Suncheon City Greatly Expands Housing Welfare... Apply for Separate Payment of Youth Housing Benefits

Advance Application Available from the 1st at Administrative Welfare Centers Jurisdictional to Parents' Addresses

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Suncheon City plans to separately provide housing benefits to unmarried youth who live apart from their parents out of necessity for schooling or employment purposes among basic housing benefit households starting January next year, and will accept pre-applications from the 1st of next month.

Until this year, housing benefits were only provided to parents, and no separate housing benefits were given to youth living separately. Starting next year, this policy expands housing welfare to address the difficulties faced by youth in job seeking and housing instability.

The target group is unmarried youth aged 19 to under 30 within housing benefit recipient households, who have different resident registrations from their parents in the city or county of residence, and who have signed a lease (or dormitory) contract in their own name and actually reside there. Rent will be paid on this basis.

Currently, Suncheon City has 6,000 households and 8,459 individuals eligible for housing benefits. Among them, 672 households receive in-kind benefits such as repair and maintenance benefits, and 4,710 households receive cash rental benefits.

The separate payment for youth is basically carried out within the framework of the current housing benefit system, and the household must meet the income recognition standard of 45% or less of the median income (2,137,000 KRW for a four-person household).

Applications can be made from the 1st of next month at the administrative welfare centers in the towns and neighborhoods where the parents reside, and selected youth will receive benefits deposited into their own accounts on the 20th of each month starting January next year.

For detailed information about basic housing benefits and separate payments for youth housing benefits, please contact the Housing Benefit Call Center or the Social Welfare Division of Suncheon City.

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