Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon again stressed the need to revitalize maintenance projects, saying the Democratic Party must acknowledge responsibility for the shortage of dwellings in Seoul.
Oh said on the 7th on his social networking service (SNS), "I doubted my ears when I heard today's remarks by Democratic Party floor leader Han Byeong-do," and added, "Do you think the public does not know who is responsible for causing today's supply crisis?"
He went on, "Who was it that regarded redevelopment and reconstruction as speculation and brought maintenance projects to a halt?" and argued, "It was clearly Mayor Park Won-soon who thereby destroyed Seoul's supply base."
Oh said, "During 10 years of Democratic Party city administration, 389 redevelopment and reconstruction designations were canceled, and as a result, Seoul lost supply opportunities amounting to 430,000 homes," and criticized, "It is shameless to try to shift responsibility when the recent supply cliff is the result of not only drying up the seeds of supply but even dousing them with herbicide."
He also emphasized, "Residents on the ground know better than anyone that the Seoul Metropolitan Government revived maintenance projects that had been stalled for the past five years and normalized the broken supply system."
Oh refuted the claim that redevelopment and reconstruction do not have significant supply effects. He said, "An analysis by the Seoul Metropolitan Government of 59 maintenance projects completed over the past three years showed that redevelopment led to a 27.4% net increase in dwellings and reconstruction to a 44.2% net increase," and added, "While denying even the facts revealed by data, they are blocking Seoul's maintenance projects."
He continued, "In the Seoul mayoral election, didn't the Democratic Party candidate also promise to promote maintenance projects by putting forward a pledge similar to the fast-track integrated plan?"
Oh said, "In a situation where even an apology to the public would not be enough regarding responsibility for today's supply cliff, the more they repeat blame-shifting and distorted claims, the clearer it becomes that they lack sincerity about supply," and added, "Rather than only thinking about how to dodge the whip of public opinion, they should listen to citizens waiting for maintenance projects and to voices on the ground." He added, "The public wants not words but actual supply to proceed."