Yeoju-si Wins Housing Administration Excellence Award in City and County Evaluation for Two Consecutive Years

Yeoju City, Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Lee Chung-woo) achieved the remarkable feat of winning the Encouragement Award in the ‘2024 Housing Administration Excellence Evaluation’ conducted by Gyeonggi Province last November, marking its second consecutive year of recognition. After establishing the Architecture Division last year and winning an award for the first time in the housing administration evaluation, the city once again achieved excellent results this year.

A panoramic view of Yeoju City Hall. Provided by Yeoju City.

Gyeonggi Province evaluates all housing-related tasks carried out by cities and counties over the past year across five areas: housing supply and quality improvement, activation of apartment complex management, enhancement of residential welfare, participation in higher-level housing administration, and policy implementation, to improve the reliability of housing administration and the quality of administrative services.

Yeoju City has made efforts to improve apartment complex quality and resolve disputes among residents through on-site inspections and housing management audits. As a result of implementing various policies such as housing improvement projects for vulnerable groups and inspections of aging apartment complexes, the city earned the honor of receiving the Encouragement Award.

While other cities and counties in Gyeonggi Province either have separate Housing and Architecture Divisions or lack a Housing Division altogether, with housing administration tasks carried out by two to three teams, Yeoju City is the only one that manages all housing administration tasks?including housing permits, apartment complex management, and residential welfare?within a single team. The fact that Yeoju won an award for two consecutive years despite these challenging circumstances is highly meaningful.

Kim Sang-hee, Head of the Architecture Division, said, “The efforts to strengthen the capabilities of our staff since the establishment of the Architecture Division have borne fruit,” adding, “We will continue to discover excellent policies to ensure citizens’ housing stability and improve housing standards, and carry out trusted administration.”

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