Roles of the Housing Management Company on the provision of Rental Type Emergency Temporary Housing

Abstract

Emergency temporary housing is provided to those who have lost their homes due to the disaster. After the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, rental type emergency housing became the primary method of providing emergency temporary housing. This type of housing is rented by the prefecture from owners and subleased to disaster victims, with housing management companies acting as intermediaries. In the process of providing such housing, housing management companies play important roles as follows: ⑴ Early provision of vacant houses in move-in phase; ⑵ Monitoring victims in residence phase; ⑶ Support for housing reconstruction in move-out phase.