Win a Korean housing subscription and later it turns out you misstated your homeless period or dependants, and the win becomes an ineligible win. If you can’t justify it and the win is cancelled, that isn’t the end: Article 58 of the Rules on Housing Supply bars you from being selected for another sale home for a period from the win date. The period depends on where the home you now want is — 1 year in the capital region, 6 months elsewhere (1 year in a speculation or overheated area), 3 months in a slump area. Enter the cancelled win date and the new notice date to see whether you can be selected.
1. Capital region 1 year, elsewhere 6 months, speculation or overheated areas 1 year, slump areas 3 months (Art. 58(3)).
2. The test date is the recruitment notice date of the home you want, counted from the cancelled win date.
3. If there was no competition in the rank, or a recalculated score still clears the cut-off, you are treated as a winner (para. 4) — no ban.
Calculator
Updates as you type. The ban is counted from the win date and checked against the recruitment notice date of the home you now want; the area is that home’s area. The end date is our sum (win date as day one, to the day before the same date N months later). A slump area is 3 months whether or not it is in the capital region.
The article
| Type | What the source says | Worth noting (ours) |
|---|---|---|
| Art. 58(1) | If an ineligible winner fails to justify their eligibility or rank within the explanation period, doesn’t fall under para. 4, and the win is cancelled, the developer reports the name to the subscription agency within 7 days. | The developer reports |
| Para. 2 | The agency deletes the name from the winners list and flags para. 3 status in search results. | — |
| Para. 3 | A person whose win is cancelled may not be selected for another sale home (incl. convertible public rental) from the win date, judged at the recruitment notice date of the home applied for, in these areas for these periods. | Amended 16 Nov 2021 |
| Items of para. 3 | 1. Capital region: 1 year 2. Elsewhere: 6 months (1 year in speculation and subscription overheated areas) 3. Slump areas within either: 3 months | 3 months even inside the capital region |
| Para. 4 | An ineligible winner is treated as a winner if 1. there was no competition in the same rank and they meet that rank, or 2. with competition, a recalculated score or order status during the explanation period still reaches the cut-off. | Except cases in Art. 57(7) |
Three sums — our example
| Case (our example, win of 10 Mar 2026 cancelled) | Result | Worth noting (ours) |
|---|---|---|
| Notice 1 Dec 2026, capital-region apartment | Cannot be selected — 1 year, to 9 Mar 2027 | Para. 3 item 1 |
| Notice 22 Oct 2026, ordinary area outside it | Outside the ban — 6 months ended 9 Sep 2026 | Para. 3 item 2 |
| Same date, speculation district outside it | Cannot be selected — 1 year | Item 2 bracket |
End dates are our sum: win date as day one, to the day before the same date a year later. If a single day matters, check Cheongyak Home.
Why the new home’s area
Paragraph 3 bars selection “in the areas below, for the periods set”. We read that as the area of the home you now want, not of the cancelled one (our reading). So the same person on the same day may be barred from a capital-region notice and not from a non-regulated one elsewhere. The count starts at the cancelled win date, and the comparison date is the new home’s recruitment notice date — not the application or results date.
How it differs from the re-winning restriction
Article 54 bars “everyone in the winner’s household” for up to 10 years and exempts private homes outside speculation and overheated areas. Article 58 bars the person whose win was cancelled for a year or less, with no private-home exception. They are separate articles; whether both can bite on one person depends on each set of conditions.
Re-winning periods are in re-winning restriction calculator.
Checklist
- ☐ Recheck homeless-period start and dependants before applying
- ☐ If told you are ineligible, explain within the period
- ☐ Check rank competition and recalculated score (para. 4)
- ☐ Judge by the new notice’s area and date
Questions that remain
Can I not even apply during the ban?
The article says you “may not be selected”. Article 58 has no sentence blocking the application itself.
Which areas are slump areas?
Designations aren’t in this article. See the notice and the ministry’s designation.
Sources
- Korean law database (law.go.kr) — Rules on Housing Supply Art. 58 — source (current text, effective 15 June 2026, MOLIT Ordinance No. 1592; checked 22 October 2026). Art. 58 ineligible winners (7-day report, records, capital region 1 year, elsewhere 6 months, speculation/overheated 1 year, slump 3 months, two cases treated as winners); contrast with Art. 54.
- Not read. Art. 52 explanation procedure and its number of days; the Art. 57(7) exceptions; current designations.
- What we added. The “worth noting” column and the Korean everyday gloss.
Where to check further
- Cheongyak Home (Korea Real Estate Board) — ineligible-win record and ban.
- The developer’s ineligibility notice — explanation period and documents.
Written on 22 October 2026. The content is from the source; the glosses are ours.
