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Tailored Residential Support In December 2018, the MND established a
tailored residential support plan in consi-
deration of the regional characteristics of users and units in order to provide
residential support considering the demand of career servicemembers. As a result,
the MND is improving old off cial residences while undergoing intensive renovation
on accommodations to ensure stable service conditions for officers. Moreover, in
March 2020, the demand standards of official residences and accommodations for
cadres–which had been uniformly applied across the country–were improved to
match reality; based on this, the MND plans to provide housing suitable for each
regional characteristic. The MND is currently under consultation with relevant
agencies regarding matters on residential support such as improvements in
subscription system for long-term servicemembers to raise the percentage of
homeowners among career servicemembers and increasing the supply of land for
non-home-owning servicemembers, as well as improving the special supply system
for servicemembers to ensure that the actual demand and the housing supply are
more eff ciently associated with each other.

Diversification of The MND plans to provide high-quality residential
Housing Supply support by diversifying the supply method of civilian

houses. In the past, houses for servicemembers were
supplied directly through construction, purchases, and Build-Transfer-Lease (BTL) Chapter 7
arrangements. However, these arrangements require massive financial resources,
and rapid deterioration of these houses may occur without proper maintenance. In
order to address these issues, the MND expanded the housing options of officers
through the supply of residential facilities based on civilian housing by means such
as covering the amount of deposit-based (jeonse) lease and establishing a monthly
15)
rent-based lease support system in November 2019. The MND also seeks to
capitalize on public rental housing to address the inconveniences experienced by
servicemembers, as consumers, in using deposit-based and monthly rent-based lease
support systems such as securing leased properties, paying for the real estate agent
commission, and uncertainty in collecting deposit.

Ensuring Professional The MND is taking measures to ensure pro-
Management and Operation of fessional management and operation of resi-
Residential Facilities dential facilities to maintain their quality 15)
20% increase in the
amount of support for
and ensure their long-term use. Military re- deposit-based lease: KRW
138 million (2018) ª 164
sidential facilities deteriorate faster than civilian houses mainly because the facilities million (2019) on average.

Chapter 7. Embedding an Inclusive Culture in the Military: With the People, Trusted by the People