Yongin City: "Check Out What's Changing in Yongin Life in 2024"

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hoon] Starting this year, Yongin Special Status City will support loan interest for young people without homes to overcome housing difficulties and will provide an additional 10% of treatment costs to infertile couples to boost the birth rate.

Additionally, for apartment complexes that have received project approval, the city will implement phased quality management of construction and safety management systems.

Yongin City announced on the 8th that it has released "New Administrative Systems Changing in 2024" with these contents.

The newly changing projects encompass 59 initiatives across 5 sectors including economy and finance, industry, health and welfare, environment and sanitation, urban development, housing and transportation, and culture and sports, of which 21 projects will be pursued by the city on its own.

In the economy, finance, and industry sector, the city will provide career design programs to help young people find jobs suited to their aptitudes.

The city will provide aptitude tests including career thinking assessments and employment consulting through small group counseling to 35 young people aged 18-39 residing in the city, as well as post-employment management through job center registration.

To help depressed alleyway commercial areas recover, the city will provide marketing capability enhancement training and consulting to 5 alleyway commercial communities composed of at least 30 small business owners, and will support festivals and events to revitalize the commercial areas.

To support the management activities of small and medium-sized enterprises, which are the foundation of the local economy, the city will support up to 80% of monthly rent for worker dormitory contracts and leases.

The city will relax the standards for infrastructure improvement support in business-concentrated areas from knowledge industry centers that have been completed for more than 10 years to those operating for more than 7 years, and will provide 30 million won in support when installing fire safety facilities such as alarm systems and wireless fire detectors.

For companion dogs aged 5 months or older kept outdoors or raised inside fences, the city will support up to 400,000 won per animal for neutering surgery. If the owner is 65 years or older, transportation to animal hospitals will also be supported.

In the health and welfare sector, to help young people overcome housing difficulties, the city will support 1% interest on loans of jeonse (key deposit rental) and monthly rent deposits of 30 million won or less for house-less young people aged 18-39, up to a maximum of 1 million won.

Anyone in need of care, from young children to elderly people with mobility difficulties, will now be able to receive care services at the time and place they desire. Services will include daily living care, accompaniment care, housing safety, meal support, temporary protection, home medical care, and psychological counseling.

To help boost the birth rate, the city will provide an additional 10% of out-of-pocket expenses for couples who have decided to receive infertility treatment support from the city.

When couples experiencing conception difficulties discontinue treatment for medical reasons during the procedure and do not receive treatment cost support, they can receive up to 500,000 won of treatment costs excluding the national health insurance portion.

To increase the efficiency of senior community center operations, the city will provide differentiated operating expenses based on membership numbers instead of the previous uniform 450,000 won support. Those with 50 members or fewer can receive 450,000 won, 51 to 100 members can receive 550,000 won, and 101 members or more can receive 650,000 won by applying at the eup, myeon, and dong administrative welfare center.

To strengthen the safety of apartment complexes, phased construction quality management and safety management will be implemented for projects that have received approval.

Before construction begins, design documents and structural safety reviews will be conducted, and during construction, quality inspection teams will conduct regular safety inspections. The city will also record construction progress on video for all projects and implement detailed safety management to prevent defective construction.

For restaurants designated as food sanitation-rated establishments, the city will provide up to 700,000 won in support to clean contaminated kitchen facilities such as hoods and ventilation fans, as well as floors and walls in dining areas.

The city plans to publish a booklet titled "What's Changing in Yongin Life in 2024" this month and place it at City Hall, the 3 district offices, and 38 eup, myeon, and dong administrative welfare centers, and will also post it on the city website.