According to the Population and Housing Census of the Statistics Korea, in 2010, Korea's apartment houses accounted for 8,576,000 out of 14,677,000 houses, making up 58.4% of the overall houses, households residing in apartment houses accounted for 8,...
According to the Population and Housing Census of the Statistics Korea, in 2010, Korea's apartment houses accounted for 8,576,000 out of 14,677,000 houses, making up 58.4% of the overall houses, households residing in apartment houses accounted for 8,169,000 out of the overall households, making up 47.1% of the overall households, and household members residing in apartment houses accounted for 24,953,000 people, making up 53.5% of the overall household members.
In spite of its importance, the Delegation of Occupiers for the apartment housings typified by apartments have been riddled with conflicts, corruptions and complaints, making a splash in social media.
The purpose of this study is to find ways to conflict management, develop the Delegation of Occupiers acting as a citizen autonomy organization, and further bring forward reasonable improvement plans for the Multi-family Housing Management System regulating the Delegation of Occupiers by perceiving the causes of conflicts and disputes occurring from the Delegation of Occupiers, analyzing systematic and operational problems related to the management of apartment housings, and presenting alternatives and improvement plans from the perspective of system, policy and operation.
To put it concretely, the parties related to the Delegation of Occupiers had been divided into three categories - the Delegation of Occupiers, Housing Managers and Occupiers - and the issues and causes of conflicts and disputes resulting from the interaction among the parties concerned had been perceived. According to the result, the improvement plans are presented as follows;
Firstly, it needs to suggest the alternatives by analyzing the problems of the Housing Act and the related acts regulating the Delegation of Occupiers from the perspective of system and policy;
Secondly, it needs to suggest the improvement plans in operating the Delegation of Occupiers by analyzing the operating condition of the Delegation of Occupiers from the perspective of operation; and
Thirdly, it needs to suggest the alternatives for the prevention and control of conflicts by analyzing the causes of conflicts and disputes surrounding the Delegation of Occupiers from the perspective of conflict control;
Fourthly, through the above mentioned improvement plans, it needs to raise the level of credibility and satisfaction towards the Delegation of Occupiers acting as a citizen autonomy organization and pave the way to further accelerate the study on the Delegation of Occupiers in earnest.
For this, in addition to the existing studies and cases, the available statistics about the Delegation of Occupiers had been analyzed and the opinion surveys on the development plans for the Delegation of Occupiers - focused on Public Servants, Housing Managers, the Delegation of Occupiers and Occupiers - had been carried out. Based on the result, the improvement plans are suggested.
According to the result of this study, the improvement plans from the perspective of system and policy and the improvement plans from the perspective of operation, the improvement plans for the Delegation of Occupiers from the perspective of conflict management could be summarized as follows;
Firstly, the improvement plans from the perspective of system and policy are as follows;
1. Enactment of the tentatively named the "Multi-family Housing Management Act";
2. Name change of Housing Managers;
3. Achievement of occupiers' self-regulating choice with regard to the occupiers' representative election system; and
4. Consolidation of qualifications for the Delegation of Occupiers and consolidation of professionalism through the relaxation of term limits;
5. Creation of punishment provisions regarding the violation of regulations;
Secondly, the improvement plans from the perspective of operation are as follows;
1. Improvement of methods of operation and ethics education for representatives by dong(block);
2. Improvement of methods of operation with regard to the Dispute Resolution Committee on the Multi-family Housing Management; and
3. Enactment and unification of the rules on the management of apartment housings by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.
Thirdly, the improvement plans from the perspective of conflict management are as follows;
1. Clarification of official's work scope, power and responsibility;
2. Consolidation of auditor's power and improvement of auditing system;
3. Introduction of residents' audit demand system;
4. Open meetings of the Delegation of Occupiers through internet, cable TV and CCTV; and
5. Disclosure and adjustment of expense account assigned to chairman and auditor.
The Delegation of Occupiers as well as the Citizen Autonomy Committee is a typical example of the citizen autonomy organization of which role is especially important in a downtown area featuring the highest concentration of apartments. Consequently, the in-depth research into the Delegation of Occupiers acting as a citizen autonomy organization are required.
It is expected that this study will raise the level of occupiers' credibility and satisfaction towards the Delegation of Occupiers by contributing to the development of the Delegation of Occupiers even if it's only in a small way.