This research examines how young single women in Taiwan face disadvantages in securing stable housing and how they are excluded from gender‑inclusive urban housing strategies. It investigates the mechanisms through which these disadvantages operate and why gender‑conscious housing practices and policies are urgently needed.

Rising housing prices have intensified barriers to independent household formation, and these affordability pressures intersect with gendered dimensions of housing inequality. Existing policy interventions, particularly the expansion of social housing, remain insufficient. They do not challenge cultural narratives that equate homeownership with adulthood and personal success, nor do they disrupt the broader commodification of housing within Taiwan’s market‑driven system. As a result, structural inequities persist, reinforcing gender‑based disparities in access to secure and affordable housing.

Although research shows that escalating housing costs disproportionately disadvantage young single women, explanations for these disparities remain limited, revealing a clear research gap that this study addresses.

A two‑stage hybrid methodology is employed. The first stage involves policy analysis of government documents and reports published between 2006 and 2026 to identify how high housing prices, entrenched family norms, and cultural expectations surrounding homeownership interact to shape unequal outcomes. The second stage applies econometric analysis to examine the relationship between female homeownership and housing inequality. Regression models will draw on data from the Department of Housing Registration, the Survey Research Data Archive, and the Directorate‑General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics in Taiwan, with SPSS used to test the robustness of the proposed hypothesis.