Young Adults Living Separately from Parents Can Now Receive Housing Assistance Benefits

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Starting next year, unmarried young adults in their 20s who receive housing assistance and live separately from their parents can apply for 'Young Adult Housing Assistance Separate Payment' to receive housing benefits individually for both parents and youth.

Suwon City will accept advance applications at each district's administrative welfare center starting December 1st, ahead of the implementation of young adult housing assistance separate payment on January 1st next year.

Young adult housing assistance separate payment is a system being implemented by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to enable low-income young adults to receive separate housing assistance when they reside in different locations from their parents for purposes such as education and job seeking, thereby helping them secure housing expenses.

Previously, even if unmarried young adults in their 20s lived separately from their parents, they were recognized as a single household under the National Basic Livelihood Security Act, so benefits were only paid to the head of the household and family members such as youth had difficulty receiving housing assistance benefits.

Eligible applicants are unmarried young adults aged 19 to under 30 who receive housing assistance and have a different residence, with income at or below 45% of the median income. Applications can be submitted starting December 1st by visiting the administrative welfare center in the district where the parents reside.

If selected, rental assistance will be differentiated based on the maximum standard rent in the area where both the parents' and youth's households reside and their income levels. Implementation begins January 1st.

In the case of a three-person household consisting of parents residing in Suwon and a young adult residing in Seoul applying for young adult housing assistance separate payment, parents can receive up to 268,000 won and the young adult can receive up to 310,000 won. If not eligible for separate payment, only the household head receives a maximum of 320,000 won based on three household members.

For more information regarding young adult housing assistance separate payment, contact each district's administrative welfare center or the housing assistance call center (1600-0777).

A city official stated, "As income and housing surveys are expected to take time, it would be advisable to take advantage of the December advance application period for housing assistance separate payment," adding "This is expected to help young adults facing difficulties due to poor housing conditions and student loan burdens."