Criticized Real Estate Unearned Income... Purchased a Home That Very Same Day

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Confirmation hearings for ministerial nominees are scheduled to be held next week, but the date for the confirmation hearing of nominee for the Minister of Gender Equality and Family, Hyein, has not been set yet.

Reporter Jo Yoon-ha summarizes the real estate controversies surrounding nominee Hyein.

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On April 20, 2021, when housing prices were soaring, Hyein, then a sitting lawmaker and currently a nominee for the Minister of Gender Equality and Family, took the floor for a parliamentary interpellation at the National Assembly.

She raised her voice, stating, "The government and the ruling party are showing moves to ease holding taxes and mortgage regulations to appease public sentiment angered by failures in real estate policy," and added, "This will wide open the doors for real estate speculation."

She spoke as follows at the time.

[Hyein / Nominee for Minister of Gender Equality and Family (April 2021): The resolution of this issue must begin not by increasing the stakes for speculation, but by cracking down on unearned real estate income.]

We examined the certified copy of the registry for the multi-family housing in Sangnok-gu, Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, purchased by nominee Hyein that year.

The transaction date is April 20, which coincides with the day nominee Hyein conducted the parliamentary interpellation.

Nominee Hyein purchased the multi-family housing for 245 million won and sold it less than a year later for 20 million won more than the purchase price.

Nominee Hyein maintains the stance that the purchase was for actual residency purposes, and she has been living in a jeonse (lump-sum deposit lease) home ever since.

Inquiries regarding whether she would resign from her proportional representation lawmaker position continued, but nominee Hyein remained silent.

[Hyein / Nominee for Minister of Gender Equality and Family: (Do you have any change of stance regarding holding concurrent positions?) Thank you for your hard work.]

Four years ago, nominee Hyein used the expression clinging to the position toward the then-Minister of Gender Equality and Family.

[Hyein / Nominee for Minister of Gender Equality and Family (October 2022): Madam Minister, earlier you stated that you would not answer regarding resignation at the end. I think it looks quite pathetic to see you clinging to your position.]

The schedule for nominee Hyein's confirmation hearing has not yet been determined.

(Video Editing: Lee Seung-jin | VJ: Shin So-young)
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