The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (hereinafter MOLIT) said it held a launch ceremony on the morning of the 2nd at the government complex in Sejong for the Housing Supply Promotion Headquarters (Supply Headquarters), a task force dedicated to supplying dwellings, and will shift the paradigm of government dwelling supply from "planning" to "execution."
At the launch ceremony, Minister Kim Yun-duk, the inaugural head of the Housing Supply Promotion Headquarters, the head of the Housing and Land Office, and other bureau and division heads overseeing dwelling policy were joined by the leaders of the four key public institutions driving dwelling supply: Korea Land & Housing Corporation (LH), Seoul Housing and Urban Development Corporation (SH), Gyeonggi Housing & Urban Development Corporation (GH), and Incheon Housing & City Development Corporation (iH). They agreed to respond jointly to expand dwelling supply, including achieving the goal of supplying 1.35 million units in the greater Seoul area.
Centered on the Public Housing Promotion Team, a Director General-level body that has operated as a temporary (separate) organization for 21 years, the Supply Headquarters consolidates the dwelling supply functions dispersed within the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT)—such as land development (Public Housing Promotion Team), private redevelopment projects (Directorate of Housing Policy), and redevelopment of aging planned cities (Urban Maintenance Planning Team)—into a Deputy Minister-level dedicated organization for dwelling supply.
MOLIT said this is meaningful in that it elevates dwelling supply from a short-term response task to a national task and completes a strong implementation system to back it up.
With the realization of stable housing for the public as its top goal, the Supply Headquarters will serve as the control tower responsible for the entire supply process—from planning to execution and management—covering both suppliers (public and private) and supply types (land, urban supply, and maintenance).
The Supply Headquarters will operate with two policy directorates and nine divisions: the Directorate of Housing Supply Policy (six divisions), which leads supply in the public institutional sector, and the Directorate of Housing Maintenance Policy (three divisions), which manages and supports supply in the private institutional sector.
Specifically, the six divisions under the Directorate of Housing Supply Policy are dedicated to land development and urban-area supply. The Housing Supply Policy Division oversees dwelling supply policies and supply plans, including public housing supply plans, strengthens links among individual supply plans, and comprehensively manages supply timing, volume, and locations.
The Public Land Planning, Management, and Support Divisions will oversee the supply of public land, including the third-generation new towns, and plan to focus their capabilities on accelerating land development, while also handling the discovery and management of idle sites, a key tool for urban supply. In addition, the Urban Housing Policy and Support Divisions will be responsible for urban-area supply projects expanded under the new administration, such as complex redevelopment of aging government office sites and the urban public housing complex project, a representative type of public-led maintenance project.
In addition, the three divisions under the Directorate of Housing Maintenance Policy will handle private-led supply work carried out in existing urban areas and aging cities. The Housing Maintenance Policy Division will manage maintenance project volumes systematically and handle policy support and institutional improvements needed to revitalize maintenance projects such as redevelopment and reconstruction.
The New Town Maintenance Planning and Support Divisions will successfully complete the maintenance of the first-generation new towns, establish the institutional foundation to spread the redevelopment model for aging planned cities nationwide, and promote various support measures.
Immediately after the launch ceremony, Kim Young-guk, head of the Housing Supply Promotion Headquarters, plans to strengthen cohesion as a "One-Team for dwelling supply" by holding a tea meeting with the heads of the four public institutions.