MANAGEMENT AND COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMUNITY OF ‘FUREAI LIVING’ AT PUBLIC HOUSING IN OSAKA PREFECTURE

This paper is focused on the management and collaboration with the community of ‘Fureai Living’ which residents manage as the place for the communication in Osaka Prefecture. The results are as follows;1. Every ‘Fureai Living’ is the place where volunteers give residents foods and drinks at low price from one day to six days for a week. 20-60 residents who are almost elderly everyday come to every ‘Fureai Living’.2. One of effects of ‘Fureai Living’ is that residents have never taken part in the activities of their communities.3. Every ‘Fureai Living’ is managed by the residents living at public housings and the residents near them voluntarly, and collaborated with the organizations in the community. This managements and collaborations are needed for the residents to continue to live at their houses.