lemke men who moved into this flat on the banks of the 100 or in seoul just 2 years ago she wanted her sons to be able to attend a better school but now they're moving again. she was hoping the policies from the moon government would help but this year her landlord raised the lease price. who wanted to afford to want the government hasn't acted $22.00 new real estate policies and the home prices did flatten out but only for a little while it's like playing endless game of whack a mole eventually the whole country is going to be filled with property speculators . or. despite these government policies rent has risen by 30 percent in the last 3 years part of the problem is a system unique to south korea that requires incredibly high deposits this can translate to hundreds of thousands of euros upfront for a rental contract but wages down and the fate of the economy in the middle of the pandemic uncertain many can't keep up with rising costs. to go moving up from the government's real estate policies in the past only focused on restraining the housing demand but there were various problems