Abstract
Securing residence in private rental housing for foreigners involves property management issues such as “differences in lifestyle and way of thinking” “troubles with other tenants” and “language barriers” as well as “anxiety about rent payments” and “absence of a guarantor”. There are some factors. Problems regarding property management are increasing, and the importance of post-occupancy management is becoming clearer as an issue for landlords in accepting foreigners.
The purpose of this research is to help small-scale landlords overcome social issues while ensuring competitive advantage and profitability, in other words, clarifying the challenges faced in accepting foreigners in CSV. Therefore, to ensure the stability of foreigners living in private rental housing, we targeted 17 landlords who can accept foreigners and a particularly high proportion of foreign residents in Mie prefecture. A semi-structured interview survey was conducted with landlords.
As a result of the survey, the proportion of survey subjects accepting foreigners was higher than the results of previous studies. These landlords started their own house rental businesses and purchased used rental properties. Many were accepting foreigners to increase occupancy rates. The management company and the landlord themselves resolved the management issues that seemed to be a disadvantage when accepting foreigners. Many had no ties to external organizations as part of social cooperation, but landlords that accepted many foreigners cooperated with external organizations. These findings suggest the possibility of CSV, where small-scale landlords accept foreigners and increase profits while solving the two social problems of eliminating vacant properties.
However, since there are limits to the efforts of individual landlords alone, the challenge is to respond in cooperation with external organizations and public organizations.
