Gyeonggi Province will conduct a 'Multi-family Housing Management Audit' on 108 apartment complexes within the province this year. Direct audits by Gyeonggi Province will cover 20 complexes, while audits conducted by 31 cities and counties will cover 88 complexes.
The multi-family housing management audit was first introduced by Gyeonggi Province in 2013 and has been implemented nationwide since its legalization in 2014. There are two types of audits: complaint audits and planned audits.
Complaint audits are conducted with the consent of at least 20% of all residents and are selected through demand surveys conducted by cities and counties. Planned audits focus on identifying vulnerable areas by selecting specific themes and are conducted simultaneously with cities and counties. This year, audits will be conducted on the appropriateness of the selection process for contractors using long-term repair reserves, the implementation of long-term repair plans, and the appropriateness of the use of long-term repair reserves.
The multi-family housing management audit is evaluated as contributing to the creation of transparent and efficient management conditions and the protection of residents' rights and interests.
In particular, since 2018, Gyeonggi Province has introduced a review system for audit results that includes private experts, striving for objective and fair audits.
Every year, Gyeonggi Province creates a casebook on major audit findings and distributes it to cities, counties, and multi-family housing complexes subject to mandatory management. To prevent recurrence of audit issues, follow-up audits are also conducted to check whether the same violations are repeated in previously audited complexes.
Gyeonggi Province plans to propose improvements to central government agencies regarding unreasonable regulations discovered during this audit process.
Along with this audit, Gyeonggi Province will also carry out activities to prevent legal violations.
This year, as a new project, they will visit group training sessions for members of residents' representative meetings promoted by cities and counties to provide preventive education focusing on frequently occurring legal violations found in audits.
Hong Il-young, Director of the Multi-family Housing Division of Gyeonggi Province, said, "Along with taking measures against illegal matters identified through the multi-family housing management audit, we will actively strive to prevent violations by visiting sites and providing legal violation prevention education to residents and others."
© The Asia Business Daily(www.asiae.co.kr). All rights reserved.
