Pyeongtaek City "We Repair Homes for People with Disabilities"

Convenience and Safety Facilities
Including Doors and Emergency Call Devices

Pyeongtaek City in Gyeonggi Province is promoting the '2025 Disabled Housing Renovation Project' to improve the living environment of low-income registered disabled households.

Before (left) and after the improvement project of housing for the disabled supported by Pyeongtaek City. Provided by Pyeongtaek City

The support target is households with an income below the average monthly income per household of urban workers in the previous year. This year, 10 households will be supported.

Support will be provided for the installation of convenience and safety facilities within the house, such as doors and emergency call devices, up to a maximum of 3.8 million KRW. Depending on the condition of the house, improvements to external facilities such as doors are also possible. Households wishing to apply can do so at the administrative welfare centers of their local eup, myeon, or dong from the 17th to the 24th.

The main support items include ▲replacement of doors, handles, and floors, adjustment of floor height ▲installation of emergency contact devices ▲installation of entrance sensors, safety handles, and ramps ▲installation of lighting in living rooms and bedrooms and visual alarms (for hearing-impaired persons) ▲installation of seated kitchen sinks (for persons with physical disabilities and wheelchair users) ▲installation of safety handles in bathrooms on bathtubs, showers, toilets, and washbasins.

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