Single-parent families are entitled tospecial supply of rental housing.
Special supply of rental housing
The mayor of the Special Metropolitan City, a Metropolitan City, a Special Self-Governing City, or the governor of a Province or a Special Self-Governing Province may select single-parent families within the extent of 10% of the 5-year or 10-yearpublic rental housing construction under his or her jurisdiction and recommends the subjects of the special supply of rental housing. (Subparagraph 27 of Article 35(1) of 「Regulations of Housing Supply」 and p.474 of 「2024 Guidelines for Single-Parent Family Support Project」)
Subject of the special supply
Single-parent families are eligible for the special supply of rental housing under 「Single-Parent Family Support Act」 as long as they are non-homeowners (a homeowner or a member of lineal ascendant or descendant listed in homeowner's certified copy of the resident registration card) from the date the tenant recruitment notice was released (p.475 of 「2024 Guidelines for Single-Parent Family Support Project」).
The sale in-lots of the special supply include rental housing of Korea Land and Housing Corporation and private landlords (p.475 of 「2024 Guidelines for Single-Parent Family Support Project」).
Korea Land andHousing Corporation: Identify the supply volume in consultation with regionalheadquarters
Local governments and private housing providers: Identify the supply volume at business planning and approval stages
Application and registration
Once the head of Eup/Myeon/Dong notifies about the plans for supplying rental housing, Single-parent families can apply for the special supply sales in-lots by submitting the application form for the special supply with the letter of consent for disclosing personal information, certificate of Single-parent family, and certificate of disability (if applicable) (p.476 of 「2024 Guidelines for Single-Parent Family Support Project」).
※ Please contact SH Corporation (http://www.i-sh.co.kr,
☎ 1600-3456)or Korea Land and Housing Corporation (http://www.lh.or.kr,
☎ 1600-1004)to inquire about text message services and get updated tenant recruitmentnotices about housing support.
Financial support for long-term public rentalhousing
Where a projectowner charges tenants for rent at differential rates, depending upon theirincome level, the State may grant the project owner, as a subsidy withinbudgetary limits, a difference between the total amount of rent calculated byapplying standard terms and conditions of rental and the total amount of rentcharged to tenants at differential rates. (Article 5 of the Act on the Supportfor Improving the Quality of Lives of Tenants in Long-term Public RentalHousing)
Chargingtenants for rent at differential rates is in accordance with the followingranking.(Article 4-1-3 of the Enforcement Decree ofthe Act on the Support for Improving the Quality of Lives of Tenants inLong-term Public Rental Housing)
The margin ofthe total sum of the rental provided to the qualified recipients of livelihoodbenefits and medical benefits prescribed in the Articles 7-(1)-1 and 7-(1)-3 ofthe National Basic Living Security Act
The margin ofthe total sum of the rental provided to the qualified recipients of the housingbenefits and education benefits prescribed in the Articles 7-(1)-2 and 7-(1)-4of the National Basic Living Security Act and those who are under the nextlowest income bracket prescribed in the Articles 2-10 of the National BasicLiving Security Act.
The margin ofthe total sum of the rental provided to vulnerable social groups likeSingle-parent families
The margin ofthe total sum of the rental with regards to those whose income is less than theeligibility criteria for national rental housing tenants