Park Heung-seok Pushes Forward Monthly Rent Support for Elderly Living Alone

Park Heung-seok, Saenuri Party's candidate for Suwon mayor, said on the 3rd, "The tragedy of a mother and two daughters who chose death unable to endure financial hardship is a representative case showing how inadequate our social safety net is," and emphasized, "I will convert the basic livelihood guarantee system from the current application-based approach to a proactive welfare administration where welfare officials visit those in need to resolve their problems, thus eliminating blind spots in welfare coverage."

Candidate Park added, "I will push forward with a housing protection project for elderly living alone that provides a certain amount of monthly rent support to ensure housing stability for seniors living alone," and explained, "It is important to implement customized welfare tailored to individual circumstances and situations."

On this day, Candidate Park visited a senior center located at Suwon Bogeumjari Housing in Geumgok-dong, Gwonseon-gu, Suwon, where he made these remarks. Elderly visitors at the senior center requested that "the government implement the basic old-age pension system as promised as soon as possible."