<p>The purpose of this study is to investigate causal effects of designated temporary housing policy on housing recovery. This study used two sets of population recovery data. The first was the 2015 Natori City Life Recovery Population Survey Data (N=1,695 out of 2331 households, return rate 72.7%). The second was the entire record of temporary housing residency in Natori City (N=3088 households). These datum were integrated (N=1206). After confounding adjustment by the propensity score analysis, survival analysis was conducted. The result showed that the effects of temporary housing types on temporary housing residency was non-significant when confounding factors were controlled.</p>