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Tenants are unable to get their deposits back due to the sudden death of Mr.
In some cases, the entire villa is owned by Mr. Kim.
We will connect reporters who are out on the scene. Reporter Kang Min-kyung!
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Yes, it is in front of a villa in Hwagok-dong, Seoul.
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What kind of villa is Kang’s villa?
[기자]
A total of 18 households live in this villa where I am now, including one-person households and dual-income newlyweds.
However, it turned out that all the houses in this villa belonged to a recently deceased Mr. Kim.
Tenants who lived here were suddenly in danger of not getting their deposit back.
Mr. Kim, the so-called ‘Villa King’, is a rental operator who bought 1,139 villas and officetels.
He died suddenly last October following not paying more than 6.2 billion won in taxes.
The house was foreclosed due to tax arrears, but the landlord died, so the risk of tenants not getting back the jeonse deposit increased.
Mr. Kim also bought a house in the name of a corporate company, but in this case, it is not easy to extend the bank loan, so tenants are rolling their feet.
The government has announced that it will first create a joint legal support team for victims of Villawang and come up with a realistic plan to protect victims as soon as possible.
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But the possibility that there is an accomplice behind Mr. Kim cannot be ruled out?
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Yes. It started with raising the issue that it is impossible in common sense for Mr. Kim to buy more than 1,000 houses in 3 years alone.
Mr. Kim only lent his name, and there is a possibility that there may be an organized movement behind it.
The police are also looking into this part.
The Financial Crimes Investigation Unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said that Mr. Kim died on the 15th, but that he was strictly investigating whether he was an accomplice and that he would quickly find out the facts.
In the midst of this, the number of so-called ‘can charter leases’ that cannot return the deposit due to the recent lower selling price than the rental price is also increasing.
In fact, this year in Seoul, the number of applications for a ‘lease right registration order’ to the court to request preferential right to repay the deposit increased by nearly 26% from last year, recording a record high.
If the trend of falling house prices continues, it seems that there will be more cases of damage like this.
The government is also strengthening its investigation into charter fraud and discussing ways to protect tenants.
However, it is pointed out that a more fundamental countermeasure should be prepared as the amount of money and loans of a large number of people are intertwined.
This is YTN Kang Min-kyung in front of the villa in Gangseo-gu.
YTN Minkyung Kang (kmk0210@ytn.co.kr)
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