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Gov't to expand support for residents of irregular homes
SEOUL, July 8 (Yonhap) -- The government announced Friday it will expand the housing support program for low-income families living in irregular homes to include those residing in homeless shelters.
Another plan would make about 30,000 courier service workers eligible for industrial disaster and unemployment insurance, the government said.
These measures were laid out during the first monthly government meeting on helping struggling working class families, presided over by Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik.
The conservative Lee Myung-bak government has named stabilizing the lives of the working class as one of its policy targets to regain popular confidence ahead of next year's parliamentary and presidential elections.
The state housing support program currently covers residents of abnormal homes with dire living environments such as inns, vinyl greenhouses and tiny one-room houses that are mostly unequipped with kitchens and washrooms. They get interest-free loans and other monetary support from the government when they move into government-built, low-rent homes.
The new measures will expand the state housing support program to include residents of homeless shelters across the country, the prime minister's office said.
The government will also increase its annual supply of low-rent homes from 1,400 residences to 2,100 residences while halving the amount of key money required to live in them, the office said.
Another measure will classify courier service workers and "quick-service" workers who deliver parcels on motorbikes as special-type industrial workers. This would make them eligible for industrial disaster and unemployment insurance programs, possibly starting from the first half of next year, the office said.
To ensure a fair labor environment in the delivery industry, the government will make guidelines for contracts between delivery companies and their workers and impose penalties for unfair labor practices, it added.
Another plan would make about 30,000 courier service workers eligible for industrial disaster and unemployment insurance, the government said.
These measures were laid out during the first monthly government meeting on helping struggling working class families, presided over by Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik.
The conservative Lee Myung-bak government has named stabilizing the lives of the working class as one of its policy targets to regain popular confidence ahead of next year's parliamentary and presidential elections.
The state housing support program currently covers residents of abnormal homes with dire living environments such as inns, vinyl greenhouses and tiny one-room houses that are mostly unequipped with kitchens and washrooms. They get interest-free loans and other monetary support from the government when they move into government-built, low-rent homes.
The new measures will expand the state housing support program to include residents of homeless shelters across the country, the prime minister's office said.
The government will also increase its annual supply of low-rent homes from 1,400 residences to 2,100 residences while halving the amount of key money required to live in them, the office said.
Another measure will classify courier service workers and "quick-service" workers who deliver parcels on motorbikes as special-type industrial workers. This would make them eligible for industrial disaster and unemployment insurance programs, possibly starting from the first half of next year, the office said.
To ensure a fair labor environment in the delivery industry, the government will make guidelines for contracts between delivery companies and their workers and impose penalties for unfair labor practices, it added.
