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By Jun Ji-hye
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon nominated former opposition lawmaker Kim Hyun-ah to head the Seoul Housing and Communities Corp. (SH), the public housing developer affiliated with the city government, according to officials, Monday.
Kim served as a lawmaker from 2016 to 2020 belonging originally to the United Future Party, a predecessor of the conservative main opposition People Power Party She specializes in urban planning, receiving her bachelor s, master s and Ph.D. in the area from Gachon University in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province. I feel a huge responsibility as housing problems have become very serious in Seoul, Kim told Yonhap News Agency following her nomination. Once appointed as the SH s head, I will actively support Mayor Oh s housing policies as he has been making full efforts to resolve housing problems in the capital.