This paper describes the contribution and the future of housing studies in urban housing studies and for urban residence. First, I describe the genealogy of housing studies and the issues raised in the first issue of Urban Housing Sciences. I discuss the following five points related to the contribution of housing studies. (1) The royal road of the housing studies, which is a study about the actual situation of people’s living conditions, (2) the view to the common space - the creation of a new urban residential style, (3) socialization of housing management in the housing stock era and the sustainable society, (4) the viewpoints of different groups of people – the elderly, children and others, (5) aiming for “life recovery” of affected people - the roles of housing researchers at the Great Hanshin - Awaji Earthquake and the Great East Japan Earthquake. The results indicate that the characteristic of housing studies is of interest in people’s lives in cities and the contribution of housing studies is significant for urban residence. In the future, it will be necessary to explore the direction of the development of housing studies considering market principles and housing rights.

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This paper examines how the social changes over the last 25 years have affected housing in Japan. It discusses how some issues have been resolved and other new issues that were inconceivable 25 years ago have surfaced. The paper focuses on the declining birthrate and aging population problem and their impact on housing culture. It concludes that these issues have not been resolved or in fact, have grown more severe and proliferated. Globalism has strengthened market capitalism, producing the new problem of growing disparity of wealth. Culture and customs unrelated to the marketplace have declined, and people have lost their spiritual support. In the future, the decrease in population should not be considered a minus; it should be recognized that population control was the earnest wish of the country for a long time. What is needed to be created now is a social environment and system that is appropriate for a reduced population.

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It is thought that the developing of coming city switches over from the control of the city to the management of the city. But it is thought that the management of the city begins with the management of the area, ”namely ” area management” not the management of the whole city and considers structure of the” area management” I divide it into three items about ” area management” About the matter that the first is basic on thinking about the structure of the making of city to promote ”area management.” The second is urban planning based on the contents of the rationalization plan, properly interpreted and integrated capabilities with high-density area (compact city) and low density area (sustainable cities ). The third is that required by framework law that already approved by the landscape Act works

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Korea has the demographic population structure of the lowest birth rate in the world, the increased elderly population due to aged society, and the largest share of one person households. The economic growth rate of less than 3% entailed the unemployment rate of young people of more than 10%, but housing prices are rising. In the Seoul metropolitan area, the ownership rate is less than 50% and the price to income ratio (PIR) is about 10, which is economically burdensome. The government's housing policies shifted from providing quantitative housing to focusing on housing stock management, housing regeneration, and housing welfare. It will revitalize the private rental housing market and expand consumer support such as housing benefits and financial and tax support. The 'Housing Welfare Roadmap', announced in November 2017 in Korea, presented a large-scale public housing supply especially for young people and newly married couples. It is necessary to exchange information continuously between the two countries' societies on issues to be solved at the same time in Korea and Japan, such as creating child-friendly environment for raising the birth rate, elderly residential environment, housing regeneration, and housing vacancy problem.

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