Current status of development and residence of public housing for nuclear disaster evacuees in Fukushima

A study of public housing for nuclear disaster evacuees in Fukushima (Part 1)

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to outline the backgrounds of establishment of public housing system for nuclear disaster evacuees in Fukushima, to analyze the development plan of the public housing, and to discuss current status of development and residence of the public housing. Fukushima Prefecture mainly builds the public housing for nuclear disaster evacuees under evacuation orders. Fukushima Prefecture plans to build 4,890 houses by the end of fiscal 2017. As of December 2016, 2,995 houses are completed and many residents live daily life in the public housing far away from their home because of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident that occurred in March 2011.