Seocho-gu, Ordinance Amendment for Efficiency in Managing School Enrollment in Multi-family Housing

District, the first autonomous district in Seoul to organize one community unit or one neighborhood unit for households using a single apartment building or shared entrance... Effective from the 1st of this month

In the case of apartment complexes, the scope of eligibility for community leaders has been expanded to include the head of the management office, resolving inconveniences caused by vacancies

Jeon Seong-su, District Mayor, “We will closely examine residents' inconveniences and implement empathetic administration that approaches residents one step closer”

Seocho-gu (District Mayor Jeon Seong-su) has revised the "Seoul Special City Seocho-gu Community and Neighborhood Installation Ordinance" to reflect the trend of increasing apartment complexes and improve management efficiency such as school enrollment, effective from the 1st of this month. This is the first such revision among Seoul's autonomous districts.

The district's apartment complex residency rate is 62.5%, higher than the overall Seoul rate of 59.2%. In recent years, active reconstruction of general housing has rapidly increased the proportion of apartment complex residents, which has been reflected in the policy.

The main point of the ordinance revision is that for apartment complexes, households using one building or a shared entrance will be organized as one neighborhood unit. This aims to manage community and neighborhood units more effectively.

The existing community and neighborhood unit system was created in the era of low-rise housing, organizing 20 to 60 households into one neighborhood unit, which caused confusion as it did not reflect the current residential forms. For example, in one apartment complex, even within the same building, community and neighborhood units differed, causing confusion among residents during school enrollment or elections due to different assigned schools or polling stations.

Along with this, the district has expanded the eligibility for community leaders to include the head of the management office in apartment complexes through this revision. This is to reduce inconveniences for residents caused by vacancies in community leader positions in newly occupied apartments due to the increase in apartment complexes from reconstruction. Additionally, the age restriction for community leader eligibility, previously set at 30 years or older, has been abolished to guarantee equal rights for resident participation.

Jeon Seong-su, Seocho District Mayor, stated, “I believe administration must actively respond to social changes. We will carefully examine residents' inconveniences and improve the community and neighborhood unit system to implement empathetic administration that approaches residents one step closer.”

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