FOHO – Safer rentals for foreigners in Korea with escrow and AI
We built [FOHO](https://foreignerhome.com), a housing platform that helps foreigners safely rent in Korea — without scams, translation issues, or ghosting landlords. --- ### Why we built it: When one of us moved to the US, he got ghosted after sending a deposit for a room. In Korea, it’s worse — most listings are in Korean, deposits are high, and many landlords don’t want foreign tenants. Foreigners are *3x more likely to face fraud* in rental markets (- StatKorea 2025). We interviewed 122 foreign residents in Korea. Two had lost their deposit. From Reddit posts to real-world…
FOHO – Safer rentals for foreigners in Korea with escrow and AI launched on June 28, 2025 with 6 votes and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
What it does
FOHO is a housing platform for foreigners that offers verified listings, multilingual contracts, and move-in support—making long-term renting abroad safer and simpler.
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In the maker’s words, at launch
We built [FOHO](https://foreignerhome.com), a housing platform that helps foreigners safely rent in Korea — without scams, translation issues, or ghosting landlords. --- ### Why we built it: When one of us moved to the US, he got ghosted after sending a deposit for a room. In Korea, it’s worse — most…
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