Seoul City awards autonomous districts and unions for speeding up maintenance projects... “Supporting the achievement of 310,000 units”

In order to achieve the goal of starting construction of 310,000 units of maintenance projects by 2031, the Seoul Metropolitan Government is introducing an evaluation and compensation system to speed up the autonomous district's permit administration and the cooperative's project implementation.

Seoul City announced on the 8th that for the first time this year, it will comprehensively evaluate the performance of 25 autonomous districts in carrying out maintenance projects, select 5 excellent autonomous districts, and award commendations from the Mayor of Seoul to 10 exemplary cooperatives that shortened the project period.

The city completed the designation of 307,000 units in the maintenance area by June through rapid integrated planning, and is also pursuing a plan to begin construction of 85,000 units early between 2026 and 2028.

The purpose is to increase the execution ability of the site as approval from the autonomous district and business preparation by the cooperative are important from the designation of the zone to the actual start of construction.

The autonomous district evaluation is divided into 11 items in 5 areas, including processing of permits and administrative support for 522 maintenance sites, targeting performance from last year to October of this year.

In particular, 60 points out of 100 basic points were allocated to compliance with standard processing deadlines and step-by-step licensing processing period.

Full points are given if the processing deadlines for each stage are met, such as 30 days for association establishment, 90 days for business implementation plan, 180 days for management and disposal plan, etc. The longer the processing period, the more points are deducted. Qualitative evaluations such as conflict management, proactive administration, and policy implementation cases are also reflected.

Seoul City selects five excellent autonomous districts in December after verifying evaluation data in November.

Selected autonomous districts will be provided with incentives such as recognition of institutions and their employees, as well as preferential subsidies for maintenance projects in 2027.

Exemplary commendations for unions will be introduced for the first time this year. A total of 10 sites are scheduled to be selected, including 4 redevelopment sites, 4 reconstruction sites, and 2 Moa Housing sites.

Up to two candidates can be recommended per autonomous district, and applications must be submitted through the district office by the 20th.

Myeong No-jun, head of the Seoul Metropolitan Government's housing department, said, "We will ensure that the efforts of the autonomous districts and cooperatives that worked quickly and efficiently are properly recognized," and added, "We will achieve the goal of starting construction of 310,000 housing units for the maintenance project by 2031 by simultaneously increasing the prompt administration of the autonomous districts and the cooperative's business promotion capabilities."