Yongsan and Seoul Greenbelts Excluded from Supply Plan, Tancheon Under Review

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Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Kim Yoon-deok and Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon met again over housing supply in Yongsan Park, but failed to narrow their differences. Yongsan has been provisionally excluded from the government's pre-announced additional supply of over 73,000 households. However, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport agreed to review Mayor Oh's proposal to utilize the Tancheon Water Reclamation Center as an alternative site.

This is reported by Lee Seong-hoon.

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Meeting again just six days later to discuss the Yongsan Park housing supply issue, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Kim Yoon-deok and Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon...

Once again, however, they failed to reach an agreement.

Mayor Oh did not budge from his stance that the entire Yongsan Park site must be preserved.

[Oh Se-hoon / Mayor of Seoul: Yongsan Park must be protected under any circumstances. The entire main site must be preserved. We made this stance clear. Aside from that, we will review the Ministry's other proposals with as much flexibility as possible.]

The Ministry also maintained its existing position that housing for young adults and newlywed couples can be supplied in some damaged areas, expressing its intention to go through a public deliberation process.

[Kim Yoon-deok / Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport: There was never a strict requirement that it must be Yongsan Park. However, we recognize that supplying homes for our young people and newlyweds is of utmost importance.]

The government previously announced additional housing supplies exceeding the 73,000 households outlined in the August 13 supply measures plus alpha. With the gap in positions with the Seoul city government remaining unbridged, Yongsan Park and greenbelts in Seoul are expected to be excluded.

However, Minister Kim noted that Yongsan Park was never included in the initial 73,000 households figure, hinting that the additional announcement will proceed as scheduled.

[Kim Yoon-deok / Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport: Yongsan Park was not in the 73,000 units from the beginning.]

The Ministry stated that it continues to review ways to utilize Yongsan Park itself, noting that whether an announcement will be made within the year has not been decided yet, while showing its commitment to continue persuading Seoul.

Mayor Oh also mentioned that the Ministry is proactively reviewing a 1.2-fold increase in redevelopment floor area ratios, but the Ministry showed a difference in stance, stating that nothing specific has been decided.

Regarding Mayor Oh's proposal to utilize the Tancheon Water Reclamation Center, the Ministry decided to actively review it.

The two officials plan to meet again next week to continue further discussions.

(Video reporting: Kim Heung-ki | Video editing: Wi Won-yang)
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