Tenant Compensation for Moving Expenses and Business Losses Now Available in Gwangmyeong Small-Scale Housing Maintenance Projects

Institutional Safeguards for Tenants Established Through Gyeonggi Ordinance Revision
Nine Projects Underway in Gwangmyeong;
Developers to Receive Benefits Such as Relaxed Floor Area Ratio

A legal framework has been established for tenants within small-scale housing maintenance project zones in Gwangmyeong City, Gyeonggi Province, allowing them to receive compensation for moving expenses and business losses.

On August 26, Gwangmyeong City announced that, following Gyeonggi Province's recent revision of the "Ordinance on Vacant Houses and Small-Scale Housing Maintenance," small-scale housing maintenance projects currently underway in nine locations within the city will now be eligible for these benefits.

A residential area in Gwangmyeong City where a small-scale housing maintenance project is underway. Due to the revision of the Gyeonggi-do ordinance, tenants now have the opportunity to receive compensation for moving expenses. Provided by Gwangmyeong City

Small-scale housing maintenance projects are initiatives aimed at improving the residential environment of aging homes, including self-governing housing maintenance projects, street housing maintenance projects, and small-scale reconstruction projects.

The revision of the Gyeonggi Province ordinance was prompted by the city's proposal in September of last year to establish regulatory grounds for tenants of homes and commercial spaces to receive compensation from project implementers during the course of these projects.

Until now, tenants in small-scale housing maintenance project zones were not entitled to compensation for losses, unlike those in redevelopment projects. However, with this ordinance revision, project implementers are now required to compensate tenants for moving expenses and business losses.

In return, project implementers will be eligible for benefits such as relaxed floor area ratio requirements or eased public rental housing donation ratios when there is an upward adjustment of land use zones, as compensation for providing tenant benefits.

To ensure the effectiveness of the system, the city plans to include tenant compensation measures at the project implementation planning stage for small-scale housing maintenance projects in the area, while incentives such as relaxed floor area ratios will be finalized through review by the Integrated Deliberation Committee.

Park Seungwon, Mayor of Gwangmyeong City, stated, "Protecting tenants, who are socially vulnerable, is essential for the stable promotion of small-scale housing maintenance projects," and added, "We will continue to develop comprehensive measures for residential stability so that both tenants and original residents can coexist harmoniously."

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