Mapo-gu Wins 'Chairperson of the Autonomy and Decentralization Committee Award' at the Chamjoheun Local Autonomy Policy Conference

'MH Mapo Housing' Recognized as an Excellent Policy and Innovative Housing Welfare System... Mapo-gu Focuses on Housing Stability for Vulnerable Households, Currently Securing Support for 30 Residential Spaces

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Mapo-gu (Mayor Yudonggyun) announced that it received the Chairman’s Award of the Autonomy and Decentralization Committee at the ‘Excellent Local Autonomy Policy Competition Awards Ceremony’ held on May 31 at the Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall Auditorium.

The ‘Excellent Local Autonomy Policy Competition,’ hosted by the Excellent Local Government Council, the National Association of Mayors, Governors and District Heads, and the Presidential Committee on Autonomy and Decentralization, is an event held to widely promote outstanding local policies and emphasize the importance of local autonomy through active policy exchange among local governments.

At this competition, the district’s core pledge project of the 7th elected term, ‘MH Mapo Housing,’ was evaluated as an innovative and heartfelt policy, bringing the honor of receiving the ‘Chairman’s Award of the Autonomy and Decentralization Committee’ to Mapo-gu.

The ‘MH Mapo Housing’ project is a unique residential welfare system of Mapo-gu that supports temporary housing and public rental housing for households in need due to various crises.

The housing issue, one of the three basic elements of human life (food, clothing, and shelter), is difficult to solve by individual effort alone, and the government is also promoting various policies.

Nevertheless, in the reality of our society still thirsty for residential welfare, the district focused more on the housing-vulnerable groups.

Since 2018, the ‘MH Mapo Housing’ project began, and in March 2019, it established a related ordinance for the first time in Seoul and set up a fund to create an institutional foundation.

Then, starting with the move-in of the first temporary housing household in April of the same year, the project was actively promoted, and currently, a total of 30 housing spaces (23 temporary housing, 7 self-purchased houses) have been secured and provided to households in crisis.

In addition, customized services to support temporary housing move-in are provided in connection with private resources, and move-in deposit loans and housing stabilization funds are continuously supported for low-income housing-vulnerable households.

This warm policy for residents, ‘MH Mapo Housing,’ received high scores across all evaluation indicators of this competition, including creativity, effectiveness, reflection of regional characteristics, and nationwide ripple effect, and was recognized as an excellent policy.

Yudonggyun, Mayor of Mapo-gu, said, “The ‘MH Mapo Housing’ project was able to get on the right track not only through our district’s efforts but also with the help of the entire community. We will continue to work hard and move actively with the goal of housing stability so that residents who lose their homes and become discouraged can dream of happiness again.”

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