Yongin City "Elderly Welfare Housing Co-Residence Criteria Should Be Relaxed"

Proposal for Regulatory Relaxation to the Ministry of Health and Welfare

Yongin City in Gyeonggi Province announced on the 24th that it has proposed to the Ministry of Health and Welfare to amend the law to relax the eligibility criteria for co-residence in 'Senior Welfare Housing.'

Under current law, senior welfare housing, classified as a social welfare facility, is available to seniors aged 60 and over. In addition to the primary resident, spouses and children or grandchildren under 19 years old who are financially dependent on the resident are allowed to live together. However, children or grandchildren who turn 19 must move out of the senior welfare housing within 90 days.

The city stated that due to this regulation, children and grandchildren aged 19 or older who have not yet achieved economic independence are prevented from residing in senior welfare housing, and therefore, the regulation needs to be revised. Accordingly, the city submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

The city emphasized the need to establish criteria to temporarily defer the move-out of children or grandchildren who turn 19 while living in the housing if they "lack economic independence or need to continue their studies."

Additionally, the city requested that unmarried children or grandchildren with severe mental or physical disabilities requiring care, as well as those with rare, incurable, or severe diseases who have lost their ability to work and require full-time care from the eligible resident, be exempted from the age restriction.

A Yongin city official said, "We hope the Ministry of Health and Welfare will promptly proceed with the relevant legal amendments to alleviate the concerns and inconveniences of senior welfare housing residents."

Currently, there are two senior welfare housing facilities operating in Yongin, housing approximately 2,000 households.

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