Goyang City Provides 'Youth Housing Benefits' Even If Parents and Residence Are Different

Implementation of 'Separate Payment of Youth Housing Benefits' Starting This Year

Goyang City Hall, Gyeonggi Province

[Asia Economy Reporter La Young-cheol] Goyang City in Gyeonggi Province will implement the 'Youth Housing Benefit Separate Payment' system starting this year, which provides housing benefits separately to unmarried children in their 20s who live apart from their parents in households receiving housing benefits.

According to Goyang City on the 8th, the newly established 'Youth Housing Benefit Separate Payment' system, introduced in January this year following the revision of the Housing Benefit Act, aims to alleviate the burden of housing rent for low-income youth facing difficulties such as poor housing conditions and student loan burdens by providing separate housing benefits.

Until now, children of beneficiary households were considered part of the same household under the National Basic Livelihood Security Act even if they lived at a different address from their parents, and thus did not receive housing support. However, from this year, unmarried children in their 20s who meet the conditions can receive their own housing benefits separately from those paid to their parents.

The 'Youth Housing Benefit Separate Payment' targets unmarried children aged 19 to under 30 within housing benefit recipient households with a median income of 45% or less, who live in a different city or county from their parents due to reasons such as schooling or job seeking.

Additionally, basic requirements such as a lease contract and resident registration to verify the child's legitimate rental status must be met to qualify for separate housing benefit payments.

Beneficiary households wishing to apply for youth separate payment can visit the administrative welfare center of the parents' (household head's) jurisdiction for consultation and application.

Specific criteria for selecting recipients and methods of rental benefit support can be consulted through the Housing Benefit Call Center (1600-0777), and a self-diagnosis can be done in advance on the My Home portal (www.myhome.go.kr).

An official from the Housing Division of Goyang City stated, "As the housing benefit program expands every year, we will ensure that no low-income households in need of support miss out due to lack of awareness about the program."

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