Yeongdeungpo Ssokbangchon Development Begins... 1,200 Housing Units Including 600 Sale Apartments Supplied

1200 Public Housing Units Provided for Ssokbang Residents and Local Inhabitants... Inclusive Housing Welfare Realized Through Public-Private Partnership Gathering Resident Opinions and Supporting Resettlement

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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Yeongdeungpo-gu (District Mayor Chae Hyun-il) announced on the 15th that the Yeongdeungpo jjokbangchon public housing project, promoted together with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and Seoul City, has been finally designated as a public housing district after review by the Central Urban Planning Committee.

In 2015, an urban environment improvement project was also promoted centered on landowners, but the project was suspended due to difficulties in establishing relocation measures for jjokbang residents.

Accordingly, the district prepared a plan to renovate the Yeongdeungpo jjokbangchon as a public housing project together with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Seoul City, LH, and SH, and announced the "Yeongdeungpo Jjokbangchon Residential Environment Improvement and Urban Maintenance Public Housing Project Promotion Plan" on January 20.

The core of this public housing project is based on the principle of "realizing inclusive housing welfare" by demolishing the existing jjokbangchon and supplying a total of 1,200 households on approximately 10,000㎡ of land, including 370 permanent rental housing units for jjokbang residents, 220 Happy Housing units for young people, and 600 sale housing units.

Yeongdeungpo-gu, LH, and SH will participate as joint project implementers and plan to promote a public housing project led by the public sector that embraces various classes such as jjokbang residents, young generations, and local residents.

Currently, about 360 people live in the jjokbangchon in cramped spaces within 6.6㎡, with poor insulation, weak heating and cooling facilities, and poor sanitary conditions, paying an average rent of 220,000 won.

Once the public housing project is completed and residents move in, they will be able to live in spaces 2 to 3 times larger and more comfortable than the existing jjokbang, at a rent about 20% of the current level.

In addition, a comprehensive welfare center supporting employment and self-sufficiency for jjokbang residents will be established in the permanent rental housing complex, along with care facilities providing welfare services such as free meals and medical care. The Happy Housing complex will also include convenience facilities such as a national and public kindergarten, library, and community caf? accessible to both residents and local citizens.

During the project period, a pre-relocation and virtuous cycle method will be applied to ensure that jjokbang residents and care facilities can settle stably within the district. A "pre-relocation complex" remodeled from existing buildings in the district will provide temporary housing for jjokbang residents during the project period, and once the public housing is constructed, they will be resettled in permanent rental housing along with care facilities.

The district explained that after collecting residents' opinions and conducting design competitions for complex layout, the district plan and compensation will be carried out within 2021, with construction scheduled to begin at the end of 2021. They will form a public-private-government task force (TF) with local private care facilities to assist in the resettlement of jjokbang residents and the establishment of welfare systems.

Yeongdeungpo jjokbangchon area

Furthermore, a compensation consultative body will be formed together with project implementers and landowners, and fair compensation will be provided to landowners whose land is included in the district, considering current land use and transaction cases. For those engaged in business activities, commercial spaces within the public housing complex will be provided to enable them to continue their operations, with various support measures planned.

Chae Hyun-il, Mayor of Yeongdeungpo-gu, said, "The designation of the Yeongdeungpo jjokbangchon public housing district is a turning point opening the second renaissance of Yeongdeungpo," and added, "We will create a safer and more pleasant residential environment by embracing the socially vulnerable through close cooperation with LH and SH."

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