The Japanese Journal of Real Estate Sciences

As the government promote rural living, increasing number of people start to live in more than one home. However, the taxing system is yet to catch up with the trend─usually one pays taxes to the jurisdiction of his/her primary home. If the trend continues to grow, the municipality of their secondary residence would need to respond to the increase of public service demands, but with not much, if at all, revenue increase. If the general taxing system cannot capture the dual-residents as taxable residents, other methods need be explored. This article intends to provide some implications from several precedents by comparing pros and cons of special taxing, apportionment and user fee practices.

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In 2008, it was expected that a big market of multiple residences will be created. At that time, it was predicted that many retired people will live in two residential areas such as in the urban area and the countryside. But it did not look like that. About 10 years since then, a new movement is born now. New initiatives in companies may change the workstyle and the lifestyle of employees working there. And by that, there is a possibility that multiple residences will spread and expand.

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The situation of the internal migrationto rural areas has greatly changed in several years. There was the change of the measure of the government regional revigoration, too, and the number of young migration applicants in particular increased; half of the consultation cases for migration are from 20-30 year-old groups. In addition, dual habitation needs gradually decreases, and a person for the domiciliation to the district is most. The number of migration applicants increased, and short supply in housing occurred, especially in lease properties. To meet such housing needs, several local municipalities have launched vacant house banks, but the search for vacant house is still difficult. When promoting migration to rural areas, the shortage in housing is crucial issue. Communitybased approach to empty property owners is required as well as administration-based approach. In addition to existing local communities, new types of community such as NPO community would take its leading part for the issue.

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Explanation of requirements and optimal procedure for including "Advance-explanation" necessary for conluding the Fixed Term Building Leace in "Explanation-of-important-matters" regulated by the Real Estate Brokerage Act.

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