THE ISSUE OF THE MANAGEMENT AND THE DAMAGE TO THE PRIVATE RENTAL HOUSING CAUSED BY THE TOHOKU-PACIFIC-OCEAN EARTHQUAKE: A study on Tohoku area

The object of the research was 63 damaged private rental housings managed by 9 management companies in Miyagi and Fukushima Prefecture. The research carried out five months and one year after the disaster. The “complete collapse” rate was 4.9% and the “half collapse” was 9.6% by the insurance company. In the common area of apartment houses, cracks on the walls, floors and ceilings occurred at the rate of 54% and destructions on the unimportant frameworks occurred at 44%. As the issue of the management, many problems had happened. There were rent reduction, communal charge nonpayment, termination of contract, eviction of lessee, compensation of water leakage and so on. The liability of the owner who had got the damaged house and occupied lessee was not clear. Management companies had solved the problems by various methods they each thought the best way. The contract which confirms the liability of the management company and the owner should be established to manage the emergency.