Seoul City Accepts Applications for 'Customized Home Repairs for Disabled Persons' at Dong Resident Centers Until the 12th

Customized Home Repairs to Alleviate Inconveniences Faced by Disabled People... Renovations of Bathrooms, Bedrooms, Entrances, and More

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 8th that it will promote a customized home repair project this year to alleviate the inconveniences faced by people with disabilities in their daily lives and activities both inside and outside the home, caused by housing structures designed for non-disabled individuals, targeting households with severely disabled members.

The customized home repair for people with disabilities, which began in 2008 as a pilot project for improving the residential environment for people with disabilities by the Ministry of Health and Welfare (now the Ministry of Health and Welfare) and the Korea Housing Corporation (now Korea Land & Housing Corporation), involves remodeling bathrooms, bedrooms, entrances, kitchens, access routes, living rooms, and other areas of homes where severely disabled individuals reside.

If the head of the household or household members of a basic livelihood security recipient or near-poverty disabled household (with a standard median income of 50% or less) are severely disabled, they can remodel their owner-occupied or rental homes into a "home perfectly suited for the family" without bearing any costs.

Since last year, Seoul has expanded support to households with a standard median income between 50% and 65% (for reference, 65% of the standard median income: monthly income of 3.17 million KRW for a four-person household), on the condition that they bear 30% of the remodeling costs themselves.

Households wishing to apply for home repairs can do so at their local community service center by March 12. Afterward, on-site inspections of applicants will be conducted, and construction companies will carry out the work.

The customized home repair project for people with disabilities, which mostly involves remodeling bathrooms, bedrooms, and entrances, is expected to continue due to high satisfaction and positive responses from users since its inception.

Lee Hae-woo, Welfare Planning Officer of Seoul City, stated, "Seoul's home repair project for people with disabilities, which has alleviated inconveniences for low-income severely disabled households, has lowered the support threshold since last year to help more households. Seoul will devote all efforts to disability welfare so that 'disability does not become an obstacle in Seoul.'"

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