Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Park Sang-woo said of the confusion caused by the sudden push to reduce the limit on Stepping Stone Loans, a policy loan for low-income people without homes, “I am very sorry for causing confusion and inconvenience to the public by not providing a sufficient information period before implementing the measure to reduce the Stepping Stone Loan limit.” He apologized.
In a comprehensive audit of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport by the National Assembly Transportation Committee held at the National Assembly on the 24th, Minister Park said, “Considering the need to provide limited financial resources to more people, we requested banks to refrain from excessive loan expansion,” and “This process “There were no unified guidelines and we did not have a sufficient notice period before implementing the measures,” he said, bowing his head.
Previously, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport attempted to implement regulations to reduce the limit on Stepping Stone loans, a low-interest policy loan for people without homes, from the 21st, but temporarily postponed the implementation due to opposition that the burden on actual consumers without homes would increase.
Minister Park said, “Considering the different housing market conditions by region, target, and housing type, we will announce customized improvement plans as soon as possible, including a plan to exclude application to non-metropolitan areas.” The day before, Minister Park announced that he would soon unveil a supplementary plan containing contents such as ‘excluding non-metropolitan areas’.
He then emphasized, “We promise to ensure that this measure does not apply to areas where loan applications are currently applied and to provide sufficient information in advance to avoid inconvenience to the public when implementing supplementary measures in the future.”
In addition, in relation to a case in Busan where the Housing and Urban Guarantee Corporation (HUG) is engaged in a lawsuit with victims of jeonse fraud due to the cancellation of rental deposit guarantees, it said, “There was a problem of good tenants becoming victims of jeonse fraud due to the cancellation of the guarantee,” and proposed measures to protect tenants. He said he would push ahead.
He said, “HUG has an obligation to faithfully perform its role in protecting tenants as a public guarantee institution,” and added, “We will revise HUG’s internal regulations and terms and conditions so that good tenants who are not at fault can be protected in the future, and if necessary, improve the system such as revising the law.” “We will push it forward,” he said.
▲Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Park Sang-woo is speaking at the National Assembly audit of the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee held at the National Assembly in Seoul on the morning of the 24th. ⓒYonhap News
On this day, the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Commission also issued an accompanying order to Kim Tae-young, CEO of 21 Gram, who is suspected of preferential treatment during the contract for the expansion of the presidential office residence.
Representative Moon Jin-seok of the Democratic Party of Korea requested the submission of an agenda to issue accompanying orders for 21 Gram CEO Kim Tae-young, Onetop General Construction CEO Lee Jae-seon, and Jeon Hae-gap, CEO of Ahwon Gotaek to attend the government inspection, and also requested that the National Assembly inspection be suspended for execution. .
He continued, “I don’t think it’s right for only the administrative office staff to go when ordering accompanying people,” and added, “Members who can go should go together and issue accompanying orders.”
However, the ruling party countered, saying that the deadline for witnesses to appear was 4 p.m. Kim Do-eup, a member of the People Power Party, pointed out, “The National Assembly office staff can execute with authority as stipulated in the law,” and added, “Democratic Party members of the National Assembly say it is the duty to go together, but duty and law must be distinguished.”
Rep. Kwon Young-se of the same party also said, “From a legal perspective, if you make a decision in advance to issue an accompanying order to a person who is scheduled to arrive by 4 o’clock and drag him away in advance, it could be considered a crime of kidnapping.”
The ruling and opposition parties argued for each other’s positions and shouted back and forth, and Chairman Maeng Seong-gyu of the Democratic Party declared an adjournment and held a meeting of the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee and passed the motion to issue an accompanying order.
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