Oh Se-hoon and Lee Jun-seok, who visited a 3.5-pyeong studio apartment together, launch a fierce attack on the Lee Jae-myung administration's real estate policy

\r\n[Financial News] Oh Se-hoon, the PPP Seoul mayoral candidate, along with Lee Jun-seok and Kim Jeong-cheol of the Reform Party, criticized the Lee Jae-myung administration's real estate policy on the 16th.
After visiting a youth housing site that day, they met with reporters and blamed the government for poor housing conditions and the recent surge in jeonse and monthly rent prices.
Oh said, "People who own real estate are suffering because of property taxes if they try to keep it, and capital gains taxes if they try to sell. But the people suffering the most are actual users of jeonse and monthly rental housing," adding that loan restrictions began in earnest with last year's June 27 real estate measures, and that the market freeze started in earnest as home purchases became impossible unless they were for actual residence."
He added, "If President Lee Jae-myung stubbornly maintains the current policy, innocent victims, especially those who can be seen as the most vulnerable in housing, will have no choice but to endure years of pain."
Lee said, "The reason opposition candidates for Seoul mayor came together is because we share the view that the government's real estate failures are in fact threatening housing for younger generations," adding, "Taking out a loan to live in jeonse, then buying a home, was a step-by-step process in the housing path we had imagined. But the current government's stubbornness has blocked that ladder, and that is coming across as despair to young people."
Kim said, "How can you control water prices by blocking the faucet?" He called for deregulation in the real estate market and also promised relief for victims of jeonse deposit fraud.
Meanwhile, as the two conservative Seoul mayoral candidates made a joint appearance that day, attention also turned to the possibility of unifying their candidacies. However, the two candidates and Lee drew a line for now, saying they had not yet discussed such a move.
Oh said, "It is meaningful to join forces in solving the problems of people in pain," adding, "I will focus on policy alliances and work to create a situation in which any party or faction can stand together if we share the same goals."
Kim noted, "I came here because Oh immediately responded to the issue raised by Jo Eungcheon, the Reform Party Gyeonggi gubernatorial candidate, regarding the problem of judicial insurrection related to the dismissal of charges," underscoring that the day's appearance was limited to policy cooperation.
Lee emphasized, "We have not discussed candidate unification or an electoral alliance, but we do intend to jointly check the government's unilateral push on policy-related issues," while adding, "As for unification, we have not considered it at all, and no proposal has been made to us."
gowell@fnnews.com Kim Hyung-gu Reporter