Urban-Type Residential Housing, Residential Exclusive Area Limit Expanded to 60㎡ or Less

The maximum exclusive residential area for studio-type housing called ‘urban lifestyle housing’ will be expanded to 60㎡ or less. Additionally, if the exclusive residential area is 30㎡ or more, it can be composed of three bedrooms and other spaces.

According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on the 8th, the government held a Cabinet meeting and approved the amendment to the ‘Housing Act Enforcement Decree’ containing these details. This regulatory relaxation is a follow-up measure to the ‘On-site Difficulty Improvement Plan for Expanding Housing Supply’ announced in September last year.

Studio-type housing introduced in 2009 limited the exclusive residential area per household to 50㎡ or less and required the space, except for the bathroom and boiler room, to be configured as a single space, making it difficult for newlyweds or families with children to reside. Accordingly, the Ministry of Land expanded the maximum exclusive residential area per household for studio-type housing to 60㎡ or less, which is the level of general small apartments. The name was also changed to ‘small housing’.

Also, if the exclusive residential area per household is 30㎡ or more, up to three bedrooms separated from the living room can be included. However, to prevent overloading of auxiliary facilities such as parking lots, households with two or more bedrooms are limited to within one-third of the total number of households.

Along with this, the government approved an amendment to the ‘Apartment Management Act Enforcement Decree’ that requires notifying the parties of the date, time, and place of the meeting, major backgrounds of attending members, and the procedure for recusal requests at least three days before holding the defect inspection and dispute mediation committee meeting. The Ministry of Land explained that this is to guarantee the right to request recusal for parties involved in defect cases and to enhance the fairness and reliability of the defect inspection and dispute mediation committee.

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