2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Reshaping the housing safety-net system

Research Project

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Project/Area Number	21H01504
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Review Section	Basic Section 23030:Architectural planning and city planning-related
Research Institution	Setsunan University (2022-2023) Kobe University (2021)
Principal Investigator	Hirayama Yosuke 摂南大学, 現代社会学部, 教授 (70212173)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	祐成保志東京大学, 大学院人文社会系研究科(文学部), 准教授 (50382461) 佐藤岩夫東京大学, 相談支援研究開発センター, 特任教授 (80154037) 川田菜穂子大分大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (90608267)
Project Period (FY)	2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Keywords	住宅セーフティネット / 住宅政策 / 住宅市場 / 住宅確保要配慮者 / 公営住宅 / 民営借家 / 高齢賃貸層 / 低所得層
Outline of Final Research Achievements	Low-income housing policy has traditionally been residual in postwar Japan. In addition, with the predominance of globalized neoliberal prescriptions, the Japanese government has moved towards accentuating the role played by the market in the provision and consumption of housing with a substantial reduction in public support in providing low-income housing. This has in turn led to an increase in those who have found it increasingly difficult for them to access adequate and affordable housing in the market. The government has thus launched a policy of constructing housing safety-nets targeted at those vulnerable to the relentless housing market. However, the new policy measure has apparently failed to provide housing to low-income groups, reflecting the traditionally residual nature of low-income housing policy. This study has explored the government's new housing safety-net policy with referencing to the historical framework of low-income housing policy.
Free Research Field	住宅研究
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	本研究では、住宅セーフティネットの再構築のあり方を、実態分析と制度分析、さらに国際比較分析から追求した。このテーマは、低所得者向け住宅政策の理論問題に関係する一方、住宅セーフティネット政策をどのように組み立て直すのかという実践問題を構成する。単身高齢者、外国人、ひとり親家庭、ワーキングプアの人たち、身体・精神・知的障害者、ホームレスの人たち、DV被害者などの住宅確保要配慮者の居住条件は不安定なままで、それへの対応は、重要な政策課題となっている。本研究では、学術レベルに関心を置くと同時に、住宅セーフティネットの実態、その制度の問題点など、社会実装に必要な多くの知見を得た。