South Korea's Aug. 13 housing package is moving from broad supply targets to more concrete public-housing land plans alongside redevelopment and financing measures. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport is preparing to designate more than 73,000 additional public housing units in the greater Seoul area, with most of the new supply expected to come from degraded greenbelt land near Gangnam, Songpa and Hanam. Candidate areas cited include the Suseo rail depot, Naegok and Segok neighborhoods, Bangi neighborhood in Songpa District, and Gambuk and Choi neighborhoods in Hanam, while the ministry is also reviewing the entire Yongsan Park, including the Yongsan Children's Garden, as a downtown housing supply site. Land Minister Kim Yun-deok said the ministry would prioritize greenbelt land that has been substantially damaged and has low conservation value in order to speed housing delivery. MOLIT has completed consultations with local governments on much of the new batch and plans to announce candidate sites by early October at the latest after administrative procedures. Because June revisions to wide-area urban planning guidelines allow greenbelt land released for state-led public housing districts to be excluded from per-municipality caps, the ministry can take the lead on release and development without Seoul city government's consent, though talks with Seoul are continuing. The greenbelt push has sharpened political and environmental tensions. Areas around Naegok, Segok, Suseo and Bangi include a mix of grade 1 and 2 land alongside grade 3 and 4 land, suggesting further consultations over the final scope, while Gambuk and Choi in Hanam are seen as easier candidates after earlier environmental assessments gave them grades 3 to 5. Seoul has also opposed the use of Yongsan Park, calling it a precious national asset and the city's last large-scale downtown green space. Beyond new land supply, the broader package still includes easier redevelopment consent thresholds, tax breaks, faster project schedules, support for project financing and measures to accelerate existing sites. The government said it will lower the landowner consent threshold for forming private redevelopment associations to 70% from 75% and cut the consent rate for designating project implementers in public redevelopment and reconstruction to 60% from 67%. Authorities estimate the lower thresholds could accelerate about 50,000 housing units in Seoul, while fast-track procedures are intended to shorten the period from site designation to groundbreaking to 37 months from 68 months.