Gwangju City to Recruit 70 Households for 'Green Remodeling Permanent Rental Housing' Residents

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 4th that it is recruiting 70 tenants for the green remodeling permanent rental housing in Hanam Jugong, Gwangsan-gu, and Gakhwa Jugong, Buk-gu.

Hanam Jugong in Gwangsan-gu consists of a total of 33 households, including 8 for university students, 20 for the housing vulnerable, and 5 for multi-child families. Gakhwa Jugong in Buk-gu consists of a total of 37 households, including 20 for university students, 10 for the housing vulnerable, and 7 for multi-child families. They are scheduled to move in this December.

Applications will be accepted only on-site from the 12th to the 16th at the 2nd floor of the Korea Land and Housing Corporation Gwangju Jeonnam Regional Headquarters. The reception will be conducted strictly following quarantine rules such as wearing masks, checking body temperature, and filling out visitor logs.

Gwangju City plans to select preliminary tenants in mid-December, and the selected tenants will be individually notified by the management office of the respective housing for contract signing.

Meanwhile, Hanam Jugong in Gwangsan-gu and Gakhwa Jugong in Buk-gu were jointly proposed by Gwangju City and the Korea Land and Housing Corporation Gwangju Jeonnam Regional Headquarters to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and were selected this year as pilot sites for the ‘Public Rental Housing Green Remodeling Project.’

The single household type of the green remodeling project is supplied to university students and the housing vulnerable (such as persons with disabilities and the elderly) after customized remodeling, while the household integration type combines two vacant units (26㎡ each) into one (52㎡) to supply to multi-child families, etc.

These houses have enhanced storage and expanded kitchen furniture for the convenience of tenants. Additionally, to save energy, boilers and lighting were replaced with high-efficiency products, and walls and other surfaces were finished with eco-friendly materials to create a pleasant living environment.

Kim Jong-ho, Director of the Architecture and Housing Division of the city, said, “We will continue to cooperate with the Korea Land and Housing Corporation and the Urban Corporation to resolve vacancies in aging permanent rental apartments and improve the residential environment, doing our best to enhance the quality of life for residents.”

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