This study was to perform for searching the current housing status of middle-class and public rental housing in the metropolitan area. This study surveyed 458 people from 100-150% of median income living in the Seoul metropolitan area, including coupl...
This study was to perform for searching the current housing status of middle-class and public rental housing in the metropolitan area. This study surveyed 458 people from 100-150% of median income living in the Seoul metropolitan area, including couple without children, couple with children, elderly couples, and single-person households. The main findings are as follows. First, it can be seen that public rental housing is being supplied on a small scale of less than 60㎡ as a result of housing supply policy to stabilize the housing of low-income families and 1-2 person households. However, households with three or more people actually account for 40% of all households, and in the Seoul metropolitan area, where housing demand is high, it is judged that supply and expansion of medium-sized public rental housing are necessary. Second, middle-class households living in apartments in the Seoul metropolitan area had a 62% self-ownership ratio, and the highest ratio of living in three room apartments with a size of 59-84㎡. Single-person households were also found to have the highest percentage of living in two-room apartments.Third, all households want a larger area than the current one when moving in the future, but there is a difference in the size of the desired house by household type. On the other hand, the number of rooms was found to have a high ratio of three desired rooms as it is now. It seems to mean that residents prefer the way the area of each space increases in the same spatial composition as before. Awareness of public rental housing seems to have improved significantly, and it is noteworthy that single-person households and elderly households have higher willingness to move to public rental housing.