Daejeon City Promotes Enactment of 'Tenant Protection Ordinance' Against Jeonse Fraud

Daejeon Mayor Ijangwoo Holds Meeting with Victims' Countermeasures Committee
Promises to Promote Tenant Protection Ordinance in First Half of This Year
Will Cooperate with Government on Issues Difficult to Resolve Independently

Daejeon City is set to enact a tenant protection ordinance to prevent jeonse fraud damage.

On the 25th, Daejeon City announced that Mayor Lee Jang-woo held a meeting with the Regional Jeonse Fraud Victims Countermeasure Committee at Daejeon City Hall.

At the meeting, Mayor Lee stated, “It is urgent to revise laws to support victims of jeonse fraud and to establish national support measures and systems,” adding, “Daejeon City will promote the enactment of a tenant protection ordinance to prevent jeonse fraud damage in the first half of this year.”

During the meeting, the Countermeasure Committee compiled victims’ demands, including Daejeon City’s independent support measures and timing, individual rehabilitation issues for victims, and housing measures for young victims, and proposed them to Daejeon City.

In response to the committee’s proposal, Mayor Lee emphasized, “In addition to hastening the ordinance enactment, Daejeon City will seek cooperation from the government and related organizations on issues that are difficult to decide independently.”

Earlier, since the 1st of this month, Daejeon City expanded the Jeonse Fraud TF Team into the Jeonse Damage Support Center and operates the center at the former Chungnam Provincial Office. The center is staffed by a judicial scrivener and employees from the Housing & Urban Guarantee Corporation (HUG), providing legal and financial counseling to victims.

As of this month, a total of 1,665 applications from jeonse fraud victims have been received by Daejeon City. Among them, 1,211 have been officially recognized as jeonse fraud victims by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. The remaining 454 are reported to still be under committee review and damage investigation.

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