Hamyang-gun Attracts Returnees to Farming and Rural Areas... Implements Vacant House Remodeling Project

Lease Applications for Aspiring Returning Farmers Accepted from the 12th; Rental Contracts Available at Half the Market Price

Exterior view of the Hamyang Return-to-Farming Resident Center (Photo by Hamyang-gun)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Hamyang-gun, Gyeongnam Province announced on the 7th that it will publicly recruit tenants starting from the 12th for 12 houses selected as targets for the vacant house remodeling project to attract returnees to farming and rural areas.

This vacant house remodeling project targets vacant houses that have been empty for more than one year. After screening, if selected as rental housing, 80% of the remodeling cost, up to 15 million KRW, will be supported after the contract.

The county spent 144 million KRW this year to renovate 2 vacant houses, which were rented out in the first half of the year, and 3 houses are currently being remodeled.

Returnees to farming selected as tenants can sign lease contracts with landlords at half the surrounding market price. Eligible tenants are those who have lived in urban areas for more than one year and are returning or planning to return to Hamyang-gun for agricultural management purposes, and must be under 65 years old.

Meanwhile, once the remodeling project is completed, landlords must rent out the vacant houses in compliance with the mandatory rental period.

Tenants must register as agricultural management entities within one year after the contract is completed, and the mandatory rental period can range from 2 to 5 years depending on the amount of support.

A county official said, “Hamyang-gun plans to continuously secure temporary housing to solve the housing problems that returnees to farming face the most, and we ask both landlords and tenants to take an interest.”

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