Gwangyang-si, Recruiting 150 Households for Public Silver Housing Residents

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Gwangyang City announced on the 31st that it is recruiting tenants for the Gwangyang Public Silver Housing, which is under construction to provide housing stability and welfare service convenience for elderly people without homes.

The Gwangyang Public Silver Housing is equipped with customized facilities for the elderly and is supplied at a deposit and rent lower than the market price. The welfare center located on the 1st and 2nd floors offers various convenience facilities such as community spaces, exercise areas, and dining halls, making it highly sought after by elderly people living alone or families who find caregiving difficult.

The city posted the tenant recruitment announcement on the Gwangyang City website on the 28th, will provide guidance and promotion until September 20, and will accept applications at the relevant eup/myeon/dong offices from September 21 to October 8.

Eligibility requirements include being a Gwangyang citizen aged 65 or older with a registered address in Gwangyang City, being without a home (including household members), having total assets of 200 million KRW or less, and if owning a car, the vehicle value must be 24.67 million KRW or less.

Tenant selection will be determined according to priority. The first priority includes national veterans (or their families) with income below the livelihood/medical benefit recipient standard, the second priority includes livelihood/medical benefit recipients and lower-income groups, and the third priority includes those with income below 50% of the previous year's average monthly urban worker income.

The housing types consist of 80 units of 17㎡ and 70 units of 25㎡, totaling 150 units.

Rental conditions for Group A (livelihood/medical benefit recipients, etc.) are a deposit of 1,504,000 KRW and a monthly rent of 30,000 KRW for the 17㎡ type, and a deposit of 2,174,000 KRW and a monthly rent of 43,000 KRW for the 25㎡ type.

For Group B (general applicants), the 17㎡ type has a deposit of 7,907,000 KRW and a monthly rent of 66,000 KRW, and the 25㎡ type has a deposit of 11,305,000 KRW and a monthly rent of 94,000 KRW.

If there is competition within the same priority during tenant selection, selection will be based on a scoring system considering factors such as whether the applicant is a single household head, length of residence in Gwangyang City, and age.

The announcement of selected tenants is planned for December 14, with contracts to be signed in January next year and move-in scheduled for the end of February.

Lee Eun-gwan, Director of the Architecture Division, said, “We will do our best to successfully complete the ongoing public silver housing construction project so that the residents can live happily for a long time.”

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