Kim Dong-yeon Urges Efforts to Identify Welfare Blind Spots, Citing Container Dwelling Resident as Example

[Suwon Ilbo = Reporter Park No-hun] Gyeonggi Province Governor Kim Dong-yeon has appealed to "join forces in identifying welfare blind spots."

Governor Kim Dong-yeon stated on the 20th via SNS, "While the 'Delinquent Management Team' has tax collection as its primary role, Gyeonggi Province is also identifying and supporting welfare blind spots in the process," and explained, "For example, when we visited a delinquent taxpayer with a small debt of about 30,000 won, we found they were living in difficult conditions in a temporary container dwelling, so we immediately coordinated with the welfare department."

Governor Kim emphasized, "'Welfare blind spots' cannot be resolved by the efforts of a specific department or the public sector alone," and "the community must step forward and gather the interest and efforts from all sectors."

The following is the full text of Gyeonggi Province Governor Kim Dong-yeon's SNS post.

<Let Us Join Forces in Identifying Welfare Blind Spots>

The 'Delinquent Management Team' has tax collection as its primary role. We track and seize malicious delinquent taxpayers' virtual assets and pursue collection strictly.

However, Gyeonggi Province is also identifying and supporting welfare blind spots in the process.

For example, there was a case like this: When we visited a delinquent taxpayer with a small debt of about 30,000 won, we found they were living in difficult conditions in a temporary container dwelling, so we immediately coordinated with the welfare department.

In this way, depending on the situation, we provide housing, livelihood, and medical support to delinquent taxpayers, and when necessary, we also coordinate job placements. Through these efforts, we have connected 3,409 people with social welfare services and provided welfare support to 1,589 people.

Active administration that removes barriers between departments is contributing to efforts to identify 'welfare blind spots.'

'Welfare blind spots' cannot be resolved by the efforts of a specific department or the public sector alone. The community must step forward and gather the interest and efforts from all sectors.

In Gyeonggi Province, we will do our best to ensure that no one loses hope due to having nowhere to rely on.

※ Please report 'crises' among Gyeonggi Province residents. ☞ Emergency Welfare Hotline (010-4419-7722)