A total of 28 districts in Seoul were reported to have been recommended ahead of the selection of the second candidate for public redevelopment next month. The area of Hannam District 1, Yongsan-gu, where candidates for public redevelopment are selected. Hankyung DB
A green light came on for the public redevelopment project that the government introduced with the aim of expanding the supply of housing in Seoul. This is because about 30 sites were selected as candidates through the first and second competitions, increasing the likelihood of promoting public redevelopment projects. If the relevant areas meet the agreement rate, etc., and the project is carried out, about 30,000 households are expected to be supplied. However, controversy over the adequacy of the selection of candidate sites is also rising, such as the removal of the maintenance and decommissioning areas with relatively high aging conditions.
○ Next month, final screening of 28 areas including Hannam 1
According to the maintenance industry and each autonomous district on the 24th, a total of 28 districts were finally recommended to Seoul as candidates for the second public redevelopment. It is equivalent to 60% of the 47 application areas for public offering.
Seongbuk-gu and Yeongdeungpo-gu, where old low-rise residential areas are densely located, each had the highest number of candidate site recommendations. In Seongbuk-gu, Seongbuk 1, Jangwi 8, Jangwi 9, and Seongbuk 4 districts, and in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Singil 1, Singilbamdongsan, Singil 16, and Dorim-dong were listed.
In Yongsan-gu, Hannam District 1 was recommended. In Mapo-gu, Ahyeon 1 and Daeheung District 5, and in Seongdong-gu, Geumho 23 and Hawangsimni Districts, the final screening was ahead. In the Gangnam area, it was found that the Cheonho 1, Godeok 2-1 and Godeok 2-2 districts were finally judged in Gangdong-gu, where the reconstruction of detached houses was promoted.
The final selection of 28 zones is decided through the’Ministry of Land and Seoul Joint Public Redevelopment Demonstration Project Candidate Selection Committee’ held at the end of next month. The maintenance industry evaluated the areas as exceeding the 9 division ridge for the final candidate site selection. The recommendation as a candidate site means that it has met the requirements for designation of maintenance areas, which are considered the biggest gateway to redevelopment projects. A government official said, “The selection committee will further review the adequacy of the business plan.” He said.
Public redevelopment is a maintenance project method in which incentives such as floor area ratio are given and donations (public contributions) such as rental housing are provided as a condition for public participation in implementation, such as LH (Korea Land and Housing Corporation) and Seoul Housing and Urban Corporation (SH Corporation). Even if it is selected as a candidate site, it is necessary to obtain the consent of at least two-thirds of the residents for the actual project to proceed. The government has selected eight existing maintenance areas as the primary project sites last month, and plans to disclose new business sites for the second time next month. The second candidate site is for new areas that have been lifted from the maintenance area or have not yet been designated.
○ “The old age is higher, but it falls off”
In the process of selecting the second candidate site, there were voiced voices raising questions about the selection method as a drop-out area that was not expected by the mayor came out. This time, 19 areas were eliminated, including Shinwol 7-dong 1 district in Yangcheon-gu, Daerim 3 district in Yeongdeungpo-gu, and Seongbuk district 5 in Seongbuk-gu. Excluding some of the historical and cultural preservation zones, most of them failed to meet the’Residential Maintenance Index’ score, which is the standard for retirement.
Many of the deteriorated areas of housing, which are severely deteriorated, have slipped out of the screening process, and there is a back word about the screening criteria. Among the areas that were eliminated this time, five areas, which were designated as maintenance areas in the past, were removed: Jangwi 11, Jangwi 12, Seongbuk 5, Samseon 3, and Sungin 1, Jongno-gu. Seongbuk District 5, which received a preliminary feasibility test from LH in October last year, was 84% old and 44% in gross floor area.
In the areas that were eliminated, they argue that the standards of the Seoul City’s 2025 Urban and Residential Environment Improvement Basic Plan prepared in 2015 are too strict. Through the 2025 urban plan, Seoul has greatly strengthened the standards for deterioration, including the introduction of the gross floor area standard and the residential maintenance index. In fact, there has been no case of a new zone designation after such revision.
Mo Hyun-sook, chairman of the Seongbuk District 5 Redevelopment Promotion Committee, said, “If the current standard is 84% of the buildings, there is no way to develop Seongbuk District 5,” he said. “By applying different standards for each district, the areas with higher deterioration fall and It is also against fairness that the region is recommended.” Seongbuk District 1, whose age is lower than that of Seongbuk District 5, was added to the list of candidates this time. This is because it was designated as a planned maintenance area in the past, and the 2010 city plan was applied, not the 2025 city plan. A government official said, “There is no problem in the screening process because the standards in accordance with the current laws and principles were applied.” The city of Seoul is considering easing the redevelopment zone designation requirements in the 2030 Basic Plan for Urban and Residential Environment Improvement, scheduled for the end of the year.
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