Last year, the proportion of single-person households in Korea was 31.7%, a record high.



Young single-person households often live in basements, rooftop rooms, or gosiwons due to their low income.



The so-called 'hell-go' is derived from the underground, rooftop, and gosiwon, and represents the hardships of young people living in poor environments that do not meet the minimum housing standards.



Are there any alternatives for young people living in a space that is less than the minimum area of ​​14m² per person, the minimum housing standard? There is a thing called 'Co-Living House' that first appeared in Korea in 2015.



Instead of reducing personal living space, it is a new shared living method that shares not only a kitchen or laundry room but also a cultural space.



Startup companies mainly started building 'co-living houses' with the support of local governments, and the response is hot among young people.



A 'Co-Living House' in Sillim-dong, with a deposit of 5 million won and a monthly rent of 300,000 won, shares a variety of facilities, including a personal living space, as well as a gym, laundry room, and movie watching space.



The difference is stark compared to one-room apartments in neighboring multi-family houses that pay the same monthly rent.



In a 6-story multi-family house, there are 60 studios close to each other, and the living space of one room is only 7m².



In the case of 'Co-Living House' in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, it is very popular with a deposit of 10 million won and a monthly rent of 400 to 500,000 won.



There is the 'Co-Living House', which has been enlarged by remodeling an vacant hotel, and the luxurious 'Co-Living House' built by a large corporation with a monthly rent of more than 3 million won is emerging.



Experts say that as the number of single-person households increases, the type of housing built on the premise of a family is changing.



Can the 'Co-living House', a shared housing type that complements the 'Share House', where personal space and community space are mixed, be an alternative to solving the housing problem of single-person households?



This week's SBS <News Story> will cover the diversification of shared housing methods as the number of single-person households increases, and consider alternatives to improve the poor living environment of young single-person households called 'hell-goes'.