Seoul will shorten the timeline for redevelopment and reconstruction by digitizing the entire process from collecting consent forms to general meeting approvals.
The city said on the 21st that starting on the 22nd, it will recruit associations to join the "2026 maintenance project e-voting and online general meeting activation project."
The project supports the expense for redevelopment and reconstruction associations to easily adopt e-voting and online general meetings, and targets business sites that can begin construction within three years.
Among the 85 "core supply strategy projects" selected by the city, associations that can begin construction from this year through 2028, identified through city-district fair process promotion meetings with 70 associations, will receive 100% subsidies for e-general meetings. For others, the city will provide a basic 50% and increase support up to 100% if criteria such as first-time use of electronic methods, deliberation of key agenda items, and expense-saving efforts are met.
The city said the general meeting early voting period for associations that joined the project last year was shortened from an average of four weeks to 13 days, and the submission rate of written resolutions fell from 64.5% to 15.8%, reducing the labor and time needed for sending registered mail and counting ballots.
In addition, the city will push the "maintenance project e-signature consent support project," which shifts the time- and expense-intensive early-stage consent collection process online. The support targets are areas pursuing fast-track integrated planning redevelopment and reconstruction, and public redevelopment and reconstruction. Of the candidate sites recommended by district offices, eight will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis.