Undoubtedly, public housing policy is problematic as exemplified by the failure of the Pruitt-Igoe public housing project in St. Louis (Jencks C., 1991), no matter which government operates it. Even Japan, which might be understood to be a homogeneous country, is no exception. In Japan, public housing is regarded as a provision for poor people and the government has been content with providing only standardized plans. Recently, however, social changes are forcing reconsideration of this policy