Abstract
This paper is the third paper of a continual study titled above. In this paper, the dwelling circumstance of the aged in Higashi-ikebukuro area of Tokyo has been investigated as an example of the wooden apartment area. The summary of findings is this area are as follows : 1. About 72% of families who involve the aged have their own houses. Many of them live with young families. But the amount of them are not so many as compared with Yamanote area and Shitamachi area. 2. About 28% of the cases are tenants. 48.2% of tenants live in the wooden apartment. The amount of them are larger than the other areas. Few tenants live with the young family. The scope of this paper is to analyze the renewel bahavior of the aged who have their own houses and landlords, and the housing problems for tenants on the aged. Particularly, the grading of landlord influences dwelling environment and structures. For example, the ability to maintain and manage the apartment declines with lowering the grading. And houses are run down and the quality of environment deteriorates. On the other hand, dwelling condition on tenants is restricted for the ability to pay the rent. Therefore with declining the ability, the quality of dwelling condition deteriorates. Lastly the response on public service for revitalization in this area is commented.
