'Saebit House' Applications in High Demand...2,268 Households Apply

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Applications for 'Saebit House,' Suwon's low-rise residential area home repair support project, have concluded amid strong public interest.

Suwon Special City announced on the 2nd that a total of 2,268 households applied to participate in the Saebit House project, with recruitment conducted from March 11 to April 30. Gwonseon-gu had the most applications with 1,138 households, followed by Jangan-gu with 632 households, Paldal-gu with 420 households, and Yeongtong-gu with 78 households.

The city plans to conduct two rounds of inspections of the applied properties from April 25 to June 9 to review support eligibility, construction unit prices, and work volume, after which it will select approximately 700 households to carry out home repair projects from June to October.

Eligible properties are buildings of four stories or below (single-family homes, multi-unit houses, or row houses) that have been in use for more than 20 years since their certificate of use. Supported work includes △home repair construction for performance improvement such as waterproofing, insulation, windows, facilities, and exterior wall work △exterior landscape improvement work such as fence demolition along roads, fence crack repair, gate replacement, and creation of rest areas and flower beds △disaster prevention facility installation work such as flood and fire prevention △reconstruction work for disaster-affected households.

The city plans to support home repair costs for aged low-rise houses in the designated home repair support areas, providing up to 12 million won in assistance (with 10% household contribution), while vulnerable groups will receive full support within the maximum amount for their respective housing types. The city will support 700 households this year and will implement the project with the goal of 'supporting 2,000 households by 2026.'