Seongdong-gu, Up to 5 Million KRW Support for Apartment Housing Assistance Program

With a budget of 1.4 billion KRW, the highest among Seoul's autonomous districts... This year's flagship projects include a multipurpose room for community use and improvements to the working conditions of security guards and cleaners

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Seongdong-gu (Mayor Jeong Won-oh) is recruiting apartment complexes to participate in the ‘2021 Apartment Support Project,’ which supports the renovation of aging public facilities, until February 26.

The Apartment Support Project is a program that partially supports the costs needed for community activation facilities and maintenance of public facilities. Last year, it supported 12.7 billion KRW for 238 projects across 126 complexes.

In particular, since apartments and other collective housing account for more than 81% of the area, the district plans to actively support the renovation and repair of aging public facilities by allocating a budget of 1.4 billion KRW for apartment support this year, the highest level among Seoul’s autonomous districts, following last year, thereby creating a pleasant living environment in collective housing.

The eligible targets are collective housing with 20 or more households according to the ‘Ordinance on Apartment Support and Management in Seongdong-gu, Seoul,’ including a total of 22 projects such as community activation projects like improvement of children’s playground facilities, security lighting due to fence or passageway opening, CCTV maintenance, and maintenance projects for public facilities such as repair and reinforcement of disaster safety facilities and expansion of outdoor parking lots.

Last year, the district designated the ‘Senior Center Renovation Project’ as a leading project for the first time and completed senior center construction in 37 apartment complexes.

Especially this year, the district selected ‘Renovation of Multipurpose Rooms for Resident Use’ and ‘Improvement of Working Environment Facilities for Security Guards and Cleaners’ as leading projects, planning to support up to 5 million KRW and 3 million KRW respectively.

Designated leading projects can also be applied for concurrently with general projects.

Additionally, the district is currently revising the Ordinance on Apartment Support and Management in Seongdong-gu to actively support essential workers in our society, such as security guards and cleaners.

In September last year, the district amended the ‘Ordinance on Protection and Support for Essential Workers in Seongdong-gu, Seoul’ to ensure that workers in essential industries performing face-to-face tasks exposed to risks during various disasters can work safely and stably.

Accordingly, the district plans to add the improvement of working facilities for security guards and cleaners to the support targets of the ‘Ordinance on Apartment Support and Management in Seongdong-gu’ and codify it in the ordinance.

This year, the district plans to hold apartment support project briefings both online and offline for various apartment support projects, posting videos on the district website and Seongdong-gu Office YouTube channel, and visiting each complex to guide apartment management entities about the projects.

Jeong Won-oh, Mayor of Seongdong-gu, said, “We will do our best to secure safety by expanding repair and reinforcement of disaster safety facilities and actively support facility management of aging apartments to create a more pleasant and safe residential environment and a happy apartment culture of coexistence.”

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