Gyeonggi-do Announces Achievements in Home Repairs and Vacant House Management... Plans 170 Projects Next Year

Gyeonggi Province held a performance presentation for the "Home Repair and Vacant House Maintenance Support Project" on the 26th at the provincial council's main conference room. Participants are taking a commemorative photo.

Gyeonggi Province held a performance presentation for the house repair and vacant house maintenance support project and plans to promote a house repair support project for 170 households next year.

On the 26th, Gyeonggi Province held a performance presentation for the ‘House Repair and Vacant House Maintenance Support Project’ at the Provincial Council’s main conference room, sharing major achievements such as ▲a presentation of house repair performance cases by Bucheon City, selected as an excellent city for house repair promotion ▲a presentation of cases from the first-ever ‘Visiting House Repair Technical Consultation’ conducted this year ▲a presentation of Gyeonggi Province’s public utilization cases of vacant house maintenance, which involves demolishing vacant houses and supplying necessary facilities within the region ▲an excellent urban regeneration case in Suwon Haenggung-dong utilizing world cultural heritage, and facilitated communication among stakeholders.

Gyeonggi Province will promote 140 single-family house repair support projects and 30 vacant house maintenance support projects next year.

The single-family house repair support project targets deteriorated single-family houses over 20 years old located in declining old downtown areas or areas where New Town projects have been canceled, supporting 90% of the repair costs up to a maximum of 12 million KRW. Vulnerable groups such as basic livelihood security recipients receive full support without any personal burden. This year, the project was carried out for 159 households, and next year it will be promoted for 140 households.

The vacant house maintenance support project targets vacant houses (houses unused or uninhabited for over one year) as defined by the ‘Special Act on the Maintenance of Vacant Houses and Small-scale Housing,’ providing up to 30 million KRW per household to assist with demolition, repair, and safety measures.

This year, 59 vacant houses were targeted not only for simple demolition support but also for maintenance into spaces for local residents such as parking lots and vegetable gardens. Next year, maintenance support will be provided for 30 vacant houses.

Additionally, Gyeonggi Province is exhibiting photos of the achievements and informational materials of the house repair and vacant house maintenance support projects in the lobby on the first floor of the provincial office until the 29th of this month, making it easier for residents to understand and apply for the projects.

Oh Byeong-kwon, the First Deputy Governor of Gyeonggi Province, said, "Thank you for your efforts to improve poor housing environments in various fields," and added, "I hope that through this performance presentation and photo exhibition, the house repair and vacant house maintenance support projects, which have not been in operation for long, will become better known to more residents and serve as an opportunity to develop improved housing environment improvement policies."

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