Complaint·August 21, 2025

The investigation revealed the following: Allegation: Facility only admits residents based on race. It is alleged that the facility turned away individuals that were interested in moving in for not being Korean. LPA Gonzalez conducted 5 staff interviews in total, and each denied the above allegation, all 5 Staff stated that they have never discriminated against anyone for any reason, including race. Each staff confirmed they have been provided with non-discrimination training and have never observed another staff discriminating towards any of the residents or potential residents. All 5 staff additionally stated that there are other races besides Korean that live at the facility. LPA Gonzalez obtained a list of Non-Korean residents that have resided at facility from 2017-2023 (3 of which are still currently residing at facility). LPA Gonzalez interviewed 5 Residents and 5 out of 5 Residents denied the above allegation and stated that they have never felt discriminated against, interviews with R3 and R4 stated that there are individuals that are not of Korean descent that live at the facility. Interview with Licensee Eugene Choi explained that although the facility is known in the Korean community this is mainly because many of the facilities residents used to live in Koreatown and preferred to stay close to the neighborhood, a google search to see how far facility is from Koreatown it confirmed there is a 1.7 mile distance from facility location to Koreatown. Based on statements and interviews conducted with staff/residents and facility file records, there was not enough supportive evidence to concur with the reported allegation. Although the allegation may have happened or is valid, there is not a preponderance of evidence to prove the alleged violation did or did not occur, therefore the allegation is UNSUBSTANTIATED . Exit interview held, and a copy of this report was emailed to mugunghwasilvertown@gmail.com