2019 Volume 25 Issue 60 Pages 941-946
This paper aims to find out how a vacant house utilization program works, renovation details of vacant houses, and the reality of how university students share rooms in such properties, by studying students who share rooms in vacant houses and engage in the local community’s welfare activities in Yato Area, Yokosuka City. The program is well designed in terms of effectively taking the local university’s characteristics into account. On the other hand, an effective way to reach vacant house owners, collect information, and manage such properties, is desirable. Furthermore, in order to facilitate interactions among residents and their continued residency, a communal room adjacent to the kitchen must be added as a criterion at selecting a property, and the presence of someone who supervises the room sharing lifestyle to a certain extent may be required.
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