CHARACTERISTICS OF STABLE SETTLEMENT RATIO ON PRIVATE RENTAL HOUSING : Focused on multistory private rental housing in Tokyo metropolitan area

Abstract

There has been a tacit recognition that dwellers of larger rental housing units must have tendency to live much longer period than those of smaller ones, and therefore there is a big difference of the stable settlement ratio between smaller rental housing units and larger ones. The purpose of this paper is to clarify the qualitative characteristics of how the stable settlement ratio and dwellers' living duration are changed in terms of floor area of multistory private rental housing in Tokyo metropolitan area, by using housing census data. Firstly, this paper analyzes the stable settlement ratio by the floor area, from the viewpoints of the relation to distance from the center of Tokyo and household types, and leads the conclusion that there is no big difference of the stable settlement ratio between smaller rental housing units and larger ones. Secondly, it analyzes the dwellers' living duration by the floor area and reaches the conclusion that the trend towards stable settlement in private rental housing itself is very low, regardless of housing size. Finally, it clarifies the relocation pattern from previous private rental housing to another housing types in terms of previous rental housing size and household types.