Transition of owners and residents of long-standing cooperative housing communities located in the city center

through comparison of the “Tojuso” series dating from the same period and of the same scale

Abstract

The purpose of our study is to determine the status of Cooperative Housing Communities aged after their establishments. The subject of our research is the TOJUSO Series, 20 apartments located in Osaka’s city center. They have small scale, with 7 to 50 dwelling units each and their ages are from 17 to 42 years. This paper consists of surveys to the preservation of ownership and interviews with the dwelling owners. They revealed that there are instances, the first owners and the second young owners participate in maintenance activities together, whereas succession to next generation doesn’t work well in some apartments.