Gov't to launch digital housing dashboard tracking permits, ground-breakings, pre-sales and move-ins

The government will build and operate a digital housing supply dashboard that consolidates all housing-related information in one place. A pilot dashboard will launch on the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport website in the fourth quarter, after which the government will pursue upgrades to link and integrate all supply data.

Kim Yong-su, second deputy minister of the Office for Government Policy Coordination, announced the plan Friday at the first Housing Supply Policy Brief held at Government Complex Seoul. "Through the dashboard, we will continuously disclose detailed information on housing supply — including permits, ground-breakings, pre-sales and move-ins — as well as future supply plans, supply performance and policy updates, so that the public's questions are answered and predictability is improved," Kim said.

The one-stop digital dashboard will also provide project-level details on a map-based interface. The Korea Land and Housing Corporation's existing "Nae-jip Eodi" information channel will be reorganized to be more user-centric.

In addition, the government will establish an integrated housing supply support center by year's end to consolidate supply-bottleneck resolution functions currently scattered across various ministries, providing assistance with permit, regulatory and financing issues.

Dedicated case managers have already been assigned to more than 300 residential project financing sites to provide tailored support.

The government also said it has completed 48 of the 145 detailed tasks under the Aug. 13 housing package, including operating a financial difficulties resolution center, easing relocation loan regulations and introducing redevelopment deregulation legislation. The remaining 97 tasks are on track.

Meanwhile, the government's housing ground-breaking target for this year stands at 268,000 units, of which more than 99,000 have already broken ground in the Greater Seoul area. The government expects between 218,000 and 235,000 or more units to break ground in the metropolitan area by year's end.

"As ground-breaking activity is concentrated in the fourth quarter, we will closely monitor progress schedules and work proactively with related ministries to address financing difficulties and permit delays that may arise during the supply process," Kim said.

Immediately after announcing the Aug. 13 package, the government activated a cross-ministry monitoring framework led by the prime minister to manage follow-up measures.

At a cross-ministry rapid housing supply review meeting held Sept. 30, officials decided to hold biweekly housing supply briefings to inform the public of policy directions and supply performance.

Prime Minister Han Seong-suk said at the meeting that "the most important thing is to improve predictability on housing supply by providing the public with specific details about what they want to know for each project."

The second briefing, scheduled for later this month, will announce project-specific supply performance figures.