Sejong City Opens Youth Hope Tomorrow Center... Promoting Jobs and Housing Projects

[Asia Economy (Sejong) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Sejong City is launching the Youth Hope Tomorrow Center to actively promote youth support projects.

The city announced that on the 28th, it will hold an opening ceremony for the center at the Korea Land & Housing Corporation (LH) rental commercial building in Dajeong-dong. From that day, the center will implement seven detailed support projects targeting about 1,800 local youths.

The first project is a job-seeking and start-up activity support program that provides 500,000 KRW per month for six months starting next month to job-seeking and start-up youths. Along with this project, the center will also offer support services such as suit rentals for interviews, hairstyling, and ID photo shoots.

A temporary monthly rent support project will also be operated, providing 200,000 KRW per month for 12 months to low-income youths.

Starting in May, the center will consecutively implement a youth savings project that matches 150,000 KRW monthly savings for 36 months by working youths, a housing rent support project providing 200,000 KRW monthly rent for 10 months, and a tenant deposit interest support project that partially covers interest on jeonse deposits.

To ensure smooth progress of these projects, the city has signed business agreements with related organizations such as the Korea Housing Finance Corporation, Hana Bank, and Enterprise Blockchain, and plans to maintain continuous cooperation systems.

Additionally, the city intends to prepare plans to link the youth support projects not only to employment and housing but also to cultural, educational, and welfare services so that local youths can enjoy a variety of services through local youth centers.

Lee Chun-hee, Mayor of Sejong City, said, “I hope the center will become a reliable support for youths exhausted by employment and housing issues.”

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