Newborn Households to Receive 'Priority Access to Public Rental Housing'

Abolishing Area Restrictions by Household Size Considering Complaints from Single-Person Households

Announced by Ministry of Land through 2nd Emergency Population Countermeasure Meeting on 29th

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced that it will prioritize households with children for public construction rental housing to address the low birthrate issue. On the 29th, at the 2nd Emergency Population Countermeasure Meeting hosted by the Low Birthrate and Aging Society Committee, the Ministry announced a plan to "give top priority to supplying public construction rental housing to households with children."

Lee Gi-bong, Director of Housing Welfare Policy at the Ministry, explained, "Until now, when we said we would prioritize newborn households, the approach was mostly to increase the allocation quota for newborn households, but now we are saying we will assign them as the first priority."

However, considering complaints from single-person households, the area restrictions based on the number of household members will be removed. Since March 25, when recruiting tenants for public rental housing, the following were supplied: △ single-person households with exclusive use area of 35㎡ or less △ two-person households with exclusive use area over 25㎡ and up to 44㎡ △ three-person households with exclusive use area over 35㎡ and up to 50㎡ △ four-person households with exclusive use area over 44㎡. This applied to permanent, national, and happiness housing.

In the past, only single-person households had a supply regulation of 40㎡ or less exclusive use area, and there were no separate area restrictions for others. The reason for lowering the upper limit of supply area for single-person households and newly establishing area regulations for two- to four-person households was to prioritize supplying larger rental housing to households with children. However, controversy arose as single-person households, whose area was reduced, protested.

The policy director stated, "While considering newborn households, we chose a method to ensure that single-person households do not feel marginalized or excluded," adding, "As a result, applicants can freely apply without area restrictions based on household size, but the housing rights for newborn households in public housing have been clearly improved."

He continued, "This measure will be implemented after the revision of the Enforcement Rules of the Special Act on Public Housing. It is expected to start around October this year, but even before that, the regulation will be notified to public housing operators through official documents to allow flexible application and guidance."

In addition, the Ministry announced that out of 100,000 purchased rental housing units, 40,000 will be allocated to newlywed and childbirth households.

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