The government is picking up speed to meet its goal for supplying public dwellings in the greater Seoul area.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said Vice Minister Kim Ei-tak on the afternoon of the 24th chaired the second meeting of the "2026 public dwelling supply inspection TF" with the four major public institutions—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)—in the housing supply task force (TF) conference room set up in Yongsan-gu, Seoul.
The meeting was arranged to review the status of public dwelling supply in the greater Seoul area in the first half of this year and to discuss ways to steadily complete the targets set through the end of the year.
A check of construction starts for public dwellings in the greater Seoul area in the first half found that the originally planned groundbreaking for 11,000 homes was completed without issue. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) said that if this trend continues, the target of starting construction on 62,000 homes by year-end also appears on track.
In the meantime, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) shifted its management standard to "groundbreaking" to enhance the effectiveness of dwelling supply and focused its capacity on increasing actual construction volumes. Thanks to these policy efforts, the number of public dwelling starts in the greater Seoul area is recovering to the highest level since 2020.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) plans to shorten project timelines by carrying out multiple administrative procedures in parallel and said it will definitely meet this year's target. To that end, it will continue close monitoring, including carefully checking monthly progress.
Along with this, the government also reviewed advance preparations for the volume set to begin construction next year to continually expand public dwellings. With a goal of breaking ground on more than 70,000 homes next year, it decided to establish and operate concrete management indicators from the timing of land compensation and site development, which are pre-construction stages. The aim is to identify and resolve potential stumbling blocks in advance during the project process to prevent delays in supply.
Vice Minister Kim said, "I express my gratitude for the efforts of related agencies to supply dwellings and ask that you further accelerate the pace so results that the public can feel are produced quickly," adding, "We will thoroughly manage to ensure the plan to start construction on 62,000 homes this year and more than 70,000 homes next year proceeds without setback by identifying and removing delay factors early at each project stage and through close cooperation among related agencies."