Gyeonggi-do Provides 400,000 KRW Moving Support to Housing-Vulnerable Groups in Sjjokbang and Gosiwon

Gyeonggi Province will provide up to 400,000 KRW in moving expenses starting this year to help housing-vulnerable groups living in jjokbang (small rooms), goshiwon (small, cheap rooms for students), and semi-basement units relocate to appropriate housing.

The support targets households that have lived for more than three months in semi-basements or jjokbang, goshiwon, yeon-suk (boarding houses), vinyl greenhouses, homeless shelters, containers, etc., and have been selected to move to public rental housing through eligibility screening (housing conditions, assets, income, etc.) and resident selection procedures according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s directive on 'Housing Support Procedures for Housing-Vulnerable Groups.'

Those moving to private rental housing using the interest-free loan product to be launched by the Housing and Urban Guarantee Corporation (HUG) in the first half of this year are also eligible for support.

The province estimates that it will support 4,090 households within the province this year. The support limit is up to 400,000 KRW, covering moving expenses and the cost of daily necessities purchased during the moving process. However, brokerage fees, cleaning fees, meal costs, alcohol, tobacco, clothing, and luxury goods purchases are excluded from support.

Applications can be submitted year-round at the local eup, myeon, or dong community service centers within three months from the date of moving into appropriate housing. Those who moved in between October 1 and December 31 of last year can apply retroactively by submitting their application to the community service center by the end of March this year. Receipts for moving expenses or daily necessities must be brought when visiting the community service center.

Jung Jong-guk, Director of the Provincial Housing Policy Division, said, "'Moving Expense Support Project for Residents in Abnormal Housing' is hoped to help improve the housing conditions of vulnerable groups," adding, "We will do our utmost to ensure that residents can live comfortably in a safer and more pleasant environment."

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