Formation of Eunpyeong-gu Housing Welfare Helpers

Eunpyeong-gu Signs Public-Private Partnership Agreement for Eunpyeong Housing Welfare Helper

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Eunpyeong-gu (Mayor Kim Mi-kyung) signed an agreement on the 17th to establish the Eunpyeong Housing Welfare Helper, a collaboration between the public and private sectors to build a systematic housing safety net and improve the housing welfare of residents.

Currently, various information and resources related to housing welfare are operated separately by private organizations such as LH, SH Housing Corporation, welfare centers, and housing welfare centers, as well as by the district office and community service centers, making resource sharing and linkage difficult. Therefore, it was judged that a more systematic and efficient housing welfare delivery system is needed.

Accordingly, Eunpyeong-gu formed the Eunpyeong Housing Welfare Helper, consisting of eight organizations including LH Seoul Central Region Housing Welfare Branch, Nokbeon, Sinsa, Eunpyeong Comprehensive Welfare Center, Eunpyeong Housing Welfare Center, the Eunpyeong Branch of the Korea Association of Realtors, and Inmyeong Construction, and signed a business agreement.

Going forward, the district office will oversee the operation, promotion, and administrative support of the Housing Welfare Helper, while the Korea Association of Realtors Eunpyeong Branch will operate helper real estate agencies that recommend rent freezes and rent reductions for low-income residents and offer a 10% discount on brokerage fees when livelihood benefit recipients use designated helper real estate agencies.

LH Seoul Central Region Housing Welfare Branch will cooperate by linking and sharing information on public rental housing and emergency support housing for low-income households. The Eunpyeong Housing Welfare Center will handle housing counseling, home repairs, and deposit support linkage. Inmyeong Construction will cooperate to improve home repair environments, and Nokbeon, Sinsa, and Eunpyeong Comprehensive Social Welfare Centers will be responsible for discovering welfare blind spots and case management.

The Eunpyeong Housing Welfare Helper, which can provide the greatest assistance to low-income residents, currently involves six certified real estate agents, but it is expected that more agents will participate in the future, allowing residents to receive housing welfare assistance more conveniently.

Kim Mi-kyung, Mayor of Eunpyeong-gu, expressed gratitude to the participating organizations and the Korea Association of Realtors Eunpyeong Branch helpers, saying, “The Eunpyeong Housing Welfare Helper, formed through public-private cooperation, is expected to become a housing welfare control tower that combines the flexibility of the private sector with public resources to provide expanded housing welfare services. Through the activities of the Housing Welfare Helpers, we will do our best to improve residents’ housing welfare by establishing a housing safety net that meets their needs.”

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