Yongin City Expands Emergency Welfare Support Eligibility

Yongin City Hall

[Asia Economy (Yongin) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Low-income workers, self-employed individuals, and freelancers facing crises due to COVID-19 can now receive emergency welfare support funds.

Yongin City, Gyeonggi Province, announced on the 12th that it will accept applications from eligible individuals until the end of July, following the expansion of criteria to allow low-income citizens struggling to maintain their livelihoods due to COVID-19 to receive emergency welfare support.

This program provides emergency living expenses to crisis households with less than 75% of the median income and financial assets under 5 million KRW. Considering the national crisis situation, Yongin City temporarily lowered the criteria to enable more citizens to receive assistance.

Under the relaxed support criteria, the property standard was adjusted from 118 million KRW to 160 million KRW or less, and the living reserve deducted as living maintenance costs when calculating financial assets was changed from the amount corresponding to 65% of the median income to the amount corresponding to 100% of the median income.

Additionally, reasons recognized as "crisis situations" for emergency welfare support now include low-income workers, self-employed individuals, special-type workers, and freelancers who have difficulty maintaining their livelihoods due to COVID-19.

Accordingly, crisis situations are recognized if the primary income earner worker has been on unpaid leave for more than one month due to COVID-19, or if self-employed individuals, special-type workers, or freelancers have experienced a decrease in sales or income of 25% or more compared to January of this year.

Special-type workers include visiting instructors for study materials, sports instructors and trainers, theater and film workers, substitute drivers, insurance planners, construction machinery operators, golf course caddies, loan solicitors, and credit card solicitors.

Regarding property standards, a citizen with 150 million KRW in assets was previously excluded but can now receive emergency living expenses under the new criteria.

For financial assets, in the case of a four-person household, 4.75 million KRW, corresponding to 100% of the median income, is deducted as a living reserve. Previously, 3.08 million KRW, corresponding to 65% of the median income, was deducted. Depending on the number of household members, benefits range from 610,000 KRW to 2.58 million KRW.

Selected recipients can receive monthly living expenses of 450,000 KRW for a single-person household, 770,000 KRW for two-person households, 1 million KRW for three-person households, and 1.23 million KRW for four-person households for up to three months.

Medical and housing expenses will be paid if the relevant conditions are met.

Applications can be submitted by confirming eligibility through the Health and Welfare Counseling Center (129), then submitting an application form, consent for financial information provision, and supporting documents proving the crisis situation to the local eup/myeon/dong administrative welfare center.

Baek Gun-gi, Mayor of Yongin City, emphasized, "We are providing emergency support because low-income residents who lost their jobs due to COVID-19 are facing difficulties," adding, "We will do our best to ensure that benefits are distributed evenly to citizens in crisis."

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