Social Housing for Youth, Seniors, and Disaster Victims: Citizens, Please Name It

LH-Type Social Housing · Community Housing Pilot Project Housing Naming Contest Poster (Provided by LH)

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Chun-hee] Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) announced on the 10th that it will hold a contest for the ‘LH-type Social Housing · Community Housing Pilot Project Housing Naming’ to spread public consensus and raise awareness of social housing.

LH-type social housing · community housing is a demand-tailored housing operated in cooperation between LH and social economy entities. Currently, LH is conducting pilot projects in Noryangjin-dong, Dongjak-gu, Banghak-dong, Dobong-gu in Seoul, and Goseong-gun, Gangwon-do.

This contest was planned to create names reflecting the characteristics of the three pilot housing sites so that social housing can be easily and familiarly remembered by everyone.

Looking at each project, Noryangjin Youth Social Housing involves purchasing and remodeling old goshiwons in Noryangjin-dong, a district densely populated with goshiwons, to provide shared offices and share houses for young artists.

Banghak-dong Senior Customized Community Housing purchases and demolishes old houses and rebuilds them to supply housing to seniors who wish to continue living in the area. Customized convenience facilities and community care services are also provided.

Goseong-gun Senior Customized Community Housing was prepared to support the resettlement of disaster victims from last year’s Gangwon-do wildfire, characterized by housing facilities for vulnerable residents and linkage with local government’s social overhead capital (SOC).

Anyone who is a citizen of the Republic of Korea is eligible to participate in the contest by filling out an application form and submitting it via email by the 22nd. Submitted works will be reviewed by external experts, and by the end of next month, a total of 24 works will be selected: 8 per pilot project type, including 1 grand prize, 2 excellence prizes, and 5 encouragement prizes. The grand prize winner for each type will receive the LH President’s Award and a prize of 500,000 KRW. The grand prize will be used as the official name of the pilot project housing, and a plaque ceremony will be held at the move-in event. Excellence (300,000 KRW) and encouragement (100,000 KRW) prize winners will also receive the LH Seoul Regional Headquarters Director’s Award and prize money.

Oh Seung-sik, Director of LH Seoul Regional Headquarters, said, "This pilot project is significant as the ‘first housing’ of each type of LH-type social housing · community housing for youth and the elderly," adding, "We hope to select creative and familiar housing names that embody the emotional value of social housing and further spread public consensus on social housing."

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