Politics · South Korea · 2 hrs ago
South Korea’s LH operates more than 1.5 million rental homes
South Korea’s Korea Land and Housing Corporation, known as LH, says it now operates more than 1.5 million rental homes.
The homes include properties it built, bought and rented out, or leased from others for tenants.
About 2.66 million people live in them, more than the population of the city of Daegu.
LH provides rental housing for people who do not own homes.
The scale of the program means it is a major source of housing for millions of residents.
LH plans to add at least 140,000 rental homes each year from next year through 2030.
LH, South Korea’s state-run housing corporation, operates more than 1.5 million rental homes.
About 2.66 million people live in those homes, more than the population of Daegu.
LH plans to add at least 140,000 rental homes each year from 2027 through 2030.
The homes include publicly built, purchased and rented housing.
- Who
- Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH).
- What
- It operates more than 1.5 million rental homes and plans to add at least 140,000 a year through 2030.
- When
- The article was published on October 12, 2026. The planned additions are to begin in 2027.
- Where
- South Korea.
- Why
- The article says the homes serve people without homes; it does not state a specific reason for the planned additions.
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- Rental homes operated
- More than 1.5 million
- Residents
- 2.66 million
- Planned annual additions
- At least 140,000 homes
- Planned additions period
- 2027–2030
- Housing types
- Publicly built, purchased and rented homes
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