I was told by my city office (when I went to volunteer housing for a family from Super Arena) that they will all be housing in city housing assigned by Tokyo To. Also, a co-worker of mine went to volunteer and was told that they did not need her, nor were they accepting goods. A bit disappointing really. However, with half a million people to house somewhere, I think they will have to start relying on volunteers at some point. Another problem is that if people are not in evacuation centers, they lose their place on the housing list. I have friends with an empty house in Sendai, that they cannot give for this very reason.