Gwangju City Implements 'Youth Housing Benefit Separate Payment' System

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 16th that starting this year, it will implement the ‘Youth Housing Benefit Separate Payment’ system, which provides separate housing benefits to unmarried youth living apart from their parents among households receiving housing benefits.

The Youth Housing Benefit Separate Payment system is available to unmarried children aged 19 to under 30 within a household receiving housing benefits who live in a different city or county from their parents due to reasons such as study or employment.

Applicants must meet requirements such as signing a lease contract under the youth’s name and registering their residence.

Applicants can be household members, relatives, or other related persons of the housing benefit recipient household. If they wish to apply, they can do so at the community service center of the jurisdiction where the head of the household (parent) resides or online through the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s portal site (Bokjiro).

If selected, rental benefits will be provided differentially according to the standard rent ceiling and income level of the areas where the parent and youth households respectively reside.

Previously, unmarried youth living apart from their parents within a recipient household were recognized as part of the same household as their parents, so separate rental benefits were not provided. However, after the system’s implementation, rental support will be available to youth living apart from their parents, which is expected to somewhat reduce the housing cost burden for young people.

Jung Hyun-yoon, Director of the City Housing Policy Division, said, “We will continue to do our best to eliminate welfare blind spots where housing welfare support is not received.”

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