Citizen-Customized Housing Policy... Pohang City Awarded Best Housing Welfare Institution in Gyeongbuk

Various Policy Achievements Including National Funded Project Promotion and Establishment and Operation of Housing Welfare Center

Pohang City received the Grand Prize at the ‘Gyeongsangbuk-do Architectural Design Sector’ commendation ceremony in recognition of its active contribution to the development of housing welfare projects.

Mayor Lee Gang-deok is taking a commemorative photo on the 19th, encouraging the employees who won the Best Award in the Housing Welfare Project sector. Photo by Pohang City

The housing welfare project evaluation conducted for cities and counties in Gyeongbuk comprehensively reviewed ▲changes and details in housing benefit recipients ▲performance in discovering housing-vulnerable groups through the housing upgrade support project ▲early completion of housing renovation projects for the disabled ▲and outstanding cases of specialized housing welfare projects to select excellent institutions.

The city was selected as the top institution, receiving high praise for actively promoting the construction projects of ‘Senior Welfare Housing’ and ‘Senior Welfare Center,’ which were chosen through the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s public contest.

Additionally, Pohang City earned the honor by enacting the ‘Pohang City Housing Welfare Support Ordinance’ and establishing and operating the ‘Pohang City Housing Welfare Center’?the first of its kind in Gyeongbuk?actively implementing customized housing policies not only for housing-vulnerable groups but also for youth, newlyweds, and single-person households.

Mayor Lee Kang-deok said, “It is very meaningful to have our efforts to improve regional housing welfare recognized,” adding, “We will continue to implement detailed and extensive housing welfare policies so that Pohang citizens can live in more stable housing environments.”

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