2005 Volume 18 Issue 4 Pages 65-70
Large-scale statistical research regarding the housing situation and residential demand in Japan which done every 5 years was investigated in 2003. Improvement of housing situation such as increase of the floor area and decrease of dissatisfied ratio was verified. On the one hand, diversification of needs for houses such as half of households live in condominiums has intention to living continuous in the same residence and the 30% of all household does not adhere especially the newly-built residence was verified.
On the basis of this findings from and argument on Council for Infrastructure, Housing Bureau of MLIT (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport) of Japan arranged General Principles for Housing Policy Reformation (The Way of Centralized Reformation of Housing Policy). Following to the reorganization of the Urban Development Corporation to the Urban Renaissance Agency, it advances the reformation of the Government Housing Loan Corporation and Publicly-Operated Housing System.
In addition, it aim the measure development toward the private housing market such as relief of some requirement on loan tax reduction system for the exist houses leads. Furthermore, it will realize the clarification of the basic idea of new housing policy and re-construction of housing planning system.
Here, summary of the findings from and reformation general principles is reported.
