▲ Seoul City Hall
The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced plans to support the "digital transformation" of urban renewal projects, from collecting consent forms to voting at general meetings, in an effort to shorten project timelines.
Starting tomorrow, June 22, the city will begin accepting applications from project cooperatives to participate in the "2026 Urban Renewal Project Electronic Voting and Online General Meeting Activation Program."
This program provides financial support to help redevelopment and reconstruction cooperatives easily implement electronic voting and online general meetings.
The city explained that for cooperatives that participated in the program last year, the average duration of advance voting for general meetings was reduced from four weeks to 13 days. Additionally, the rate of submitted written resolutions dropped from 64.5% to 15.8%, reducing the burden of manpower and time required for sending registered mail and counting votes.
This year, the city will focus its support on key project sites capable of breaking ground within three years.
For cooperatives among the 85 "Key Supply Strategy Projects" selected by Seoul that are being managed for construction starts between 2026 and 2028 through fair progress meetings with the city and district offices, the city will provide a 100% subsidy for electronic general meeting costs.
For other projects, a base subsidy of 50% will be provided, which can be increased up to 100% if criteria such as the first-time use of electronic methods, deliberation of critical agenda items, and efforts to reduce costs are met.
Detailed information regarding project applications can be found on the Seoul "Cleanup" website (cleanup.seoul.go.kr).
Furthermore, the Seoul Metropolitan Government is promoting the "Urban Renewal Project Electronic Signature Consent Support Program," which transitions the consent form collection process—a stage that typically requires significant time and cost in the early phases of a project—to an online format.
The program is open to areas pursuing Rapid Integrated Planning for redevelopment and reconstruction, as well as public redevelopment and reconstruction projects.
The city plans to select eight sites on a first-come, first-served basis from those recommended by autonomous districts.
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