Dobong-gu, Why Is It Taking the Lead in Operating 'Conflict Mediation Coordinators' for Apartment Complexes?

‘Conflict Resolution Coordinators’ Comprising Experts Such as Housing Managers, Accountants, and Engineers Provide Resident-Tailored Consulting... Dobong-gu, First Nationwide Local Government, Offers Specialized Consulting on Long-Term Repair Plans, Accounting, Construction, and Complaints for 151 Apartment Complexes

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Dobong-gu (Mayor Dongjin Lee) has been operating a ‘Conflict Mediation Coordinator’ since this month to mediate conflicts in multi-family housing. The coordinator analyzes conflict cases by housing complex and conducts pioneering customized consulting focused on preventing disputes.

Since 2017, the district has formed a ‘Conflict Mediation Coordinator’ team composed of experts such as housing managers, accountants, and engineers, the first of its kind among local governments nationwide, to mediate complex and diverse multi-family housing disputes.

They provide consultations not only for complaints or advisory needs arising in multi-family housing but, since 2020, have expanded their dispatch targets from mandatory management complexes to non-mandatory management complexes, which are institutional blind spots.

Dobong-gu has a total of 151 multi-family housing complexes. Among them, 93 are mandatory management complexes and 58 are non-mandatory management complexes. The Conflict Mediation Coordinator started with large-scale mandatory management complexes and has gradually expanded consulting targets to relatively smaller non-mandatory management complexes.

The district dispatches Conflict Mediation Coordinators upon complaint applications or when there is a potential for complaints, providing sector-specific consulting on overall multi-family housing operations such as long-term repair plans, accounting, construction, and complaints, and plans to offer continuous feedback even if additional complaints arise.

Mayor Dongjin Lee of Dobong-gu stated, "We hope this project will help transparent operation of multi-family housing, and we will spare no policy interest and support to create happy multi-family housing where people live together harmoniously.”

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