Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju, Identifies Blind Spots in Housing Benefits Using Lower-Income Data

Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 19th that it will promote a project to identify blind spots in housing benefit welfare based on data of near-poverty households for citizens who did not apply because they were unaware of the welfare system applicable to them.

Social security benefits have multi-layered selection criteria depending on the household's living standards. The purpose of this project is to find housing benefit recipients by analyzing data of near-poverty households with similar selection criteria.

Gwangsan-gu plans to conduct a full survey of data on 1,018 near-poverty disabled persons by the end of this year and send welfare information promotional materials to households that have not applied for housing benefits to encourage them to apply, actively pursuing rights protection.

Housing benefits are a project that supports rent such as monthly rent and deposit or housing repairs to stabilize housing and improve housing standards for vulnerable groups. Gwangsan-gu is currently investing a budget of 23.5 billion KRW to provide customized housing benefits to 11,027 households.

The selection criteria are based on the monthly recognized income reflecting the income and property of the applying household (2,750,358 KRW for a family of four), targeting those with 48% or less of the median income, and support is provided regardless of the income or property of the supporting obligor.

A Gwangsan-gu official stated, “To prevent non-receipt poverty and welfare blind spots caused by the application-based welfare policy, we will proactively identify housing-vulnerable groups by utilizing existing data. Through this, we will create a seamless welfare safety net that helps people find their rights.”

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