The 'Empty House Love (愛) website,' which provides an overview of vacant houses across the country, will begin operations. The government plans to allow easy access to the status of vacant houses nationwide and share ways to utilize them. Furthermore, it intends to develop transaction support services to promote vacant house transactions.
The government announced on the 11th that it will revamp and operate the 'Empty House Love (愛) website' starting from the 12th in collaboration with the Korea Real Estate Board. The website will provide information separating the vacant house section from the existing 'Small-Scale & Vacant House Information Notification e' and offer ▲national vacant house status and maps ▲maintenance results ▲case studies and key policy explanatory materials.
This website will provide a map of the vacant house status survey results conducted by local governments across the country last year. Additionally, to serve as a reference for the maintenance of vacant houses, local government maintenance results will be disclosed by type, including parks, parking lots, and convenience facilities. It will also reveal before-and-after photos of key vacant house maintenance projects, project locations, and key outcomes. The government plans to provide information on vacant house policies, including legal grounds, maintenance projects, and maintenance plans, to enhance public understanding.
In particular, the government is considering developing a 'vacant house transaction support service' that publicly lists vacant houses when owners express their intent to sell or lease to local governments, allowing potential buyers to check available listings.
The interagency vacant house task force (TF) plans to collaborate with the Korea Real Estate Board to develop an analysis service that provides insights into vacant house status analysis, occurrence and spread prediction, and post-utilization strategies. This service will link vacant house status, survey results, and information on population decline areas with administrative statistics (mortality rates, dwelling obsolescence, etc.) for predictive analysis of vacant house occurrences and spread. The prediction results will be combined with external data (living infrastructure information, population details, etc.) to analyze vacant house locations and support their utilization.
This was selected as a project under the 2025 digital-based social issues project solicitation led by the Ministry of Science and ICT, with the task of establishing an integrated support system for overcoming the threat of local extinction through vacant house maintenance, scheduled for full-scale development starting in April.
Lee Sang-joo, director of the National Land and Urban Planning Division of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, noted, "Vacant houses are becoming a social issue as they spoil urban aesthetics and hinder residential environments," adding, "We plan to establish various support systems that encourage participation from local governments, the private sector, and the public to maintain vacant houses."