Decrease of low rent housing by the improvement of densely built up area and issues of housing support

The case study of the Tabata area in Kita-ku,Tokyo

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to clarify the actual situation of decrease of low rent housing due to elimination of wooden densely built up area and to seek the housing policy issues a nd the housing support measures accompanying it. In the first half , the transition of housing policy in Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the method of housing environment improvement are reviewed , the position of a privately owned rental hous ing is clari fied , and the impact of wooden densely built up area is examined. After that, in the Tabata area where the land readjustment project was carried out, the change of the private rental house before and after the project was examined . In the second the merits and demerits of implementation are discussed , and the issue of developing a policy of affordable housing support within the region are discussed . Based on these results, the basic direction of housing support in the area is proposed and the is sues for gentrification is discussed.