‘2020 Apartment Support Project’ to create a pleasant residential environment in local apartment complexes and enhance the convenience of residents.

On the 7th, a briefing session for the ‘2020 Apartment Support Project’ was held at the 3rd-floor auditorium of Seongdong-gu Office. About 230 people from over 100 apartment complexes attended, where the support procedures and main contents of this year’s apartment support project were introduced.

The district announced that it will increase the 2020 apartment support budget by 300 million KRW compared to the previous year, providing a total of 1.4 billion KRW. This is the highest level in Seoul.

Support will be provided for a total of 25 items, including 11 community activation projects such as improvements to children’s playground facilities and 14 maintenance projects for common facilities, targeting 173 apartment complexes with 20 or more households in the area.

In particular, this year, the ‘Senior Citizens’ Center Renovation and Repair Project,’ which benefits many complexes in common, was selected as a priority common project. Up to 3 million KRW will be supported for renovation and repair costs of apartment complex senior citizens’ centers, and applications can be submitted in duplicate separately from general projects, leading efforts to improve the living environment of senior centers.

Last year, the district supported 11.04 billion KRW to 119 apartment complexes. Priority was given to repairing and reinforcing disaster safety facilities such as old fences and old transformers, focusing on small-scale apartment complexes with relatively poor financial resources. The district also focused on projects such as children’s playground facility improvements directly implemented by the district and support for discovering apartment complexes in blind spots of management for children’s safety.

Apartment complexes wishing to apply for this year’s project can submit the required documents by February 21st, after approval from the residents’ representative meeting, either by visiting or mailing them to the Apartment Division of the district office. Applicants can apply for up to three projects in total, including one general project from community activation or common facility maintenance, and the common projects of senior citizens’ center renovation and repair and outdoor security light electricity fee support, which can be applied for in duplicate.

The district will decide on support after reviewing the appropriateness and priority of the target projects through the ‘Apartment Support Deliberation Committee,’ prioritizing support for facility management of small-scale apartment complexes with aging facilities and repair and reinforcement of disaster safety facilities.

Jeong Won-oh, Mayor of Seongdong-gu, said, “We will do our best to create a pleasant and safe apartment environment by securing safety through repair and reinforcement of disaster safety facilities within apartment complexes and prioritizing support for aging facility management.”

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