Gyeonggi Province Opposes Rental Housing Complex Development within Green Belts

Gyeonggi Province has announced its opposition to the national rental housing complex development projects being promoted by the Ministry of Construction and Transportation in various green belts (development restriction zones) throughout the province.

According to the Province on the 5th, the Ministry of Construction and Transportation is currently pursuing the development of 7.97 million pyeong of land for national rental housing construction in 15 green belt areas across the province under the Housing Site Development Promotion Act and the Special Measures Act for National Rental Housing Construction.

These planned construction sites are scheduled to include approximately 72,000 units of national rental housing, with a total of approximately 142,000 housing units to be constructed.

Among these districts, 11 including Suwon Homaesilgil, Goyang Samsong, Namyangju Byeolnae, Siheung Janghyeon and Mokgam, Uijeongbu Minlak 2, Yangju Majeon, Seongnam Yeosoo, Gunpo Dangdong 2, Bucheon Beombak, and Anyang Gwanyang are currently undergoing housing site development designation, while 4 districts including Guri Galmae, Ansan Sangrok, Uiwang Ojeon and Poil 2 are under examination for district designation.

The Province submitted objections to the Ministry of Construction and Transportation on the 26th of last month regarding the development of three districts among the 14 districts undergoing designation: Suwon Homaesilgil District, and Siheung Janghyeon and Mokgam districts.

Regarding the reasons for opposing development in each district, the Province explained, "It is considered unreasonable to develop these areas as rental housing complexes when residents' property rights have been infringed upon due to their designation as green belts, and furthermore, all relevant municipal governments also hold opposing positions."

Prior to this, the Province also recommended to the Ministry of Construction and Transportation in August that "national rental housing complexes should be developed on a large scale of 1 million pyeong or more rather than on a small scale to prevent haphazard development, should be adequately equipped with infrastructure, and should reflect opinions from local governments and residents in advance, as well as be promoted in accordance with the 'Major Metropolitan Area Growth Management Plan' being prepared by the Province."

In fact, it was found that among planned national rental housing construction sites in the province, only Goyang Samsong District (1.49 million pyeong) and Namyangju Byeolnae District (1.54 million pyeong) exceed 1 million pyeong, while the rest range from only 130,000 to 940,000 pyeong.