Eunpyeong-gu '1-Person Household Support Center' Opens

Expanded Relocation to Daejo-dong Youth Housing near Bulgwang Station... 134.31㎡ Exclusive Area, Comprising Office, Counseling Room, Sarangbang, and Other Facilities... Offering Professional Counseling, Education & Cultural Programs, and Network Support

Seoul Eunpyeong-gu (District Mayor Kim Mi-kyung) held the opening ceremony of the Single-Person Household Support Center on the 20th, promising to become a happy space created together and announcing a new beginning.

‘Eunsol-i’ is a shortened form of Eunpyeong’s single-person household (SOLO).

The opening ceremony was held with about 150 attendees, including single-person household residents. The center was introduced under the theme of “Another Family,” along with the progress of establishing the Single-Person Household Support Center, followed by a ribbon-cutting and a tour of the facility.

In particular, through a special time sharing ‘Eunsol-i’s Wish Letter,’ the daily lives and emotions of single-person households were shared, and messages of hope were delivered to the center.

As of November, there are about 87,000 single-person households in Eunpyeong-gu, accounting for 40% of the total 210,000 households. To respond to the diverse needs of single-person households and support healthy living, the district relocated and expanded the Single-Person Household Support Center to youth housing in Daejo-dong near Bulgwang Station.

The existing Single-Person Household Support Center was jointly operated with the Multicultural Family Support Center within the Eunpyeong-gu Family Center’s second branch, which caused inconvenience to residents due to insufficient activity space and low accessibility. To improve this, the district utilized a donated facility and secured project funds necessary for space creation through external resources such as Seoul city public project funds, enabling swift progress.

The facility covers an exclusive area of 134.3㎡ and is equipped with an office, counseling room, community room, and other auxiliary facilities. The center supports professional counseling, education and cultural programs, and self-help groups, while the community room is planned to be operated as a communication space where single-person households can comfortably use it, linked with various programs.

Kim Mi-kyung, Mayor of Eunpyeong-gu, said, “I hope this new home for single-person households will serve as a key hub supporting the recovery of social networks and strengthening the community,” adding, “We will cherish every opinion of Eunpyeong-gu’s solos, Eunsol-i, and do our best to realize demand-centered policies.”

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