'Temporary Modular Housing for Disaster Victims' Allows Immediate Use of Address Upon Move-In

Assigning Addresses from Infrastructure Installation Stage to Resolve Mail and Delivery Inconveniences

On April 1st, Jin Young, Minister of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, visited the temporary housing complex for disaster victims in Yongchon-ri, Toseong-myeon, Goseong-gun, Gangwon Province, and inspected the interior of the temporary housing where wildfire victims had lived.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Jo In-kyung] The Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced on the 14th that it will proactively assign road name addresses so that disaster victims affected by heavy rain or typhoons can receive mail and parcels immediately upon moving into temporary prefabricated housing.

Currently, to receive an address for a newly constructed building, the owner must apply for road name address assignment when requesting building use approval. Since the address is only assigned at the time of moving into the building, and it takes some time for the address to be reflected on internet portals, navigation systems, etc., there can be inconveniences in receiving mail or ordering parcels and providing address information.

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety decided to assign addresses in advance in cooperation with the 'Temporary Prefabricated Housing Installation Project Promotion Team' from the infrastructure installation stage of temporary prefabricated housing to prevent such inconveniences for disaster victims. Disaster victims will be able to order and receive parcels immediately after moving into the temporary prefabricated housing, and their location can be searched on navigation systems and internet portals.

Meanwhile, the Ministry provides road name address information to the private sector for public convenience and has provided a cumulative total of 1,319,089 cases as of the end of last month.

Lee Seung-woo, Director of Regional Development Policy at the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, stated, "We will do our best to ensure that those who suffered housing damage due to heavy rain do not experience inconvenience in address-related matters while living in temporary prefabricated housing," and added, "We also plan to take measures to provide prior guidance from the building permit stage for general new buildings to prevent inconvenience in the early stages of moving in."

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