Expansion of Traffic Impact Assessment Targets... Simplification of Eligibility for Public Rental Housing Tenants

Amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Urban Traffic Maintenance Promotion Act and the Special Act on Public Housing
Strengthening Traffic Impact Assessment... Effective After 6 Months

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Jiwon] The government will conduct traffic impact assessments on individual apartment complexes within public development project districts starting from March next year. Traffic impact assessments will be strengthened for large buildings over 21 floors to resolve surrounding traffic congestion issues. Additionally, the types of public rental housing will be integrated from the demanders' perspective, and the complex eligibility criteria will be simplified.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced that the 'Enforcement Decree of the Urban Traffic Improvement Promotion Act' and the 'Enforcement Decree of the Public Housing Special Act,' which include these measures, passed the Cabinet meeting on the 1st.

According to the amendment, while previously only traffic impact assessments for the entire district were required for public development projects, individual apartment complexes will now also be subject to these assessments.

Traffic impact assessment is a procedure to investigate changes in traffic volume, flow, and safety caused by development and construction projects and to devise measures to minimize related problems. The assessment focuses on examining complex entrances and exits, vehicle and pedestrian routes, and speed reduction facilities.

Furthermore, traffic impact assessments will be strengthened for large-scale buildings over 21 floors or with a total floor area exceeding 100,000㎡. The plan is to more broadly acknowledge the potential for congestion and parking or stopping issues on surrounding roads due to the construction of large buildings. The amended enforcement decree will be applied from March next year after a six-month grace period.

Along with this, the amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Public Housing Special Act will unify the previously divided types of public rental housing such as permanent, national, and 행복주택 (Haengbok Jutaek) into one category and simplify the complex eligibility criteria. Pilot projects will be launched around the end of the year in Gwacheon Knowledge Information Town (610 units) and Namyangju Byeollae (577 units). The integration of rental types will be fully applied from projects approved in 2022.

The criteria for exceptionally recognizing housing ownership by tenants of public rental housing, who must maintain a no-homeownership requirement, have also been improved. Previously, if tenants acquired a house due to inheritance, marriage, or other reasons, they had to dispose of the house within six months. Going forward, if tenants prove that disposing of the house within the deadline is difficult, they will be allowed to dispose of it within six months from the date the reason is resolved.

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