中繼屋是重大災害發生以致受災地區暫時不適居住時，政府或民間社會提供受災者暫時居住的建築物。它的暫時性及時間長短不確定及較無新聞性，使其受關注的程度往往不若緊急救援時期的安置處所，及耗費更大、具長期效果的永久屋。然而，中繼屋時期也是受災者與國家社會救協助單位協商受災者返回原社區或遷往永久屋的轉換時期，有諸多決策需在此時期完成。中繼屋階段住民的組織與決策過程與原社區權力結構的關係如何？中繼屋期間是否形成新的權力結構及影響後續返鄉或遷往永久屋之決策？就協助之公部門及各種民間組織之作為如何影響中繼屋期間居民組織之形成及決策過程等問題是本文關切的焦點。本文將從相關文獻之回顧、與中繼屋住民及協助之公部門與民間組織代表訪談，整理出中繼屋階段影響住民組織與決策之因素。在天然災變幾成當代社會常態之際，本研究期待做為政府與民間救協助單位從救援到長期重建過程中，關於中繼屋階段受災者組織與決策之經驗知識，做為相闗單位行動與決策之參考。

Interim housing, delivered by public or private sectors, provides for temporary housing after major disasters. Due to uncertainty, temporality and lack of newsworthiness, interim housing usually gets less public attentions than emergency shelters and permanent housing.Interim housing, however, is only a step away from the reconstruction or relocation of original communities. For both victimized communities and local governments, there are many decisions to make during this intermediate period.This paper intends to answer these questions: How is the dynamics between the decision-making process of residents in interim housing and the power structure of the original community? Is a new power structure formed between residents in the interim period? Does the new power structure, if established, impact the choice of reconstruction or relocation of the community? How do public and private sectors' decision making impact the formation and decision-making of the organization among residents of the interim housing? Through a review of literature and interviews with residents in interim housing and public/private sectors, the authors analyze factors that affect the organization formation and decision making process during the stage of interim housing.The authors expect that this experience-based research will be a valuable piece of information to help public and private sectors make decisions on disaster management.