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Minister Kim Hyun-mee, “Youths Without Worries about Homes are the Future of Our Nation”
- After attending the house-warming party for the first dormitory-type youth housing on the 18th, urged for residential welfare policies that can be felt by citizens at the Residential Welfare Council
□ Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Kim Hyun-mee met with college students who newly moved into dormitories in March of this year at the ‘first dormitory-type youth housing’ located in Gaebong-dong, Guro-gu, Seoul together with Deputy Prime-Minister of Social Affairs and Minister of Education Yoo Eun-hye in the afternoon of the 18th (Mon).
□ The dormitory-type youth housing is a project that purchases and leases existing homes to offers inexpensive and safe residential areas at dormitory-prices to college students.
ㅇ The first dormitory was purchased by the Korea Land & Housing Corporation and is operated by the Korea Advancing Schools Foundation through the collaboration of the MOLIT and Ministry of Education.
* 4 apartment complex housing, 39 units (total 145 people), average monthly boarding cost approximately 230,000 KRW
□ Minister Kim checked for any inconveniences felt by students living in these dormitories, and she said, “Helping youths to actively prepare for their future without worrying about a place to live is the competitiveness and future of the nation.”
ㅇ She added with emphasis, “We will do our best so that youths will not have to give up on their dreams due to concerns about a place to live by focusing on executing youth residential welfare policies.”
□ After the move-in event of the youth housing in Gaebong-dong, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Kim Hyun-mee went to the nearby Happy Homes in Oryu-dong to hold the 4th Residential Welfare Council meetings with CEOs of public institutes related to pursuing residential welfare policies.
ㅇ At this meeting, the execution status and achievements of the user-customized residential welfare policies following the announcement of the residential welfare road map in December 2017 were inspected, and discussions were held on the 2019 residential welfare project plans.
□ Minister Kim said, “It is essential to create visible outcomes that citizens can actually feel together with the Gaebong-dong youth housing that we visited today.”
ㅇ She also added, “Please pursue careful residential housing policies so that citizens may improve their quality of life based on stable residential environments.”
March 18, 2019
Spokesperson of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
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