Transportation and lifestyle infrastructure inspected ahead of first move-ins late next year

Korea Land and Housing Corporation President Lee Sung-hoon (center) inspects the Goyang Changneung new town site on Tuesday. [LH]
Korea Land and Housing Corporation President Lee Sung-hoon (center) inspects the Goyang Changneung new town site on Tuesday. [LH]

Korea Land and Housing Corporation President Lee Sung-hoon visited the Goyang Changneung public housing district — part of the third-generation new town development in Gyeonggi Province — on Tuesday to review the progress of housing supply and key pending issues.

The visit was his first field inspection after the National Assembly's national audit held Monday, and was described as a demonstration of his intent to swiftly act on demands raised during the audit for greater housing stability and expanded housing supply.

The Goyang Changneung district borders Seoul's Eunpyeong and Mapo-gu and is being developed as a third-generation new town served by the GTX-A line and the Goyang-Eunpyeong rail line. Spanning roughly 7.89 million square meters in Deogyang-gu, Goyang, the district will accommodate 38,000 households, or about 92,000 residents. The first village — blocks A4, S5 and S6, comprising 2,089 units — is set for its first move-ins in December 2027, with construction currently about 45 percent complete.

After touring the site, Lee ordered that transportation and lifestyle infrastructure be built alongside housing construction without disruption, so that residents face no inconvenience when the first move-ins begin.

Lee then visited the planned site for a pilot project on universal public rental housing being pursued under the government's Aug. 13 rapid housing supply plan. "We must quickly supply housing in prime transit-oriented areas and other excellent locations where young people, newlyweds and other diverse groups can live with peace of mind over the long term," he said. "We will change the perception of public rental housing by bringing its overall quality — floor plans, finishing materials, community facilities and residential services — up to the standard of privately sold housing."

At Monday's national audit, Lee said LH was boldly running all procedures in parallel — including permits, compensation, demolition and site preparation — at public housing sites such as Seoripul and Taereung in Seoul, cutting the time to housing ground-breaking by more than a year. "We will swiftly advance preliminary procedures for reconstruction of aging rental housing, utilization of idle sites and urban mixed-use projects so that ground-breaking on centrally located housing preferred by the public can be expanded starting next year," he added.


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