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This study was conducted to analyze the residential environment of the returnees and seek ways to improve them. The research site was selected in Hadong-gun, where the proportion of returnees is high, and after comparing the perceptions of natives and returnees about the residential environment, the characteristics of the internal and external spaces were analyzed in depth in the returnees' houses (20). The main results of this study are summarized as follows. First, compared to natives, the returnees were more satisfied with their living environment and neighborhood relations, but were dissatisfied with convenience facilities and crime prevention facilities. Second, the large difference in satisfaction between natives and returnees in the residential environment was the ‘fence, space composition, crime prevention facility’ in the external space, and the ‘space composition, kitchen, utility room, and porch’ in the internal space. Third, the low level of satisfaction and need to be improved in the houses of returnees were the ‘fence, space composition, crime prevention facility, bedroom, utility room, storage space, and porch.’ Specifically, at the boundary of the site, it is necessary to improve the form and material of the fence to strengthen territoriality and install CCTV to prevent crime, and it is necessary to classify the area of the yard according to the purpose of parking, storage of goods, and life. In the internal space of the house, the number of bedrooms needs to be increased in consideration of the number of families and visits by acquaintances, and the utility room needs to be increased in area for storage and convenience of goods. In conclusion, to improve the habitability of the returnees, it is important to maintain facilities in consideration of function and purpose in the exterior space, and to expand the number and area of major rooms in consideration of family's living pattern in the internal space.