Yeosu-si Doseong Village Selected for Vulnerable Area Living Condition Improvement Project... 2.2 Billion Won Invested

By 2024, Promote Improvement of Noxious Facilities Such as Abandoned Barns, Village Path Maintenance, and Renovation of Community Facilities

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Yeosu City announced on the 5th that Doseong Village in Yulchon-myeon was selected in this year's "Vulnerable Area Living Conditions Improvement Project" contest the day before.

According to the city, Doseong Village was finally selected for the 2021 Vulnerable Area Living Conditions Improvement Project, hosted by the Presidential Committee on Balanced National Development, and a total of 2.2 billion KRW, including 1.5 billion KRW in national funds, will be invested.

This project is a national initiative aimed at expanding living infrastructure and improving residential environments to guarantee the basic living standards of residents in vulnerable areas.

By 2024, the project plans to renovate unpleasant facilities such as abandoned livestock barns, improve narrow village alleys, repair houses, refurbish communal village facilities, and enhance disaster prevention facilities along with living, hygiene, and safety infrastructure, as well as implement resident capacity-building programs to improve the village environment.

Doseong Village is a settlement formed in 1976 by cured patients from a Hansen's disease sanatorium.

Among the 383 buildings in the village, 278 (73%) are slate structures, and 254 abandoned livestock barns and warehouses have been left unattended for a long time, threatening residents' safety and health, making the improvement of living conditions urgent.

To resolve the odor issues in Doseong Village, Yeosu City formed a task force team consisting of eight related departments in October 2019, and since October last year, the vice mayor has led weekly Wednesday TF meetings to devise solutions. As part of these efforts, the city actively pursued this contest project.

Yeosu Mayor Kwon Oh-bong stated, "We expect the living conditions in Doseong Village to be dramatically improved through this contest selection," and added, "We will continue to discover vulnerable target villages and do our best to create happy rural communities and improve residents' quality of life."

Meanwhile, Doseong Village, home to 58 households and 130 residents, has 46% of its population aged 65 or older, 57% of households receiving basic livelihood support or classified as near-poverty, and 75% of the houses in the village are over 30 years old.

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