[Reporting Y] The "apartment key" taken by the contractor...Residents' anger in the cold weather.

[Anchor]
I came in to move into a new apartment, but the contractor who built the apartment suddenly blocked me from entering.

It happened at a new apartment in Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, amid a cold wave warning.

The construction company is in conflict with the developer, claiming that the construction cost was higher than originally expected.

Reporter Hong Sung-wook covered it.

[Reporter]
It is a new apartment in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province.

A banner was hung at the entrance to block the entrance for a lien exercise.

Private rental apartments with 784 households.

Residents' occupancy began following the recent approval of the completion of the local government, and suddenly the construction company took the keys of each household and blocked them from moving in.

The construction company claims that it should receive 30 billion won more in construction costs from the developer.

The prospective residents gathered at the news such as Cheongcheon Byeokseong.

Residents who are blocked from bank loans immediately due to the exercise of liens are in trouble.

[Resident to move in the apartment: I took a day off today to get a loan, but I can't get a loan at all, so I'm just wasting my time right now.]

Residents who have emptied their existing homes and packed up their belongings to move in are more embarrassed.

[Residents to move into apartments: They leave the house empty and move to a new place a few months ago. But the day before, I heard that I couldn't move in anymore....]

Residents strongly oppose the construction company, saying it exercised its right to detain the residents as pawns.

Even the person in charge of the local government came out, but they couldn't come up with a refreshing solution.

[Kim Jin-woo / Head of multi-family housing department in Chuncheon: You shouldn't do this by taking citizens hostage. (Executive official: That's natural.) The managing director of the construction company is down, so go up and discuss it quickly.]

The construction company said that unlike the first contract, the construction cost rose by 30 billion won due to rising material prices and labor costs, and demanded a change in the contract, but the developer did not accept it, so the decision was made.

[Attributor: We don't receive construction costs, but should we just keep moving in and let the developer use the money elsewhere? This is not to say that our company is just disadvantaged and can't receive construction costs.]

More than 600 households have yet to move in.

The developer and the contractor are in conflict over the construction cost, and only the innocent residents are suffering.

I'm YTN's Hong Sung Wook.

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: Hong Do-young