Abstract
The H housing is a one of co-housing managed by a stock company; its residents are shareholders of this stocks (We called this “Stock company method”). There is no other example of cooperative housing in Japan, because there is no legal support for this system. The H housing is the limited example that achieved it with similar using as a stock company. So, this paper aims to clarify substance of management in this house from analysis of dweller meeting records.
In conclusion, its character is following: 1) autonomous and democratic management, 2) independent-minded stance at the time of new residents choice. The problems is following: 1) Environmental underdeveloped in the funding and the taxation, 2) Too little evaluation in the stock price, 3) The contradiction in whereabouts of common service fee at the time of vacancy, 4) Unclear responsibility whereabouts in the maintenance at the time of vacancy, 5) The lack of technology in the space planning and the maintenance management, 6) a great burden on residents at the time of new residents choice, 7) deficiency a long-term forecast on aged residents
