Background: Expanding opportunities for students from peripheral areas to go to university is an urgent issue in Japan. In particular, students from non-metropolitan areas need to pay high housing and living costs when they go to universities in metropolitan areas. This paper aims to focus on the housing policies for these students, to organize the development of these policies and the relationships among the actors, and to discuss the possibilities and problems of expanding the opportunities. In this way, it is becoming increasingly important to think about education and its wider connections (Thiem 2009, Holloway 2010). Methods and Perspectives: This study focuses on "Intergenerational Homeshare"(hereinafter called “IH”) as a form of housing that can expand educational opportunities. In addition, we focus on the housing policy of Kyoto Prefecture, which is developing that form. IH refers to the practice of elderly people renting out empty rooms in their homes to students so that they can live together while supporting each other. First, we conducted interviews (semi-structured interviews) with the government and matching businesses to organize the development and actors of the policy. In addition, we conducted an interview survey (life history method) with students to clarify how they moved in. Results: IH users are more likely to be students whose parents' homes are in the metropolitan area than students from non-metropolitan areas. The reason for this is that it is easier for the former group of students to obtain information about IH and to gain the trust of matching businesses and elderly people than the latter group. In addition, students who use IH tend to place importance on enriching their studies with the time created by living with the elderly, rather than simply recognizing housing as a way to reduce their financial burden. Based on this, I will discuss the possibilities and problems of IH from the viewpoint of solidarity and cooperation of each actor.
Mots clés : educational opportunities|housing policy|Intergenerational Homeshare|solidarity|Kyoto prefecture
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