Eight years since the Great East Japan Earthquake, some survivors of the disaster still live in uncertainty as they fall between the cracks of governmental policy that is meant to support them.
Now, 176 families who live in public apartment complexes within Sendai will have to look for new homes because their rents rose this year. They currently occupy public housing complexes under a special arrangement that lets them reside there for cheaper rent.
Starting this year, those families will see that exemption end, because their salary will exceed the cap usually applied to such government-run housing complexes.