Yokohama City Realty Building Lease Business

The whole-life building lease system is based on the "Law Concerning the Stability of Elderly People", and is a system that allows single elderly and married couples to live in rental housing for life or with peace of mind. This is a system that allows you to enter into a lease contract for only one generation without inheritance that ends at the time of death.

In order to rent a house in Yokohama with a lifetime building lease agreement, it is necessary to apply to The Mayor of Yokohama in advance and obtain approval.

City of Yokohama, Housing and Architecture Bureau Housing Policy Division
045-671-4121
kc-safetynet@city.yokohama.jp
※As it takes time for documents examination, please be sure to consult with the Housing Policy Division in advance when applying.

After consulting with the application window in advance, prepare a business approval application form and submit it with attached documents.
※We can download business authorization application and presentation documents checklist from Yokohama-shi electronic application, report service (outside site).

After consulting with the application window in advance, prepare a business change approval application form and submit it with attached documents.
※We can download business change authorization application from Yokohama-shi electronic application, report service (outside site).
The required attached documents will vary depending on the content of the change, so we will inform you at the time of prior consultation.

Application and notification are also required when canceling from the business side, succeeding the status of the business, or abolishing the business. Please consult with the application window in advance, prepare the documents and submit it together with attached documents.
※We can download application documents from Yokohama-shi electronic application, report service (outside site).
The required attached documents will vary depending on the content of the application, etc.

Authorization Standards (PDF: 411KB)

• Act on Ensuring the Stability of Elderly People (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Law Data Provision System) (outside site)(* Links to external pages.)
• Law Enforcement Regulations on Ensuring Stability of Elderly People (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Law Data Provision System) (outside site)(* Links to external pages.)

• Handling Guidelines for Yokohama City Lifetime Building Lease Business (PDF: 179KB)

• Yokohama City Electronic Application and Notification Service (outside site)You can download it from here.

• Standard contract for whole life building lease (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism website) (outside site)
  ※The “Life Building Lease Standard Contract” is a template of a contract created so that a whole-life building lease contract can be smoothly concluded.