Chairman Choi Hojung: "Paradigm Shift in Housing Welfare... Supply Must Match Life Stages and Household Characteristics"

Inspection Visit of National Rental and Long-term Lease Housing and Community Facilities by Area from 39㎡ to 74㎡ on the 26th

Choi Hojung, Chairperson of the Seoul Metropolitan Council, visited a public rental housing complex in Seoul on the 26th, inspecting national rental housing and long-term lease housing ranging from 39 to 74㎡, as well as community facilities.

Also present during the visit were Seoul Metropolitan Council member Yoo Jeongin, Education Committee Chairperson Park Sanghyuk, SH Corporation President Kim Heondong, and Seoul City Housing Director Han Byungyong.

Chairperson Choi first received a report from the SH Corporation’s Housing Supply Department Head on this year’s rental housing supply plan and long-term lease housing supply plan.

She then toured community facilities including a toy library and play experience room, as well as national rental housing units of 39㎡ and 49㎡, and long-term lease housing units of 59㎡ and 74㎡.

Chairperson Choi stated, “The paradigm of housing welfare is changing. While it was previously approached as a benevolent policy for low-income groups, recently housing welfare has expanded and developed into a policy for all Seoul citizens, considering life stages and household characteristics without limiting by income level. A supply plan that matches this is necessary.”

She added, “The council will work together to improve necessary systems and secure budgets so that more citizens want to live in and can live in public rental housing.”

On the same day, Chairperson Choi also visited the site of Sanbit Elementary School, where residents of the new town have moved in but construction delays have caused inconvenience.

Chairperson Choi said, “The middle school within the Gangdong Olympic Park Foret complex, which is soon to be occupied, is delayed, and only recently has the establishment of an urban campus been promoted. When there is a large-scale housing supply plan, related agencies should make more meticulous efforts to ensure that educational infrastructure is completed before residents move in.”

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