According to a questionnaire conducted by NHK to the victims of Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima 10 years before the Great East Japan Earthquake, 75% of the people who cut down their living expenses due to the rise in rent of disaster public housing are food expenses. I answered that I reduced.
Experts point out that price increases are affecting the foundations of residents' lives.
From December to January last year, NHK conducted a questionnaire survey of more than 4,000 people in Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima who were affected by the earthquake and the nuclear accident, and received responses from 1,805 people.
Of these, when asked if the rent had changed compared to when they first moved in, 657 people currently living in disaster public housing were
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15% of those who had a drop in price
▽ 44% of those who had not changed.
On the other hand, almost 40% of the remaining respondents answered that there was a price increase
▽ 1.1 times to less than 1.5 times 22%
▽ 1.5 times to less than 2 times 7%
▽ 2 times to less than 2.5 times 4%
▽ 2.5 times to 3 times Less than 2%
▽ 3 times or more was 5%.
When asked about the response from multiple answers to those who raised the price,
▽ "cutting down living expenses" was the most common at 71%
▽ followed by "withdrawing deposits and savings" at 39%
▽ "nothing was done" "I am considering moving out" was 10%.
Furthermore, when asked multiple answers about what kind of expenses they would spend, those who answered that they had cut down their living expenses
▽ "Food expenses" was the most common at 75%
▽ Next, "Leisure and hobby entertainment expenses" was 63%
▽ "Clothing expenses" 61%
▽ "Water and utilities costs" 47%
▽ "Medical costs" 19%.
"Always anxious" Rent increased by 4 times Child-rearing households
Ayumu Sugiyama (30), who lives in a disaster public housing in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, is planning her future life as the rent increases year by year, more than four times the initial rent, and medical expenses for children with illness are required. I'm worried if I can't see through.
Mr. Sugiyama lived with her husband, a 10-year-old eldest son, a 7-year-old second son, and a 3-year-old eldest daughter.
Mr. Sugiyama is a full-time housewife, and the rent was about 9,000 yen at the beginning, but it has increased year by year, and now it is about 40,000 yen.
Since my second son, who has been ill since I was little, will be hospitalized for about four months from this month, I have managed to keep food costs below 40,000 yen a month.
In the future, Mr. Sugiyama will go to work because of the increase in expenses such as education and medical expenses, but the rent has risen to 100,000 yen or more in a double-income child-rearing household that he knows, and he moved to a private house where the rent is cheap. Knowing that he was under pressure, he was worried about his future life planning.
Mr. Sugiyama said, "I understand that rent increases according to income, but as children grow up and spending increases, I am always worried about how much rent will increase. Regarding rent, not only income but also income I would like to see a system that allows us to see our future lives, such as setting standards that take into account spending and setting the upper limit to the same level as the private market. "
Mechanism to raise rent by moving in period and increasing income
There are 30,000 disaster public housing units nationwide for those who lost their homes due to the tsunami and those who evacuated due to the nuclear accident, and the rent is decided by the local government every year according to the situation of the residents.
Since the rent increases as the period of occupancy increases or the income increases, the effect of the price increase is large for households who choose to work together to increase their spending as their children grow up.
"Only debt will increase ..."
In the free description of the questionnaire, there were many descriptions that were confused by the rise in rent of disaster public housing.
A woman in her 50s in Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture, said, "I live by withdrawing my deposits and savings. I have a different part-time job on weekends because the salary of the part-time worker is quite difficult, but if my income increases even a little, the rent will rise. I have to repay my debts. I don't have much money left. It seems that I'm spending more as I work. "
A woman in her 40s in Ofunato City, Iwate Prefecture, said, "The rent for disaster public housing is too high. The rent will be raised on the premise that tax revenues cannot be expected without working generations. I moved into a disaster public housing in search of. "
In addition, a man in his 50s in Sendai said, "The rent of housing for reconstruction is rising, and I will try my best to enter the reconstruction housing to rebuild my life, but on the contrary, my life will be difficult and I will not move, but my debt will increase." It is written.
In addition, a man in his 60s who is an officer of the residents' association at a disaster public housing in Tagajo City, Miyagi Prefecture, said, "The rent problem has come to a heavy burden. There were about three officers of the residents'association. It was an important position. I thought they would be the people who will become the residents' association in the future. "
Expert "It is necessary to think about the problem of rent subsidy
Professor Reo Kimura of the University of Hyogo, who specializes in social psychology, analyzed the questionnaire. The result of cutting down the foundation of this is the end of the story from the perspective of rebuilding our lives. "
Professor Kimura said, "In some cases, the working generation may move to a private housing with low rent in another area. We need to think about the issue of rent subsidies for the future of the region. "