Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon visits Moa Housing's first project site, Gangbyeon Station Central I-Park, to congratulate it on its move-in

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Jun-tae = On the 28th, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon visited Gangbyeon Station Central I-Park (formerly Hanyang Union area) in Gwangjin-gu, the first completed and moved-in case of Moa Housing, to congratulate residents on moving into their new home.

Moa Housing is Seoul City’s small-scale housing improvement method that groups together old low-rise residential areas that are not easy to redevelopment and rebuild and quickly renovates them.

Areas where MOA houses are grouped together and infrastructure such as roads, parking lots, and parks are developed together are designated as ‘MoA Town’ and are managed systematically.

The Hanyang Union area visited by Mayor Oh on this day is the first Moa Housing project site in Seoul, which began construction in February 2024. Construction began eight months after completing the integrated review and was completed last August, two years and six months after the start of construction. Move-in began this month.

According to the city, before redevelopment, residential conditions in this area were so poor that 70% of all houses were located semi-basement.

The city explained that there was an urgent need to improve the residential environment as illegal parking was rampant on the roads and there was a lack of rest space for residents. However, the area of ​​the area was 9,877㎡, which did not meet the redevelopment area standard (10,000㎡), making it difficult to carry out a large-scale maintenance project.

The city promoted the maintenance project by applying Moa Housing review standards and improving business conditions.

The maximum number of floors was increased from the 10th floor to the 15th floor, and the floor area ratio was increased from 234% to 248%.

Through this redevelopment of Moa Housing, the Hanyang tenement area was transformed from an old low-rise residential area with 99 households into an apartment complex with 215 households in 4 buildings with 2 floors underground and 10 to 15 floors above ground.

Mayor Oh said, “I think it is meaningful that residents starting their lives in a new home can enjoy a better living environment,” and added, “The Hanyang tenement, which would have been impossible to maintain if not for Moa Housing, has been transformed into a comfortable apartment with an increase of 116 households in just three years of integration deliberation.”

According to the city, after Seoul introduced the Moa Housing and Moa Town system in 2022, the establishment of Moa Housing Associations was completed in 168 locations.

Of these, 14 (2,200 units) have begun construction, and 27 (3,800 units) are scheduled to begin construction after completing project implementation plan approval.

In Gwangjin-gu, where the Hanyang Alliance is located, 27 Moa housing projects are being promoted in 10 Moa Towns, and resident consent forms are being received in 10 additional districts to select Moa Town candidate sites.

On this day, Mayor Oh met with nearby Moa Town project officials at the site and shared the results of Hanyang Alliance's project implementation.

He emphasized, "We will strengthen citizens' residential stability by supplying 40,000 MOA houses by 2031."