Gwacheon City's 'Newlywed Hope Town Provisional Residents Selection System Improvement' Adopted as Government Policy Reform

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Yu Je-sung] Gwacheon City's proposal to apply local priority supply standards in the selection of provisional residents for Newlywed Hope Town (public sale) housing has been adopted as a government policy reform and reflected in the tenant recruitment announcement for Gwacheon Juwam District C1 Block Newlywed Hope Town announced on the 30th.

This system improvement supplements the standards to prioritize residents of the housing construction area when selecting provisional residents in the Newlywed Hope Town supply process, with the aim of expanding the substantial winning opportunities for newlywed couples residing in the area.

Previously, Newlywed Hope Town (public sale) housing was given priority supply to residents of the housing construction area at the initial ballot winner selection stage under the 'Housing Supply Rules.' However, the local priority standard was not applied in the provisional resident selection process. As a result, when housing remaining from winner defaults, ineligible wins, or contract cancellations was allocated to provisional residents, cases emerged where residents from the Seoul metropolitan area rather than local area residents received the housing.

In particular, as housing with voided wins due to double applications by couples was allocated to provisional residents, supply occurred regardless of location, and concerns continued to be raised that newlywed couples actually residing in the relevant area had limited winning opportunities.

Accordingly, the city formally proposed policy improvements to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in July to ensure fairness across the entire Newlywed Hope Town supply and consistency in system operation, and to strengthen residential stability for newlywed couples residing in the area by applying priority supply standards for residents of the housing construction area in provisional resident selection as well.

Additionally, Mayor Shin Gye-yong proposed this matter as an agenda for joint recommendations to the government through the Gyeonggi Province Mayors and Governors Council in September, and subsequently, it was adopted as a recommendation from the council level, lending momentum to policy improvement discussions.

With this policy improvement, Gwacheon City anticipates that residential stability for local actual demand residents will be further strengthened in the Newlywed Hope Town supply process, and fairness and policy credibility in public sale housing supply will also increase.

Mayor Shin Gye-yong stated, "Since the Newlywed Hope Town was established to ensure residential stability for newlywed couples, it aligns with the system's purpose for actual demand residents residing in the relevant area to receive priority benefits," and added, "Going forward, we will examine institutional inefficiencies felt in the field from the citizens' perspective and continue to improve them through cooperation with the central government."