抄録
As the vacant houses get old, there is a higher chance that they may collapse or that their building materials may fly apart.
They may also harbor insects and wild animals, they may be easy target of arson, and they may also have criminal invaders.
All of these could be a big threat to the neighborhood. In response to this situation, many municipalities set up ordinances
which require the owners of the vacant houses to keep them safe. Many ordinances eventually allow the municipalities to scrap
the houses. However, the ordinances do not pay much attention to legal issues in this attempt of the control of the vacant
houses. There are issues of the protection of land lease right and the house lease right, for example. There are issues of
compensation for the owners of the vacant houses, for another. This article examines the ordinances and proposes the
legislation for the regulation of vacant houses referring to the relevant laws. It also examines the effect of the Local Tax Law
which gives lowered tax rate to the land with house.
