Reduces on-site confusion and reduces combination failures.

Redevelopment and reconstruction are not simply real estate development projects.
It involves decades of life's memories, the future of a community, complex administrative procedures, and the potential for legal disputes.
It is also a long-term war that has lasted for years.
Things keep changing, and laws keep changing.
This book explains the entire maintenance project process, focusing on actual incidents, to help union executives prevent large-scale losses due to minor mistakes.

We have compiled case law and practical advice focusing on issues that frequently arise in the field, such as union establishment, construction company selection, information disclosure, title lawsuits, and occupancy rights disputes.
This is a practical guidebook that compiles “the legal common sense and response strategies that union executives and practitioners must know, written in the language of the field and through actual incidents that occurred in the field,” based on actual litigation experience and judgments, rather than a formal explanation.
It covers in detail the new regulations and procedures that will be implemented in June 2025 (e.g., allowing the formation of a promotion committee at the maintenance plan drafting stage), so it can be applied immediately in the field.

Attorneys at Centro Law Firm, with over 20,000 cases of redevelopment and reconstruction litigation and advisory experience, participated in the writing process, identifying key issues in practice and presenting practical solutions.

Recently, the Ministry of Government Legislation also interpreted that, despite the provisions of Article 33, Paragraph 5 of the Urban Planning Act, Article 41, Paragraph 1 of the Urban Planning Act does not apply to the chairperson of the promotion committee, and thus, the chairperson is not automatically dismissed even if he or she does not reside in the relevant development zone until the approval for establishment of the association is received.
--- p.26

The Urban Planning Act regulates the ‘Combination Establishment Promotion Committee’ as a group.
The 'Promotion Committee' must meet certain requirements, such as the consent of a majority of landowners within the development target area, and must receive approval from the competent authority. If this is not obtained, the 'Promotion Committee' cannot become one, and is prohibited from operating under the name of the 'Promotion Committee'.
--- p.36

There is no provision in the Urban Planning Act, its enforcement decree, or its enforcement rules that requires the union head to be on duty and perform his/her duties.
The standard articles of incorporation for maintenance projects notified by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport only stipulates that “when the association deems it necessary to execute its affairs, it may appoint full-time executives or paid employees in accordance with the association’s personnel regulations,” but there is no provision that requires them to be full-time.
Moreover, most unions are using the contents of the above standard articles of association as they are.
--- p.65

If a union executive refuses a request for inspection or copying by a union member, etc. pursuant to Article 124, Paragraph 4 of the Urban Planning Act, he or she will be subject to criminal punishment.
Therefore, the subjects of inspection and copying requests from union members, etc. must be specific enough to enable union executives to determine which of the documents and materials specified in Article 124, Paragraphs 1 and 4 of the Urban Planning Act they fall under.
--- p.93

If there is no separate provision regarding the quorum for resolutions in the Articles of Incorporation, the contractor must be selected by a majority vote of the members present at the general meeting of members.
In case the first round of voting does not obtain the approval of a majority of the members present, the union may decide in advance on the method of a runoff or second round of voting.
In this case, it is advisable to confirm whether more than half of the union members are present in person before re-voting.
--- p.102

In the case of reconstruction, landowners of reconstruction projects that are not located in over-congested areas may be supplied with housing equivalent to the number of houses they own, and landowners of reconstruction projects that are located in over-congested areas may be supplied with housing up to three houses within the number of houses they own.
However, this does not apply to reconstruction projects that apply for approval of the first business implementation plan in speculative overheated areas or regulated areas.
--- p.119

In a case where the father owned 50% of the shares and the son owned 50% of the shares in a redevelopment soccer district in a speculative overheated area, and then the father gifted all of the shares to the son after the establishment of the cooperative, the Seoul High Court ruled that the son was not recognized as a cooperative member for the 50% shares gifted to him by his father and was subject to cash settlement.
--- p.137~138

If you become a cash liquidator, you will receive cash settlement through a method of compensation for losses in accordance with the Land Compensation Act in the case of redevelopment, and in the case of reconstruction, the Land Compensation Act is not applied in principle, so you will receive cash settlement through a sale claim lawsuit or a cash settlement payment lawsuit.
In contrast, members are obligated to contribute and relocate their previous assets upon the announcement of the management disposal plan.
--- p.160

Those who become cash settlers in redevelopment projects will negotiate with the association regarding the cash settlement amount.
If an agreement is not reached, the union may apply to the local land expropriation committee for an expropriation decision.
If the cash liquidator is not satisfied with the compensation amount determined by the expropriation decision, he or she may file an objection with the Central Land Expropriation Committee.
If you are not satisfied with the Central Land Expropriation Committee's decision, you can file a lawsuit to increase the compensation amount with the competent administrative court.
--- p.202

Usually, the interest on the moving expenses loan is settled when the members move in.
Therefore, it is clear that the union members did not pay interest on the loan amount and made a profit equivalent to the amount before becoming cash settlers after receiving the loan amount.
Therefore, the accumulated interest must be returned to the association from the time the loan is executed until the loan is fully repaid.

--- p.211