Gyeongbuk's First 'Pohang City Housing Welfare Center' Opens... A New Era of Customized Housing Welfare Begins
Published 22 Jan.2025 18:11(KST)
Updated 01 Aug.2025 14:24(KST)
Pohang City Launches Integrated Housing Welfare Support... Expected to Serve as Control Tower
"We Will Create an Environment Where Vulnerable Groups, Youth, and Newlyweds Can Stay in Pohang"
Pohang City has officially launched the ‘Pohang City Housing Welfare Center,’ the first of its kind in Gyeongbuk, aimed at stabilizing housing for vulnerable groups and resolving housing issues across different life stages.
At the opening ceremony of the Pohang City Housing Welfare Center, a commemorative photo is being taken during the plaque unveiling. Photo by Pohang City
원본보기 아이콘On the 22nd, Mayor Lee Kang-deok, local city council members, and representatives from partner organizations, totaling around 80 attendees, gathered at the Buk-gu Office meeting room to celebrate the opening of the Pohang City Housing Welfare Center and to sign a business agreement to improve housing welfare.
Pohang City celebrated the opening of the Housing Welfare Center on the 22nd and signed a business agreement to improve housing welfare. Photo by Pohang City
원본보기 아이콘The Housing Welfare Center serves as an integrated housing control tower that effectively delivers various government and local government policies to vulnerable housing groups through the provision of housing welfare-related information and customized counseling. It is the first such center to open in Gyeongbuk, located in Pohang.
At the opening ceremony, Pohang City signed a business agreement with the Korea Senior Citizens Association, LH Corporation, Green Umbrella Children’s Foundation, Korea Institute of Architects, and the Nam-gu and Buk-gu branches of the Korea Association of Realtors to mutually cooperate in linking various resources for housing welfare improvement, including ▲support for moving into public rental housing ▲support for small-scale home repair projects ▲housing environment improvement projects for vulnerable children ▲private housing brokerage support for vulnerable housing groups.
The ‘Pohang City Housing Welfare Center’ is operated directly by the Pohang City Apartment and Housing Welfare Team and will provide housing welfare-related information and customized housing counseling to Pohang citizens facing housing issues.
Additionally, it will offer integrated support for various housing welfare service connections and housing welfare policies. In the future, it plans to implement specialized projects that citizens can directly experience, such as the ‘Housing Upgrade Support Project for Vulnerable Groups,’ ‘Visiting Housing Welfare Talk Concerts,’ and ‘Housing Welfare Resident Education.’
Mayor Lee Kang-deok stated, “Since housing is directly linked to safety for vulnerable groups, the Housing Welfare Center will strongly support citizens to reduce their housing concerns and live in a stable environment. We will also strive to develop policies that encompass all generations, including vulnerable groups, youth, and newlyweds, to become a model case for overcoming local extinction by enabling people to stay in Pohang.”
For inquiries related to housing welfare, visit the first floor of Pohang Central Happy Housing (located in Jungang-dong, Buk-gu, Pohang City) or contact by phone.
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