Journal of the Korean Housing Association ISSN:2234-3571(Print) 2234-2257(Online) 한국주거학회논문집

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. The main findings are as follows. First, public rental housing is being supplied on a small scale of less than 60 m² 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 account for 35% 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 metropolitan area had a 62% self-ownership ratio, and the highest ratio of living in three room apartments with a size of 59-84 m². 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. Awareness of public rental housing seems to have improved significantly.