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While the government is planning to announce additional new public housing districts worth 73,000 households + α as early as next month, attention is focusing on whether the development restriction zone (Green Belt) in Seoul will be included in the supply site.

According to the government on the 16th, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport recently announced a plan to build new housing sites in three areas of Gangseo, Seoul, Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, and Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, and start construction of 27,000 households by 2030.

Ahead of the announcement of the measures, the Green Belt, which had been discussed in the past, such as the reserve military training center in Naegok-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, Segok and Jagok-dong, Gangnam-gu, Suseo Vehicle Base, near the Olympic Village in Bangi-dong, Songpa-gu, and Gambuk District in Hanam-si, Gyeonggi-do, was mentioned as a candidate site, but it was not included on the list this time.

The government said it will announce candidate sites for public housing districts with more than 73,000 households with excellent location as soon as possible through consultation with related agencies.

In this regard, the government designated 49.41 square kilometers in three areas of Gangseo, Gyeonggi-do, Namyangju, and Gwangju in Seoul as land transaction permits for five years until August 17, 2031, and designated 503.82 square kilometers of green belts in Seoul and its neighboring areas as Tohe District until the end of this year.

Seoul included green areas in 19 autonomous districts except Jung-gu, Yongsan-gu, Seongdong-gu, Dongdaemun-gu, Yeongdeungpo-gu, and Dongjak-gu, and sites in Gyeyang-gu, Incheon, Uijeongbu-si, Anyang-si, Bucheon-si, Gwangmyeong-si, Goyang-si, Gucheon-si, Guri-si, Hanam-si, and Gimpo-si were all grouped into Tohegu Station.

The government explains that most of the additional new housing sites have been negotiated with the local government in charge of housing supply, but there is still a difference in position with the Seoul Metropolitan Government. Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon has recently expressed his opposition to the damage to green areas that should be passed on to future generations in broadcast interviews and social media, stressing the need to focus on supplying urban housing that has thrown up maintenance projects.

The government is in a position to find the point of contact as much as possible through consultation. Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Kim Yoon-deok met with Mayor Oh on the 24th of last month to discuss ways to expand housing supply, and is scheduled to meet on the 20th of this month.

Under the Development Restriction Zone Act, the designation and cancellation of green belts is the authority of the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. City and county management plans related to designation and cancellation are drafted by the head of the local government, but if it is related to national planning, the government can draw up a management plan directly, and there is a procedure to hear the opinions of the head of the competent local government, but consent is not required.