Jongno-gu Operates Residential Welfare Counseling Center for Commuters After Work

Jongno-gu to Operate After-Work Housing Welfare Counseling Center Until December

Established for single-person households and low-income residents who wanted housing-related welfare consultations but found it difficult to visit during working hours

From now until December, on the second Wednesday of every month, staff from the Jongno Housing Safety Comprehensive Center’s Housing Counseling Office will visit the district office to provide customized consultations

Good news has come to Jongno-gu residents who desperately needed consultations on public rental housing, rent support, and other housing-related issues but found it difficult to visit relevant institutions due to work, studies, or job searching.

Jongno-gu (Mayor Jeong Munheon) will operate the "Jongno-gu After-Work Housing Welfare Counseling Center" on the 3rd floor of the district office from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM on the second Wednesday of every month starting this month until December.

The purpose is to support single-person households and low-income residents who find it difficult to visit during working hours by allowing them to stop by the district office after work to receive counseling services.

To this end, the district office previously signed an agreement with the Jongno Housing Safety Comprehensive Center’s Housing Counseling Office (Director Kim Seonmi), and housing counseling staff will provide personalized counseling services once a month for a total of six sessions.

The counseling covers various topics including ▲housing management services for single-person households (simple inconvenience handling, easy home repairs, organizing and tidying up) ▲emergency housing cost support services (small deposits, rent, fuel cost support) ▲information on public rental housing ▲information on housing cost support and loan systems (housing benefits, youth monthly rent support, Buttress loans, interest support projects for youth and newlywed rental deposits), among others.

The service is available to Jongno-gu residents. Reservations for counseling can be made by phone, email, or in person at the Social Welfare Division of the district office by 1 PM on the day of counseling.

Consultations are also available without prior application, but residents with reservations will be given priority. For more details, inquiries can be made to the Self-Support Housing Team of the Social Welfare Division.

Additionally, the Jongno Housing Safety Comprehensive Center’s Housing Counseling Office, in collaboration with Jongno-gu, has been conducting mobile counseling once a month from April to November at five community service centers in the area: Cheongunhyoja-dong, Jongno 1, 2, 3, 4-ga-dong, Changsin 1-dong, Changsin 2-dong, and Sungin 1-dong, as part of resident housing welfare services.

Mayor Jeong Munheon stated, “We aim to alleviate the worries of residents struggling with housing issues and thoroughly guide them through related systems by continuously collaborating with related organizations to provide this service. We recommend that any resident in need visit the After-Work Housing Welfare Counseling Center for consultation.”

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