KCC Improves Living Conditions for Vulnerable Groups with ‘Banditbul House’... Now in Its 4th Year

Choi Jae-sook, Director of Resident Life Bureau of Seocho-gu (left), and Shim Jae-guk, Executive Director of General Affairs and Human Resources at KCC (right), signed a business agreement related to 'Firefly House' at Seocho-gu Office on the 22nd.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Junhyung Lee] KCC announced on the 23rd that it signed a business agreement with Seocho-gu for the '2021 Firefly House'. According to the agreement, KCC will continue its social contribution activities to improve the living environment of socially vulnerable groups for the fourth consecutive year.

The Firefly House project is a program that supports spatial welfare through housing renovation and repair. It targets households of socially disadvantaged individuals who urgently need residential environment improvement. The purpose is to brighten and improve the living environment of socially vulnerable groups like the light emitted by fireflies. KCC has been continuing this project with Seocho-gu since 2018.

The agreement ceremony held on the 22nd was attended by Jaeguk Shim, Executive Director of General Affairs and Human Resources at KCC, and Jaesook Choi, Director of Resident Life Bureau of Seocho-gu, among others. They shared the contents and progress of this year's Firefly House project and signed the agreement.

KCC will support eco-friendly paint and building materials worth 100 million KRW for this project. Considering the characteristics of the target households, construction will be carried out on a one-to-one customized basis. Depending on household needs, wallpapering, replacement of facilities such as sinks, and new installations such as built-in wardrobes will also be conducted.

Applications for the project will be accepted starting next month. Households requiring social consideration such as basic livelihood security recipients, elderly living alone, single-parent families, and vulnerable youth families can apply.

Applicants will undergo document screening and on-site visits, comprehensively considering reasons for application, urgency of support, and overlap of support. Once selected as target households, they will receive customized spatial welfare reflecting their residential characteristics.

Meanwhile, the Firefly House project has supported spatial welfare for 96 households over the past three years. Among them, 43 households received support last year.

A KCC official stated, "Firefly House is an activity that pursues social values of living together with the local community," and added, "As KCC's representative social contribution activity (CSR), we will develop it into a model that nationwide workplaces and local governments can participate in."

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