Only 17 Out of 861 Sign Up for Building Competition 宜縣首辦優良公寓大廈評選賽 僅17個報名

Yilan held the county's first selection of excellent apartment buildings, with only 17 signing up for the competition.

Chen Shih-hung, Executive Dir., Taiwan Institute of Community Empowerment: “We're not looking for building issues. (We're trying to find good apartment buildings.)”

The Yilan County Government is holding the selection of excellent apartment buildings for the first time. An explanation meeting was held on the 17th to announce the selection method, emphasizing that the selection is to find good apartment buildings, not to find apartment building problems. There are 681 apartment buildings in Yilan County, but only 17 registered to participate. Such a figure was questioned by the outside world that the publicity was insufficient.

Pan Liang-yu, Director, Economic Affairs Dept., Yilan County: “We hope this event will let the public know the Yilan County Government really wants to help everyone have a better home.”

The county government stated that notices were sent, but most apartment buildings were still worried that participating in the selection would mean being inspected and resulting in fines. The county government emphasized that only the good ones will be judged, not the bad ones. In the future, it will promote the event online to increase the willingness of buildings to participate.

Building Resident: “The value of the building will increase.”

Building Resident: “I think where we fell short, we can also use this opportunity to improve. And we can also use this opportunity to let everyone see the characteristics of our building.”

According to the county government's statistics, the most violations from buildings in the county are piled-up clutter in public areas, which will affect the escape route. The county government also stated that it will be the focus of the selection criteria. Doing well means improving the public safety of each building. The event has two categories: the Evergreen Group and the Rookie Group. The top 3 and the winner will receive cash prizes, a maximum of NT$50,000. 

台灣社區培力學會執行長陳世鴻說：「不是在找缺失，評選是要找出好的公寓大廈。」

宜蘭縣政府首度舉辦優良公寓大廈評選活動，17日舉辦說明會公布評選辦法，強調評選是要找出好的公寓大廈，不是為了找缺失，因為宜蘭縣共681個公寓大廈，僅17個報名參與，這樣的數字也遭外界質疑宣傳不足。

宜縣府建設處長潘亮宇表示：「希望能夠透過我們第1屆的優良公寓大廈評選，讓民眾知道說，我們宜蘭縣政府，真的是有心要來協助，讓大家對於自己的家園能夠更美好。」

縣府表示，評選前都有發函通知，但多數公寓大廈還是擔憂參與評選會被公安檢查，導致罰款，縣府強調，評選只評好的，不評壞的，未來也會透過網路宣傳，提升社區參與意願。

社區住戶說道：「房地產的一個部分來講的話，社區的一種價值會提升。」

也有社區住戶認為：「我覺得我們原本做得不足的地方，也可以藉由這個機會好好的改善，然後再來就是說，我們社區的特色，也可以藉由這個機會，讓所有人去看到。」

根據縣府統計，縣內公寓大廈最多的違規樣態，以堆置雜物為主，這將影響公寓的逃生動線，縣府也表示，是否有堆置雜物，將是評選的重點，做得好會有加分，盼藉此提升各公寓的公共安全。根據評選辦法，共分有長青組與新秀組兩類，前3名與優選都有獎金，最高獎金5萬元。