Recruitment of 68,022 Public Housing Tenants Nationwide... 'Customized for Demand'

(Data from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport)

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Jiwon] The government will begin recruiting residents for 68,022 public housing units across a total of 172 locations nationwide starting from the 25th.

On the 24th, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced the '2020 Second Half Public Housing Resident Recruitment' plan, which includes public rental, publicly supported private rental, and public sale housing.

First, for public rental and publicly supported private rental housing, residents will be recruited for 46,996 units across 140 locations nationwide. Among these, the supply in the Seoul metropolitan area totals 33,607 units across 80 locations.

Recruitment for 597 public rental housing units equipped with childcare-specialized facilities such as daycare centers and community care centers within newlywed hope towns in Wirye, Pyeongtaek Godeok, and Seoul Yangwon will begin on the 25th.

By December, residents will be recruited for a total of 1,511 public rental housing units in seven newlywed hope towns. Newlywed hope towns are divided so that about two-thirds of the total units are for sale, and the remainder are rental units, supplying a mix of sale and rental housing.

In addition to rental-type newlywed hope towns, recruitment is being prepared for Happy Housing in Oryu 1-dong, a complex development with a community center (June, 180 units), Seocho Woosung 1st (June, 166 units) and Sinbanpo 6th (June, 53 units), which are public rental housing acquired through reconstruction, and Goyang Samsong A24 (September, 947 units), the first housing exclusively for small and medium enterprise workers.

Next month, recruitment will proceed sequentially at Paju Unjeong 3 (1,282 units), Hwaseong Dongtan 2 (National 1,031 units, Permanent 359 units), and Dandae-dong Happy Housing (60 units). In August, recruitment will continue at Dasan Jigeum (1,650 units) and Deokjeok-myeon Seopori permanent rental housing (29 units), among others.

In regional areas, residents will be recruited for 13,389 units across 60 locations. Busan Gijang (September, 242 units) will recruit the first residents for rental-type newlywed hope towns.

Other housing includes Dongdaegu Venture (June, 316 units), job-linked housing, Busan Myeongji (June, 284 units), industrial complex-type Happy Housing for industrial workers, and Jeongeup Elderly Welfare Housing (November, 88 units) for seniors.

For public sale housing, a total of 16,051 units across 24 locations in the Seoul metropolitan area will recruit residents.

Sale-type newlywed hope towns include Siheung Janghyeon (September, 822 units), Hwaseong Bongdam 2 (September, 304 units), Goyang Jichuk (October, 386 units), Seongnam Daejang (December, 707 units), and Gwacheon Knowledge Information Town (December, 645 units). In regional areas, residents will be recruited for 4,975 units across eight locations. There are no recruitment plans until next month, but starting in August with Chungju Hoam (639 units), recruitment will proceed sequentially.

In addition to construction-type public rental housing, the public housing project operator will also recruit residents for more than 20,000 units in the second half of the year for 'purchase and jeonse rental housing,' which involves purchasing or leasing private housing to supply at affordable prices.

Purchase rental housing will recruit residents for 14,706 units nationwide, including 6,540 units in the Seoul metropolitan area, while jeonse rental housing will continue nationwide on a rolling basis for 4,600 units designated for newlywed couples.

Kim Jeonghee, Director of Housing Welfare Policy at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, stated, "We will continuously and steadily supply customized public housing to meet demand, including newlywed hope towns for newlywed couples, various job-linked support housing for youth, elderly welfare housing for seniors to live comfortably, and industrial complex-type Happy Housing for industrial workers."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.