Objection to the Korea Land and Housing Safety Authority Regarding the 'Not Allowed' Ruling on Reconstruction of Gangdong-gu Godeok Jugong Complex 9

Regulations on Reconstruction Safety Inspections Should Be Eased... Final Review of Safety Inspection Adequacy for Godeok Jugong 9 Complex Apartments Concludes with 'Maintenance' Judgment

Godeok Jugong 9 Complex

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Gangdong-gu (Mayor Lee Jeong-hoon) has raised an objection to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Safety Management Agency regarding the "Adequacy Review Results of the Precise Safety Diagnosis for Reconstruction of Godeok Jugong Complex 9 Apartment in Myeongil-dong (Maintenance, Grade C)."

In the second half of 2020, a precise safety diagnosis was conducted on Godeok Jugong Complex 9 Apartment (1,320 households, completed in November 1985) located at 251 Sangam-ro (Myeongil-dong lot 257). The diagnosis result was a "Conditional Reconstruction (Grade D)" judgment. Accordingly, per relevant laws, an adequacy review was requested from the review agency, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Safety Management Agency, but in June 2021, the final notification was "Maintenance (Grade C)."

This score of 62.70 points (Grade C) is more than 10 points higher than the precise safety diagnosis result of 51.29 points (Grade D), showing a significant difference in scoring despite being evaluated under the same safety diagnosis standards and reconstruction project safety diagnosis manual.

Therefore, the district office raised an objection to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Safety Management Agency, requested related materials on the adequacy review, and conveyed the residents' dissatisfaction with the judgment and their intention for re-examination. Furthermore, the district plans to thoroughly review the adequacy review results and related materials in the future and actively respond, including re-raising objections to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Safety Management Agency if any misjudgments are confirmed.

A safety diagnosis is essential to proceed with reconstruction projects. Due to the government's strengthened safety diagnosis standards for housing reconstruction judgments (Notification 2018-141, March 5, 2018), especially the increased weighting of structural safety from 0.20 to 0.50, passing the reconstruction safety diagnosis has become more difficult.

As reconstruction projects are not feasible, the deterioration of residents' living environments in aging apartments is accelerating, highlighting the need to relax safety diagnosis standards.

The district holds the position that relaxing (adjusting) the reconstruction safety diagnosis standards is inevitable for reconstruction projects of aging apartments to improve residents' living environments, which are closely linked to quality of life.

Additionally, since expanding housing supply through reconstruction projects is expected to contribute to stabilizing the housing market, the district plans to actively participate in the request for relaxation of safety diagnosis standards proposed by Seoul City to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

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