Gwangjin-gu Forms and Operates Task Force (TF) for Special Measures on Single-Person Households

Customized Support Policies Reflecting the Growing Demand for Single-Person Households Launched... Prioritizing 'Self-Reliance' with Five Key Tasks: Safety, Social Networks, Health, and Awareness Improvement

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Gwangjin-gu (Mayor Kim Seon-gap) has formed a ‘Single-Person Household Special Task Force (TF)’ and is launching full-scale projects targeting single-person households in the area.

Based on the five-year basic plan for supporting single-person households established last May, the district selected five key tasks: ▲Self-reliance (jobs, housing, poverty) ▲Safety ▲Social networks ▲Health and care ▲Awareness improvement, and formed a TF team that organically combines 16 related departments.

The TF team plans to discover and implement policies that all single-person households can feel in their daily lives, including not only the 20s and 30s youth generation known as the MZ generation but also the elderly and middle-aged groups.

With the deputy mayor as the task force leader and the director of the Welfare Bureau as the deputy leader, the TF team will hold monthly meetings to newly discover customized projects by sector and carefully check whether existing projects are progressing smoothly.

Additionally, the community service centers will discover and promote specialized projects reflecting the characteristics of each neighborhood.

Starting this year, the district is promoting new projects such as ▲‘Protect Homez’ crime prevention service support ▲Operation of safe restrooms to prevent digital sex crimes ▲Network formation programs for single young adults, foreigners, and disabled households ▲Installation of ‘Smart Plugs’ to prevent solitary deaths.

With the formation of this TF as a turning point, the district plans to prevent social isolation of single-person households and support them to live safely and independently, thereby creating a long-term ‘integrated city where diverse families live together without prejudice.’

Kim Seon-gap, Mayor of Gwangjin-gu, said, “This TF was formed to proactively respond to changes in household structures, including the increasing trend of single-person households,” and added, “Since there is a broad social consensus on supporting single-person households, we will actively discover and promote policies that residents can feel.”

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