Yongin-si Conducts Safety Inspections for Small-Scale Apartment Complexes

Targeting 24 Complexes Over 15 Years Old
Proposing Repair, Reinforcement, and Cost Support Measures

Yongin City in Gyeonggi Province announced on the 28th that it will conduct safety inspections on small-scale aging apartment complexes that are blind spots in safety management.

The inspection targets are 1,576 households in 24 public housing complexes that are over 15 years old. The inspections will be entrusted to the Korea Association of Housing Managers. The city will invest a budget of 160.7 million KRW for this purpose.

A Yongin city official is measuring the tilt of a building in a small multi-family housing complex in Yongin. Photo by Yongin City

Under the current Housing Act and the Special Act on Facility Safety Management, the management entities of apartment complexes are required to conduct regular inspections twice a year and receive detailed inspections or safety diagnoses at least once every 2 to 6 years depending on the building's safety grade. However, small-scale apartment complexes with fewer than 150 households are excluded from mandatory inspections and mostly lack management entities, placing them in safety management blind spots.

Through this inspection, the city plans to have each complex establish a safety management plan and propose repair and reinforcement measures based on the facility safety inspection. In particular, to alleviate the burden on residents, the city will also consider linking the construction costs required for repairs and reinforcements with subsidies for apartment complex management.

Lee Sang-il, Mayor of Yongin City, said, "We will provide the necessary support so that residents living in small-scale apartment complexes can live in a safe environment."