Sokcho City Steps Up Efforts to Prevent Solitary Deaths and Detect Welfare Blind Spots in Multi-family Housing

Sokcho-si and Sokcho Branch of the Korea Association of Apartment Managers Sign Memorandum of Understanding

On February 10, Sokcho-si, Gangwon-do held a memorandum of understanding signing ceremony at the Sokcho-si City Hall situation room to prevent solitary deaths and enable early detection of households in welfare crisis.

On the 10th, Sokcho-si held a memorandum of understanding signing ceremony in the situation room of Sokcho-si City Hall to prevent solitary deaths and enable early detection of households at risk of welfare crises. Provided by Sokcho-si.

The ceremony was attended by Sokcho Mayor Lee Byungseon, Jang Dongsik, head of the Sokcho branch of the Gangwon-do chapter of the Korea Association of Apartment Managers, and other related officials, who signed the memorandum of understanding and discussed ways to cooperate in building a social safety net focused on multi-family housing.

The agreement was promoted in response to the growing risk of social isolation due to the increase in single-person households and changes in residential structures, and it reflects the regional characteristics of Sokcho-si, where the proportion of residents living in multi-family housing is high. Currently, within the city there are 119 multi-family housing complexes with 20 or more households, totaling 31,211 households, which account for about 75% of all households. Cooperation with the management entities of these multi-family housing complexes is therefore expected to become a key foundation for addressing blind spots in welfare.

Under the agreement, the city will oversee the project as a whole, including counseling for households in welfare crisis, connecting them to services, and providing information on welfare programs. The Sokcho branch of the Gangwon-do chapter of the Korea Association of Apartment Managers will take on the role of actively reporting and connecting cases when, in the field at multi-family housing complexes, it discovers households suspected of showing signs of crisis, such as long-term non-entry, accumulated mail, overdue maintenance fees, or no signs of daily activity.

In addition, the city plans to further strengthen the community welfare safety net by appointing association officials who wish to participate as honorary social welfare officers.

Mayor Lee Byungseon of Sokcho-si stated, "Recently, as the number of single-person households has increased, exchanges between neighbors have decreased, and the risk of isolation has grown," adding, "Because management offices are important hubs that can most closely monitor the flow of daily life on the ground, we will use this agreement to detect signs of crisis at an early stage and quickly connect residents to the necessary welfare services, thereby building a welfare safety net that citizens can truly feel."

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