Mapo-gu, Seoul's First Household-Integrated 'Care Safety Housing' Construction

On the 30th, LH signed a business agreement... Secured new housing in Ahyeon-dong including the 23rd move-in facility... Operated with 4 models: household integration, mutual care, job provision, and integrated housing and temporary residence

Perspective View of Mapo-type Safe K Housing

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Mapo-gu (Mayor Yudonggyun) officially announced on the 30th that it has signed a business agreement with the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (hereinafter ‘LH’) Seoul Regional Headquarters and will promote the ‘Mapo-type Care Safe Housing’ project, the first in Seoul to be available to various generations.

The ‘Mapo-type Care Safe Housing’ is an expanded housing project that combines the district’s ‘MH Mapo Housing’ residential supply policy with social security services such as medical and care services. It is a community-based integrated care system that supports residents in need of care to continue an independent and autonomous life in their usual living area.

Under this agreement, LH will support the purchase rental housing (located in Ahyeon-dong) scheduled for completion in April 2022, and the district will be responsible for overall operation of the facility, including tenant selection and provision of integrated care services.

The newly constructed housing secured through close cooperation with LH since May for use as Care Safe Housing is a building with one basement floor and ten above-ground floors. In addition to 23 residential units, it features neighborhood living facilities such as a health center, communal living spaces, and social interaction areas to enable tenants to form communities and foster bonds.

Furthermore, a barrier-free design (BF: Barrier-Free Environment) has been applied to allow elderly and mobility-impaired residents to live comfortably and support their independent living.

The target residents are local community members who are not severely ill enough to require institutional or hospital admission but have difficulty living independently and need care or recovery. The district plans to operate the ‘Mapo-type Care Safe Housing’ in the following four models to differentiate it from existing care safe housing.

First is the multi-generational integrated housing. Moving away from the existing elderly-centered care safe housing, it allows residents from various generations who need care, including people with disabilities, middle-aged adults, single-parent families, and youth, to move in.

Second is housing that enables mutual and reciprocal care. It aims to operate beyond a one-way care provision system, fostering communication and relationship-building among residents like a village community so that they can care for each other.

Third is housing with work opportunities. By encouraging residents to actively participate in the management and operation of the care safe housing, it seeks to satisfy their desire to work through the jobs created.

Lastly, housing that integrates residential and temporary lodging. It also operates temporary lodging spaces for residents who need short-term care or temporary housing, aiming to help overcome crises, support self-reliance, and promote return to the local community (their original living area).

The district is promoting ‘MH Mapo Housing’ as a key project of the 7th local government administration, guaranteeing residents’ housing rights by providing temporary lodging for those who suddenly lose their homes due to crises.

Additionally, since 2019, it has operated the Care SOS Center to proactively respond to changing welfare demands caused by social trends such as the increase in elderly and single-person households and weakening family care functions, striving to build a dense welfare safety net.

Yudonggyun, Mayor of Mapo-gu, said, “Care Safe Housing reflects residents’ desire to stay in their homes even when sick or uncomfortable, shifting the welfare paradigm from facility-centered to community- and housing-centered services. We will successfully establish the ‘Mapo-type Care Safe Housing,’ where various generations live together in harmony, and create a leading community integrated care model.”

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