South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has selected 11 candidate sites in central Seoul for about 18,000 homes under its urban public housing complex program, including locations in Seocho, Songpa, Yongsan and Mapo. The latest announcement revises the previously reported total of 17,881 homes. The sites were chosen from 44 resident proposals submitted between March and May, based on building age, project viability and resident support. The selections are the first new candidates named under the program in three years and the first to include Seoul’s Gangnam area. The ministry plans resident briefings in October, designation as planned districts in the first half of next year and groundbreaking in the second half of 2030. Projects must secure consent from at least two-thirds of landowners and other property holders representing at least half of the land area, while the program has been strengthened through higher floor area ratio limits and other incentives.