Transforming Lives: How the 16th Dream House Project is Revamping Homes for Disabled Families

Jeonju City’s Housing Welfare Center and the Ujeonghoe Home Repair Volunteer Group teamed up to carry out home repairs and neighborhood support activities for residents living in vulnerable housing conditions.

On the 10th, the Housing Welfare Center and the volunteer group said they visited a household of disabled siblings in Dongseohak-dong, Wansan District, to perform housing-improvement volunteer work.

The effort was the volunteer group’s 16th “Dream House” project. About 30 people — including Ujeonghoe members and their families and staff from the Housing Welfare Center — participated on site.

Volunteers completed rooftop waterproofing, installed insulated windows, replaced the sink, and fitted new wallpaper and flooring in the aging home. The household is a recipient of basic livelihood assistance and includes a registered person with a disability; after their mother’s death last year, the sister has been caring for her disabled brother.

Funding for the project came from Ujeonghoe membership dues, the Dongseohak-dong community center’s case-management fund, a donation from the Korea Electrical Safety Corporation, and contributions from local residents.

That day, the volunteer group’s women’s association served noodles and snacks to neighborhood seniors in observance of Family Month.

Oh Eun-ju, director of Jeonju City’s Housing Welfare Center, thanked Ujeonghoe, the Korea Electrical Safety Corporation, Dongseohak-dong residents, and community center staff for mobilizing to help a household in urgent need of repairs. She said the city will continue to narrow gaps in housing support through public–private cooperation.