Migration
Pacific brief: Incomplete work delays housing availability
Stars and Stripes
January 15, 2010
Yongsan soldiers and their families will not move into the renovated Hannam Village Towers this month. The Hannam project is still six months from completion. (Alfredo Jimenez / S&S)
SEOUL — The renovated Hannam Village Towers won’t be open to military families this month because the work isn’t completed, according to housing officials.
Move-in dates are now targeted for this summer.
Housing officials had hoped the buildings would be ready for occupancy in January.
But the Korea National Housing Corp., which owns and leases the buildings to the Army, said that only the first phase of an 18-month plan has been completed.
"The good news is this will give us 264 sets of brand-new quarters," said U.S. Army Garrison-Yongsan commander Col. Dave Hall in a press release.
"We expect to have units available around summer for the PCS season," said USAG-Yongsan Housing Manager Carol Jones.