Geumcheon-gu, Recruitment of Newlywed Couple Housing Tenants

Seoul Residents Registered, Newlywed Households Within 7 Years: Recruiting 11 Households

Rent at 50% of Market Rate, Up to 20 Years Residency if Eligibility Maintained

Geumcheon-gu (District Mayor Yu Seong-hoon) announced that it is recruiting 11 households to move into newlywed housing on an ongoing basis.

Geumcheon-gu operates two newlywed housing complexes (Social Mix type, Dodam Dodam) in collaboration with Seoul Housing & Communities Corporation (SH) to alleviate housing insecurity for newlyweds.

The remaining units being recruited this time are 3 out of 12 units in the Social Mix type newlywed housing (Gasan-dong) and 8 out of 36 units in the Dodam Dodam newlywed housing (Siheung 1-dong).

Geumcheon-gu will open the housing for public viewing from March 27 to 29 to address applicants’ questions about the housing.

Applicants must be non-homeowners registered as residents in Seoul, newlyweds (including prospective and remarried) within 7 years, and have a monthly average income of 150% or less of the previous year’s urban worker average income.

The rent is set at 50% or less of the surrounding market rate, with a basic lease period of 2 years. If eligibility is maintained, residents can renew the contract every 2 years for up to 20 years.

Detailed information on eligibility requirements, application methods, and rent can be found on the Geumcheon-gu Office or SH Corporation websites under Notices & Announcements.

Geumcheon-gu plans to complete income and asset investigations within 90 days for applicants and announce the final residents. Contract and move-in schedules will be separately notified by Seoul Housing & Communities Corporation (SH).

Yu Seong-hoon, Mayor of Geumcheon-gu, stated, “We will strengthen housing welfare projects for actual users so that residents do not hesitate to marry and have children due to housing issues.”

Seongbuk-gu Reached Out to 4,137 Isolated Middle-aged and Older Single-person Households

Survey Conducted on 4,137 Middle-aged and Older Single-person Households Vulnerable to Housing Issues... 2,466 Households Surveyed

Identified Households at Risk of Solitary Death Linked to Public Benefits, Care Services, and Private Support

Seongbuk-gu (District Mayor Lee Seung-ro) completed a full survey of single-person households’ living conditions over four months last month to prevent social isolation issues worsened by COVID-19.

The survey targeted single-person households aged middle-aged and older living in vulnerable housing environments such as single-family homes or basement floors of multi-family houses.

The survey was conducted through face-to-face visits and telephone interviews for all 4,137 households. Excluding absentees and refusals, the living conditions of 2,466 households were examined, and based on Seoul’s ‘Single-person Household Survey Form,’ 1,325 households were classified as high-risk for solitary death.

Seongbuk-gu conducted a full survey on 4,137 single-person households among the middle-aged and elderly vulnerable to housing instability, leaving a notice note on the front door of absent households.

Seongbuk-gu connected these households with tailored welfare services including public benefits, care services, installation of smart safety monitoring devices, and private services. They were also linked to external support programs such as local welfare centers, 50 Plus Centers, and single-person family centers. Over 1,332 customized integrated welfare services were provided in total.

The district plans to continue regular monitoring and focused support for the identified high-risk solitary death households. A district official explained, “For households not yet surveyed, despite continuous contact attempts during the survey, we will prepare additional survey plans and conduct re-surveys for isolated high-risk households who were absent or refused. We will also operate a public-private cooperation system involving local welfare planners, neighborhood care teams, and welfare councils to reduce potential risk households.”

Seongbuk-gu also established a ‘Single-person Household Support Team’ through organizational restructuring this year to actively identify and support the increasing number of single-person households. Various support plans are being developed to provide policies tailored to residents’ needs by age group.

Neighborhood community centers are conducting various region-specific projects for isolated single-person households at high risk of solitary death, including beverage support for elderly living alone, health counseling and social network formation for middle-aged single-person households at risk of solitary death, dietary improvement support, and self-help group formation projects.

Lee Seung-ro, Mayor of Seongbuk-gu, said, “Many different types of single-person household neighbors now live around us. Beyond identifying and managing at-risk households centered on them, we will research, develop, and efficiently support customized policies that meet the needs of single-person households in daily life.”