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South Korea housing supply: Greenbelt vs. urban redev

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The South Korean government and the Seoul Metropolitan Government ~~are pursuing~~ continue to pursue divergent strategies to address housing supply. The central government is advancing a plan to provide 230,000 additional units by 2030, which includes the potential release of Greenbelt land in districts such as Gangnam, Seocho, Songpa, and ~~Songpa.~~ Yongsan Park. To curb speculation, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has designated 503.82 square kilometers of Greenbelt land in Seoul and adjacent regions as land transaction permit areas. In response, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon has maintained strong opposition to lifting Greenbelt restrictions, advocating instead for urban redevelopment to mitigate land scarcity. The city estimates that starting construction on 310,000 units across 253 redevelopment projects by 2031 could yield a net increase of approximately 87,000 households. redevelopment. To ~~facilitate this,~~ bolster supply, the city is ~~requesting regulatory easing, such as increased floor area ratios and normalized LTV levels. As part of this urban regeneration focus, the Seoul Metropolitan Government announced the~~ accelerating its ‘Moa Town Rapid Integration Implementation Plan.’ This initiative targets small-scale urban regeneration to transform aging, low-rise residential areas into integrated zones. ~~The city aims to break ground on 14,000 units by 2028 and 40,000 units by 2031.~~ Through ‘Moa Integrated Planning,’ which allows for the simultaneous pursuit of management plans and union establishment, the city ~~intends~~ aims to reduce the time from planning to groundbreaking from six years to 4.5 ~~years,~~ years. The city targets 14,000 unit commencements by 2028 and 40,000 units by 2031, with ~~a goal of selecting~~ plans to select 100 new candidate sites by 2030 to ~~establish a foundation for~~ support an additional 120,000 units. Broadening its redevelopment efforts, Seoul has upgraded its process management to the vice-mayor level to oversee 85 strategic supply projects aiming for 85,000 unit commencements by 2028. This includes monitoring 11 major sites, such as the Hannam 3 District in Yongsan, which is expected to produce 5,816 units. The city also intends to deploy expert support teams to resolve conflicts regarding construction costs and resident disagreements.

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