Emergency Temporary Housing Support for Vulnerable Households Facing Eviction

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Suwon City announced on the 8th that it will provide public rental housing as emergency temporary housing for vulnerable households facing eviction due to inability to pay rent caused by COVID-19.

The city plans to actively publicize the emergency support housing project for households experiencing housing crises due to COVID-19 and identify eligible recipients so that crisis households can receive benefits.

The city will promote the emergency support housing project utilizing each Administrative Welfare Center and others, and will cooperate with the Housing Welfare Support Center of the Suwon Sustainable City Foundation to support all processes from tenant selection to move-in assistance.

In response to the prolonged COVID-19 situation, the government is implementing an emergency support housing project that provides vacant public rental housing as temporary shelter for households in crisis facing eviction due to rent arrears and other issues.

Households in crisis recognized by local government heads as requiring urgent housing support can receive immediate housing assistance without applying qualification criteria for public rental housing (income and asset standards, etc.) or selection procedures.

Households affected by the COVID-19 crisis can receive short-term housing support for up to six months. For crisis households requiring long-term housing support, housing welfare information and counseling services will be provided to enable relocation to public rental housing.

The city plans to utilize 20 units for emergency support housing for COVID-19 crisis households, consisting of 10 units of emergency temporary residential spaces that were previously operated for low-income families, and 10 units of vacant public rental housing recently provided free of charge by Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) (available for two years on a temporary basis).

Ki Woo-jin, Director of the Urban Policy Division at Suwon City, stated, "We will do our best to ensure that rapid support is provided to housing-vulnerable groups experiencing difficulties due to COVID-19" and "We will strengthen housing welfare services by providing customized counseling for each target group."