Overseas Construction Workers' Special Housing Recommendation Postponed... "Pallucid Distribution Delayed"

The announcement of the recommended candidates (recommendors and preliminaries) for the special housing supply for overseas construction workers has been postponed. This is because the sales schedule for the first supply complex, 'Maegyo Station Pallucid,' has been delayed.

'Maegyo Station Pallucid' bird's-eye view / Image courtesy of Samsung C&T Corporation

An official from the Overseas Construction Association said on the 27th, "Originally, the resident recruitment announcement was scheduled for the 24th, and the special supply subscription was to take place next week. Accordingly, the announcement date for the recommended candidates was set for today, but due to the delay in sales, the announcement has also been postponed." They added that once the special supply schedule is confirmed, it will be announced about a week in advance.

The association previously accepted applications for hopeful candidates for the special supply recommendation for overseas construction workers for 4 units at Maegyo Station Pallucid, located in Seryu-dong, Gwonseon-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi Province, from the 6th to the 17th of this month. The complex, built by a Samsung C&T consortium, consists of 32 buildings ranging from 2 basement floors to 15 above-ground floors, totaling 2,178 units. Among these, the special supply recommendation quota for overseas construction workers includes one unit each of exclusive areas 59㎡B, 71㎡A, and 84㎡A·B.

Although it was expected that there would be many applicants since the special supply type, which had become obsolete, was revived, the actual competition rate was reported to be not high. An association official said, "We cannot disclose the number of applicants, but the competition was not intense," and added, "We believe this is a process of the type settling in."

The special housing supply for overseas construction workers is the first to be implemented since the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport revised the 'Housing Supply Regulations' at the end of July and the association established the recommendation regulations in September. This system was introduced to boost the morale of overseas dispatched workers who work in harsher environments compared to domestic conditions and to improve the phenomenon of young people avoiding overseas construction sites.

According to related laws, the association can select preliminaries up to 500% of the recommendors. This time, up to 20 people can be selected. Both recommendors and preliminaries can choose whether to proceed with the final subscription. However, recommendors will receive a penalty if they do not withdraw their application within two days after the resident recruitment announcement and also do not participate in the subscription. Preliminaries are not subject to penalties.

Meanwhile, it is known that the sales approval for Maegyo Station Pallucid is being delayed. A Samsung C&T official said, "At present, we are trying not to push the sales timing into next year," adding, "It will be delayed by about a week."

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