Jugeum Gong "Rare Old Housing Finance Materials Released as eBook"

Employees of the Korea Housing Finance Corporation are reviewing materials using e-books. Photo by Korea Housing Finance Corporation

[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-seop] Korea Housing Finance Corporation announced that the ‘Housing Finance Archive’ can now be accessed as an e-book. They have completed the cleaning, disinfection, organization, and digital restoration of paper documents related to the ‘Housing Finance Credit Guarantee Fund’ produced by the former Korea Housing Bank from 1987 to 2003.

Currently, in addition to tasks such as housing pensions, Bogeumjari loans, and MBS issuance, the Corporation also manages the Housing Finance Credit Guarantee Fund operations that were conducted about 40 years ago before the establishment of the Corporation. Accordingly, they judged that the paper documents related to housing guarantees from the former Korea Housing Bank held by the Corporation are valuable materials to review the flow of past housing guarantee policies, and thus improved accessibility.

The digitized records include internal materials from the former Korea Housing Bank that were reviewed to design and operate housing guarantee products and systems, as well as overseas housing finance guarantee research data.

In addition to the digitized materials, the archive houses over 1,000 specialized housing finance resources. The housing finance chronology allows a comprehensive view of the history of housing finance. Anyone can access audiovisual records, publications, and specialized materials, and printed materials can be copied if desired.

Visits are possible every Wednesday (excluding holidays) from 2 PM to 6 PM via the Corporation’s website. The archive can also be viewed through the Corporation’s YouTube channel ‘Online Archive Tour.’

President Choi Jun-woo emphasized, “By digitally restoring rare housing finance materials, the Corporation has created an opportunity to access important documents more easily than before. We will continue to promote the digitization of historically valuable housing finance materials so that anyone can easily access them as e-books.”

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