Yeongdeungpo-gu Supports Housing Upgrades for 1,236 Semi-basement Households

Support for Stable Housing Upgrades After Interviewing 1,236 Semi-basement Households by May 31

All Dong Staff Provide Housing Counseling Linkage and Assistance with Jeonse and Purchase Rental Housing Applications via Visits or Phone Calls

189 Households Selected for Rental Housing This Year... Actively Identifying and Supporting Housing-Vulnerable Groups

Yeongdeungpo-gu (District Mayor Choi Ho-kwon) announced that it will interview 1,236 semi-basement households vulnerable to flood damage by May 31 and support those wishing to relocate before the rainy season to stable housing upgrades.

Since March 24, all staff at the Dong Community Centers have begun interviewing residents living in semi-basement houses. This is a city-district cooperative project where staff investigate ▲resident characteristics (disabled, elderly, children, general) ▲occupancy type (owner, tenant, free) ▲relocation demand ▲interviewee details (name, contact, number of household members) through visits or phone calls.

Through the interviews, those wishing to relocate from semi-basement housing are connected to the Yeongdeungpo Housing Safety Comprehensive Center’s housing counseling office for in-depth consultations. Support includes searching for rental housing, contract assistance, relocation expenses (moving and daily necessities costs), and support for settlement and self-reliance activities.

Applications for Jeonse and purchase rental housing from Korea Land & Housing Corporation and Seoul Housing & Communities Corporation are also supported. Eligible applicants are households who have lived in semi-basement housing (including goshiwon, boarding houses, etc.) for more than three months, are members of a non-homeowner household, and whose monthly average income is 50% or less of the previous year’s urban worker household income (70% or less for single-person households, 60% or less for two-person households, assets criteria follow permanent rental housing standards).

Interview Survey

If selected as a private rental housing beneficiary, applicants can receive a certificate of residence in non-standard housing from the Dong Community Center and apply for a Jeonse loan of 50 million KRW (interest-free for up to 10 years) at banks handling Housing and Urban Fund products.

As of May 8 this year, the district has selected 189 households living in semi-basement housing as rental housing beneficiaries (29 purchase, 160 Jeonse) through interviews and applied for support from Korea Land & Housing Corporation and Seoul Housing & Communities Corporation.

Additionally, for semi-basement residents, various policies are being implemented including ▲the ‘Specific Voucher Project’ which supports monthly rent of 200,000 KRW for up to two years for households relocated to above-ground floors after the August 2022 flood ▲the ‘Hope Home Repair Project’ which improves living conditions by repairing wallpaper and flooring in semi-basement houses ▲and ‘Yeonghee’s House,’ which provides emergency temporary housing for low-income residents needing temporary shelter due to disasters or housing crises.

Choi Ho-kwon, Mayor of Yeongdeungpo-gu, stated, “Residents of semi-basement houses face not only risks from natural disasters like heavy rain but also health threats due to poor living conditions such as poor lighting and mold. We hope this interview survey will actively identify and support those in need of stable housing and open a new path of hope.”

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