Jeonnam Province to Provide 'Housing Benefits' to Youth Living Separately from Parents

Up to 310,000 Won Per Person

[Muan=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Jeonnam Province will provide 'housing benefits' to young people living separately from their parents.

The province announced on the 22nd that starting this year, it will implement the 'Youth Housing Benefit Separate Payment' system, which provides separate housing benefits to unmarried young people living apart from their parents among households receiving housing benefits.

The 'Youth Housing Benefit Separate Payment' system supports up to 310,000 KRW per young person depending on rent, deposit, and other conditions.

Through this, it is expected that low-income young people will be able to focus on their studies and job-seeking activities without worrying about housing.

The eligible recipients are unmarried children aged 19 to under 30 in households receiving housing benefits who live in a different city or county from their parents' residence due to schooling or job-seeking and pay rent.

Those who wish to apply can do so at the local town, township, or neighborhood community service center with jurisdiction over the parents' address. For more details, inquiries can be made to the Housing Benefit Call Center, Jeonnam Province Architecture Development Division, or the housing benefit departments of each city and county.

Meanwhile, housing benefits are a program that supports rent or repairs housing for low-income vulnerable households whose recognized income is below 45% of the median income (2.19 million KRW for a family of four) to ensure housing stability.

As of the end of last year, about 40,000 households in the Jeonnam area benefited from this program.

Originally, even if an unmarried young person in a beneficiary household lived separately from their parents, they were recognized as part of the same household and did not receive separate rental benefits.

However, due to continuous improvement demands from local governments, the Central Living Security Committee recently decided on the separate payment of youth housing benefits, and from January this year, young people living separately can receive rental benefits separately from those paid to their parents.

Jung Youngsoo, head of the Architecture Development Division of Jeonnam Province, said, "We will do our best to ensure that no welfare blind spots occur where low-income young people eligible for support are left out to stabilize their housing."

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