친육아주택 인증제도 고찰 및 도입 방안 연구

A Study on Japanese Child-Rearing-Friendly Housing Certification Systems and Introduction in Korea

This paper pays attention to the qualification standard on Child-Rearing-Friendly Housing(CRFH) as part of a countermeasure for the low birth rate, which Japan’s local government and private sector operates for the objective of enhancing the housing and child-rearing environment. In order to analyze the feasibility of implementation and demand characteristics in Korea, the characteristics and items for qualification standard of this system was surveyed among 178 women living in an apartment in Songpa-gu, Seoul. Major findings are as follows: Firstly, qualification standards on CRFH have been implemented and operated as a part of promoting local settlement and housing service for the child-rearing generation with slight variance according to local governments in Japan. However, Japan’s qualification standard is not supported by any legal basis, but executed and promoted by and guidelines of the local government instead. Secondly, as a result of the survey, 73.6% of the respondents was not aware of the qualification system of CRFH, but 75.3% agreed on the need to introduce it. There is a need to review the feasibility of implementation in Korea accordingly. Also, ‘Happy house’ (for newlyweds) actively promoted by the Korean government tends to emphasize the quantitative supply of housing. Thus, there is a need for immediate review the qualification items of CRFH and planning to reflect it in supply and construction. Thirdly, the biggest motivation for agreement on a qualification system on CRFH was this; ‘it is possible to focus more on work life’. On the contrary, people opposed for the reason; ‘it may induce the increase in price for housing’. In order to induce participation of business operators in the qualification system of CRFH without any increase of construction costs transferring to the moving in families, providing incentives such as the relaxation of floor area ratio must be sought as a solution for coexistence. Finally, as a result of a comparison analysis on the importanceevaluation among qualification items, there was a significant statistic difference in the average between singles and the married. The married evaluated items such as “storage space, prevention of noise complaint issues from downstairs, and convenience of medical facilities” as important, whereas singles evaluated ‘distance from city center’ as important.