This paper reports on the results of an investigation by questionnaire which was conducted to clarify the residents' required level of safety in consideration of their consciousness and economic feasibility. Following the 1995 Hyogoken-Nanbu Earthquake, the authors sent questionnaire to the residents in Kyushu three times (1 year, 2 years, and 2 and a half years after the disaster). Expecting to find some regional difference, the authors conducted a similar investigation also in the vicinity of Tokyo when the last investigation was conducted in Kyushu. The results are as follows : 1) Many respondents gave priority to prices as well as the size of their residence as long as minimum safety was secured. 2) The extent of minimum safety differed depending on respective respondents. 3) Minimum safety tended to be determined by seismic intensity and economy. 4) The respondents' safety consciousness seems to be affected by their interpretation of safety; how they evaluate status quotation, how they value their property, and whether or not they give priority to economy. It is further to be noted that their consciousness has undergone change by how much information is made available as well as by the occurrence of disasters. Education on housing is also considered to increase their safety consciousness. Such being the case, to satisfy the residents' demands, it is considered important to develop informational programs on the basis of the results obtained.