Gokseong-gun to Continue Half-Price Rent for Public Property This Year

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik] Gokseong-gun (Governor Yoo Geun-gi) announced on the 18th that it will reduce rental fees for public property by 50% until the end of this year, following last year’s policy.

The day before, Gokseong-gun held the first Public Property Deliberation Committee meeting of the year and finalized the plan to reduce fees such as public property usage fees.

This measure aims to ease the burden on small business owners and other users and lessees of public property who are struggling due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.

The reduction applies to tenants renting public property excluding those used for cultivation or residential purposes.

Eligible tenants will receive a 50% reduction on usage and lease fees from January 1 to December 31 of this year.

If the public property was not used at all during the support period due to business closure or other reasons, tenants can either receive a full waiver of fees for the unused period or extend the contract period by the amount of time the property was not used.

To receive the reduction, applicants must submit an application to the department that granted the usage permission or lease contract starting from the 2nd of next month.

For applications and further details, inquiries can be made to the department responsible for granting public property usage permissions, where detailed guidance will be provided.

Gokseong-gun expects approximately 17 cases and about 224 million KRW in reduction benefits from this measure.

For reference, last year there were 26 cases with a reduction effect of 312 million KRW.

A county official stated, “Most tenants are small business owners. Therefore, we decided to implement the reduction again this year to alleviate the economic burden on public property tenants.”

He added, “We hope all residents will participate in using local stores and the traditional market’s good consumption campaign so that we can overcome these difficult economic times together.”

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