Evacuation of street residents To be accepted at ward offices, etc. Tokyo Taito-ku December 10 5:14

In the case of Typhoon No. 19 in October, Tokyo / Taito Ward refused to accept street residents who visited the evacuation shelter. I decided to accept it.

However, when Typhoon No. 19 approached in October, three street resident so-called homeless men visited the voluntary evacuation center established by Taito Ward, but they were refused acceptance as “there were no houses in the ward”. It was.

About this correspondence, private support group made an offer to improve, and it was said that Taito Ward would proceed with measures assuming that street residents would visit.

At the special committee of the ward assembly held this month, in the future, when the typhoon approached and flooding was expected, it was clarified that it would be accepted at the ward office and the city hall.

The ward means that the evacuation destination is informed to street residents in cooperation with support groups before the typhoon approaches, and the staff patrols to evacuate.

“I don't make sense in an environment where people on the street are difficult to evacuate even if the ward decides to accept it, so I would like to place regular staff in patrols at the receiving facility. I wanted to do it. "