Department of Urban and Regional Development, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea.
PLoS One. 2024 Nov 7;19(11):e0313005. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0313005. eCollection 2024.
Governments worldwide have been striving to efficiently manage public rental housing. However, the stigma associated with public rental housing persists as a significant challenge. In response, the scattered-site public housing strategy has been introduced as an alternative to traditional large-scale rental housing. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of this strategy in reducing the stigma within Seoul metropolitan city. The empirical analysis utilized 2019 Seoul Public Housing Occupant data and a binary logistic regression model. The main findings indicate that residents of scattered-site public housing experience significantly lower levels of stigmatization compared to residents of other public housing types. Notably, the stigmatization experienced by scattered-site public housing residents is lower not only compared to independent public housing residents but also to those in socially mixed public housing, which is typically advantageous for reducing stigmatization. This suggests that residents of scattered-site public housing are statistically more free from both external and internal stigmatization. In addition, a unique characteristic found only in scattered-site public housing is that as residents form closer relationships with their neighbors, they experience more stigmatization. This implies that as scattered-site public housing residents form closer relationships with their neighbors, their identity as public housing residents can become exposed, potentially leading to increased stigmatization.
世界各地的政府一直在努力有效地管理公共租赁住房。然而，公共租赁住房所带来的污名化问题仍然是一个重大挑战。为了解决这个问题，分散式公营房屋策略被提出，作为传统大规模出租房屋的替代方案。本研究的目的是评估该策略在减少首尔大都市内污名化方面的有效性。实证分析使用了 2019 年首尔公营房屋居住者数据和二元逻辑回归模型。主要发现表明，与其他公营房屋类型的居住者相比，分散式公营房屋的居住者所经历的污名化程度明显较低。值得注意的是，分散式公营房屋居住者所经历的污名化不仅低于独立公营房屋居住者，也低于社会混合公营房屋居住者，这通常有利于减少污名化。这表明，从统计学上讲，分散式公营房屋的居住者更能摆脱外部和内部的污名化。此外，在分散式公营房屋中发现了一个独特的特征，即随着居民与邻居之间的关系更加密切，他们会经历更多的污名化。这意味着，随着分散式公营房屋的居民与邻居建立更密切的关系，他们作为公营房屋居住者的身份可能会暴露出来，从而可能导致更多的污名化。
