This session is to discuss the current housing problems among South Korean youths and to provide a new solution to the crisis. Today, the majority of the youths are experiencing higher anxieties from youth unemployment, the stagnation of average income and the bleak possibility of “owning your house". Thus, the number of youth staying with their parents has continuously increased regardless of their will. Although the government has passed several bills regarding the situation, in reality, the dream of home ownership has faded away from Korean youths, and they are still living in poor housing conditions.
In this session, the youth, as the main agents of resolving the youth housing problem, will point out the limitations of the current housing policy. In addition, experts from various fields will be invited to present the proper direction of future housing policy and look for a solution. Furthermore, in the session would like to stress the need to raise awareness that the young people themselves should actively move toward to breakthrough in a social structural in which possessing their house is conceded “impossible”