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Starting next year, the amount of housing assistance, including rents provided to the vulnerable, will increase by up to 17%.
Housing support is also available for young households living apart from their parents.
Reporter Jeong Seong-jin.
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the case of a family whose parents live in the provinces and their children live in Seoul separately for study, the actual cost of housing doubles as two households, but only one household was recognized for rent support provided to the vulnerable.
From next year, parents and children can receive rent assistance separately.
The housing benefits paid to the vulnerable are for households with a median income of 45% or less. Starting next year, the income standard for selecting support is integrated into one household, and support is paid separately based on the address of parents and children.
This is a case of unmarried children in their twenties who live in a different city or county than their parents for study and job search.
In the case of parents residing in rural areas, the rent, which was previously provided around 220,000 won, is provided separately for 180,000 won for two parents and 310,000 won for children in Seoul, which more than doubles the amount of support.
[Kim Dae-young/Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Housing Welfare Policy Division: For young adults living separately from their parents, it is said that preparing housing expenses is the biggest difficulty.
It is expected that the economic burden of youth will be reduced through the separate payment of youth housing benefits.]
1.18 million households received support for housing expenses this year, but it is expected to benefit about 1.27 million households next year due to the increase in single-person households.
(Video editing: Jo Moo-hwan)