Passed the state council for amendments to the’Regulations on Housing Construction Standards, etc.’

Mandatory installation of the’All Together Care Center’, a new apartment complex with over 500 households
When converting shopping centers and offices into rental housing, the standards for installing parking lots are relaxed.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport mandates the installation of care centers in new apartment complexes with more than 500 households, and when converting shopping centers and offices into rental housing, amendments to the Regulations on Housing Construction Standards, etc. It announced that it passed the Cabinet Meeting on January 5.
The revised enforcement decree, which has passed the state council meeting, is scheduled to take effect from the day it is promulgated after the president’s approval.
“This revision is expected to enhance the accessibility of care facilities to improve the convenience of residents of apartment houses, as well as to promote the supply of high-quality small rental houses in places with excellent traffic accessibility in the city center. “I said.

The main contents of the amendment are as follows.

-Must install care centers in new apartment complexes with more than 500 households
As a follow-up measure to the “plan to utilize apartment residents’ common facilities to expand all-day care” announced at the Social Relations Ministers’ Meeting on March 6 last year, it became mandatory for new apartment complexes with more than 500 households to establish a care center in residents’ shared facilities. .
※ Currently, 500 households or more are required community facilities for residents: Senior Citizens’ Hall, Children’s Playground, Daycare Center, Community Sports Facility, Small Library

-Reduction of housing construction standards when converting shopping centers and offices into rental housing
As a follow-up measure to the’Method to strengthen housing supply base in the metropolitan area’ (‘20.5.6) and’Measure to expand the supply of housing in the metropolitan area such as Seoul area’ (‘20.8. To avoid applying the standard for installing residents’ common facilities, etc., if the use of neighborhood living facilities, business facilities, and lodging facilities is changed to an urban living housing (one-room type) with 30 or more households and used as a long-term public rental housing or public support private rental housing. do.
For parking lots, if the exclusive area for each household is less than 30 square meters and is leased to a tenant who does not own a car during the rental period, the parking lot installation standards have been relaxed to maintain the size of the original parking lot such as shopping centers and offices.

-Expanded delegation of local government ordinances based on parking lot installation
In consideration of regional vehicle retention rates, local government ordinances made it possible to strengthen (20-50%) the parking lot installation standard of the housing construction standard, and in particular, to 70% (currently 50%) for youth housing in the station area. .
In addition, the fact that the standard for installing parking lots based on the housing construction standard could be adjusted only by the municipal or provincial ordinances was expanded to the autonomous district ordinance.

-Improved standards for installing national flag sticks
Recently, when safety glass railings are installed in high-rise apartments where it is difficult to open and close windows, it is possible to install the flag pole racks at the entrances of each dong in consideration of the difficulty of installing the flagstick racks that were installed on the existing steel railings.

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