"Preventive Education Needed to Stop Jeonse Fraud"... Daegu City Councilor Yoon Kwon-geun Proposes Ordinance as Lead Sponsor

Daegu City Council member Yoon Kwon-geun (People Power Party, Dalseo-gu 5), who is the chief proposer of the “Partial Amendment to the Daegu City Ordinance on Housing Brokerage Fees, etc.,” aimed at supporting preventive education to prevent real estate transaction accidents such as jeonse and monthly rent fraud, is about to have the ordinance passed at the plenary session after the agenda review by the Construction and Transportation Committee held on the 21st.

Daegu City Council Member Yoon Kwon-geun

Recently, jeonse fraud crimes have continued to occur without interruption, and cases of citizen damage caused by these crimes have been steadily increasing, causing the monthly rent market to fluctuate due to the aftermath of such jeonse fraud. As monthly rent prices rise sharply, the housing conditions for young people in their 20s and 30s are worsening day by day.

To prevent such damage, the role of licensed real estate agents is especially important. Therefore, the ordinance aims to fundamentally resolve damages caused by jeonse fraud by establishing institutional grounds for Daegu City or district offices to conduct preventive education on real estate transaction accidents targeting licensed real estate agents and to support related budgets.

The ordinance provides the basis for the mayor to promote preventive education to prevent real estate transaction accidents and to support related budgets. It also specifically defines the scope of education, including prevention of damages caused by unfair real estate jeonse and monthly rent transactions and internet display advertisements of brokerage objects, to enhance the effectiveness of preventive education.

Additionally, this ordinance limits the scope of support solely to public interest preventive education on real estate transaction accidents, separated from practical, job-related, and training education, in line with the purpose of protecting consumer interests and establishing brokerage order during real estate brokerage transactions.

Council member Yoon Kwon-geun said, “From July last year to May this year, a special crackdown on jeonse and monthly rent fraud jointly conducted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the National Police Agency resulted in damages amounting to 459.9 billion KRW and 2,966 victims,” adding, “I hope that with this ordinance amendment, citizens will no longer suffer damages such as jeonse and monthly rent fraud.”

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