Gyeonggi Province to Provide Supplementary Emergency Disaster Relief to Households That Moved

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hun Reporter] # A four-member household that had been living in Incheon moved to Yongin, Gyeonggi Province on March 24. Based on the March 23 24:00 standard, this household cannot receive Gyeonggi Province's disaster basic income. However, under the government's emergency disaster relief payment standard date of March 29, this household is classified as a Gyeonggi Province resident and receives 871,000 won, which is less than the government standard amount of 1 million won.

# Conversely, a four-member household that had been living in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province moved to South Jeolla Province on March 31. Because this household was a Gyeonggi Province resident on March 29, the government's emergency disaster relief payment standard date, it also receives 871,000 won, which is less than the government standard amount of 1 million won.

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 31st that it will compensate the difference for households that either moved to other provinces or moved into Gyeonggi Province from other provinces, thereby receiving neither Gyeonggi Province's disaster basic income nor the full government emergency disaster relief payment.

The province has already provided disaster basic income to all residents first, giving 100,000 won per person once from provincial budget. Therefore, the government's emergency disaster relief payment is distributed after deducting approximately 12.9% of local government funding burden that the province must bear. As a result, single-member households receive 348,000 won (40,000 won minus 52,000 won deducted from government standard amount) and four-member households receive 871,000 won (100,000 won minus 129,000 won deducted from government standard amount).

While the total amount of disaster basic income paid to Gyeonggi Province residents is structured to be more than other provinces, the problem is that households emerge that did not receive Gyeonggi Province's disaster basic income due to differences in payment standard dates yet also receive less government emergency relief, as in the cases described above.

According to Gyeonggi Province's compiled data, the target beneficiaries include households that moved in from other provinces from March 24 to 28 and households that moved out to other provinces from March 30 to April 8, totaling approximately 16,000 households. The province will begin accepting applications for additional support from these households from June 1.

Support amounts are the deducted amounts: ▲52,000 won for single-member households ▲77,000 won for two-member households ▲103,000 won for three-member households ▲129,000 won for four-member households.

However, depending on the payment standard date differences by municipality, households that have received municipal disaster basic income exceeding the government support amount will be excluded from additional support, and support* will only be provided for the amount shortfall compared to the actual government standard amount. For example, in the case of Suwon, where the payment standard date is April 2, if a four-member family moved to Suwon on March 28, they would receive 871,000 won in government relief plus 0 won in Gyeonggi Province disaster basic income plus 400,000 won in Suwon disaster basic income, totaling 271,000 won more than the government standard of 1 million won, and would thus be excluded from additional support (* Target/Amount: A (Government relief + Gyeonggi disaster basic income + Municipal disaster basic income) < B (Government relief standard amount).

The application method is as follows: starting June 1, households moving into Gyeonggi Province can visit their local administrative welfare centers and apply by choosing either local currency or prepaid cards. Households moving out can submit applications online through 'Document 24' (https://open.gdoc.go.kr/index.do) or apply in-person, and deposits will be made to their bank accounts. Application documents can be downloaded from each municipal or county government website. Required documents are an identification card and a bank account copy.

For detailed application methods and support amounts for additional support to households moving in or out, please refer to the websites of each municipality or county government.