Abstract
After the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake, many local governments have started the housing subsidy policy for promoting the seismic diagnosis. The purpose of this paper is to examine the actual situations and problems of the housing subsidy policy for promoting the seismic diagnosis in Kyoto, Osaka and Hyogo. By the interview survey on Kyoto Municipal Government, Osaka Prefectural Government, Osaka Municipal Government and Hyogo Prefectual Government, I found many problems of the housing subsidy policy for promoting the seismic diagnosis by the local government, although about 80%-90% of wooden houses and about 70%-80% of non-wooden houses tend to be diagnosed as unsafe.
