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Solidarity for Participation “Compensation for loss of the self-employed, if there is no measure, it goes to the owner’s pocket”

Call for enactment of rent sharing law and eviction prohibition law

‘Enact a law to stop rent’

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Jeong-hoon = On the morning of the 27th, self-employed people and activists from civic groups held a press conference in Myeong-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul to start the ‘Corona 19 Rent Stop’ campaign and called for a ‘law to stop rent’, saying that half of the loss compensation goes to the landlord. performing a performance. 2021.10.27 uwg806@yna.co.kr

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Eun-kyung Song = The Solidarity for Participation and the Korea Self-Employed Association held a press conference at the intersection in front of the Myeongdong Arts Theater in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 27th and said, “Rent sharing is necessary due to the enforcement of loss compensation for businesses that are prohibited or restricted from gathering due to COVID-19. do,” he claimed.

They urged the enactment of a rent sharing law and a ban on forced eviction, saying that the loss compensation of the self-employed who have been banned or restricted due to high-intensity social distancing is highly likely to be returned to the landlord.

Lee Jae-in, director of the Korea Coin Singing Practices Association, said, “Rentors receive 100% of their rent through compensation for losses received by small and medium-sized merchants and the self-employed. Please make a way,” he said.

Park Ji-ho, secretary general of the Merchants Association (Mam Sang-mo), who wants to do business comfortably, said, “The sales decrease rate and operating profit rate, which are the main criteria for this loss compensation, vary greatly depending on the industry, but the rent sharing measure is the one that most small and medium-sized merchants and self-employed people benefit from. It is an effective measure.”

The People’s Livelihood Hope Headquarters at the People’s Solidarity for Participation recently conducted a fact-finding survey on 791 self-employed people nationwide, claiming that about half of the total loss compensation budget, worth about 2.4 trillion won, is highly likely to be returned to the building owners in the name of rent. did.

Attorney Nam-Joo Kim said, “Half of the respondents are overdue for rent, and one in four is overdue for rent for more than three months, so it is not unusual for them to be evicted at any time.”

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