전세의 월세화에 따른 주택임대차제도 개선방안 (Housing Problems and Residential Tenancy Law Developments in South Korea)

서지정보

· 발행기관 : 민주주의법학연구회
· 수록지 정보 : 민주법학 / 58호 / 61 ~ 109페이지
· 저자명 : 이은희

초록

주택가격이 높은 상황에서 자신의 소득을 고려하지 않고 대출을 받아 집을 구입하는 경우 결국 집을 경매로 빼앗기는 결과를 빚을 뿐이다. 따라서 서민의 주거안정을 위해서는 주택임대차보호가 중요하다. 민달팽이유니온, 전국세입자협회, 토지주택공공성 네트워크 등 125개 단체로 구성된 <서민주거안정 연석회의>는 지난 4월7일 서민 주거안정을 위한 7대 요구안을 발표하여, 국회 주거복지특별위원회에 그수용을 촉구하였다. 필자는 이들 7대 요구안이 서민주거안정을 위한 주택임대차제도 개선방안으로서 적절하다고 생각하며 이를 뒷받침하는 논의를 전개한다. 나아가임대주택법을 개악하려는 움직임이 있음을 알리고 그에 대한 경계를 촉구하고, 임대주택법상 임차인의 단결권이 강화되어야 함을 주장한다.

영어초록

South Korea’s Residential Tenancy Protection Act provides that the landlord can increase the rent during the term by reason of a change of circumstances and that the increase should not exceed 5%. Except this provision, the Act imposes no restriction on the rent level. In Korea most residential tenancies have a fixed term of two years. If the landlord requests an excessive rise in rent as the condition of renewal, the tenant has to move to another house unless she can afford the rent increase.
In view of the current interest in residential instability in South Korea, this article reviews various aspects of current French law and practice relating to residential leases. It points out that the positions of the landlord and tenant in France are different from those in South Korea: every lease to which the law of 6 July 1989 applies must be for a term of not less than three years if the lessor is a private individual or six years if the lessor is a company; the lessee may leave the property at any time during the term after having notified the landlord by registered AR post at least three months in advance of the tenant’s intended departure date; leases with rents 20% above the average for the location at the time of signing could face a reduction though this applies only to premises in the areas with shortages of affordable housing; rent can be increased only once a year and only if a revision clause is included in the contract; increases are calculated on the base of a rent reference index published annually by the government; in the event that landlord and tenant agree to renew the tenancy at the expiry of the initial term, ordinarily, the rent can be increased on renewal through the normal process set out in the law of 1989 but the rent on renewal is capped.
Since the revision of the Rental Housing Act in 2000, tenant associations have been established in many public housing estates.
However the foundation of tenant associations is unstable yet.

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