Gwangju City Selected for Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's 'Housing Upgrade Support Project' Competition

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 13th that it has been finally selected in the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's '2021 Housing Upgrade Support Project for the Housing Vulnerable' contest.

The Housing Upgrade Support Project is a program where the government and local governments provide close support from counseling to moving in for housing vulnerable groups living in gosiwon, yeoinsuk, semi-basements, etc., to move into public rental housing. Gwangju was also selected in last year's contest and secured a budget of 200 million won to promote the project.

This year, 140 million won will be invested to implement the project throughout Buk-gu and Gwangsan-gu.

The city operates a mobile counseling center that visits to discover those wishing to move into rental housing, and for those identified through one-on-one counseling, staff will accompany them on-site to find the desired housing. Additionally, moving helpers will be provided to assist with moving and move-in cleaning.

The houses for relocation through housing upgrades are public rental housing managed by Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) and Gwangju Urban Corporation. In case immediate relocation is difficult due to unavoidable reasons, temporary accommodations will be operated where residents can stay until moving into public rental housing.

Furthermore, to address and resolve the phenomenon of tenants not adapting to rental housing and moving out immediately after moving in, self-sufficiency and independence projects will be implemented to support adaptation to the local community and stable settlement.

Jung Hyun-yoon, head of the city's Housing Policy Division, said, “We will do our best to improve the housing environment of non-housing and semi-basement residents who fall below the minimum housing standards and to guarantee housing rights and upgrade housing levels.” He added, “We will continue to improve quality of life through housing stability and housing level upgrades via various housing welfare policies.”

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