Yongsan and Seoul Greenbelts Excluded from Housing Announcement... 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 the issue of housing supply in Yongsan Park, but failed to narrow their differences. The government has decided to exclude Yongsan and Seoul greenbelts from the upcoming announcement of more than 73,000 new housing units.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has agreed to actively review the Tancheon Water Reclamation Center, which Mayor Oh proposed as an alternative site.

Reporter Lee Seong-hoon has more.

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Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Kim Yoon-deok and Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon met again six days later over the issue of housing supply in Yongsan Park.

However, they once again failed to reach an agreement.

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

[Oh Se-hoon / Seoul Mayor: Yongsan Park must be protected under any circumstances. The entire main site must be preserved. We made this part clear. Aside from that, I will be as flexible as possible regarding the Ministry of Land's other proposals.]

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport also maintained its existing stance that housing for young people and newlyweds 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: It was never strictly required to be Yongsan Park from the beginning. However, we recognize that supplying housing for our young people and newlyweds is very important.]

The government previously announced additional housing supply on top of the 73,000 units from the August 13 supply measures. As the differences with the Seoul Metropolitan Government have not narrowed, Yongsan Park and greenbelts within Seoul are not expected to be included.

However, Minister Kim noted that Yongsan Park was not in the 73,000 units from the beginning, signaling that the additional announcement will proceed as scheduled.

[Kim Yoon-deok / Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport: Yongsan Park was never included in the 73,000 homes from the start.]

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport stated that it is continuing to review plans for utilizing Yongsan Park itself, adding that whether to announce it within the year has not been decided yet, and expressed its commitment to continue persuading Seoul.

Mayor Oh also mentioned that the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport is proactively reviewing a 1.2-fold increase in redevelopment floor area ratios, but the ministry showed a difference in temperature by stating that nothing specific has been decided.

Regarding the plan to use the Tancheon Water Reclamation Center proposed by Mayor Oh, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport decided to actively review it.

The two figures plan to meet again next week to continue additional consultations.

(Video by Kim Heung-ki | Video Editing by Wi Won-yang)
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