Plan for Housing Policy

• Yokohama City Housing Life Master Plan (Yokohama City Housing Life Basic Plan)
• The 4th Yokohama City Elderly Residence Stability Plan
• Phase 3 of Yokohama City vacant houses, etc.
• Yokohama City Rental Housing Supply Promotion Plan

• Date of revision: October, 2022 (Reiwa 4)
• Plan period: From FY2022 (Reiwa 4) to FY2031 (Reiwa 13)

From July 1 to August 1, 2022 (Reiwa 4), public comments were made on the draft of this plan. .
For more information, please see the page of housing policy-related opinion offer information.

• Date of formulation: April, 2021 (Reiwa 3)
• Plan period: From FY2021 (Reiwa 3) to FY2026 (Reiwa 8)

Based on the "Yokohama City Basic Plan for Living Life" and the "Yokohama Community Comprehensive Care Plan", we will establish a housing safety net for the elderly who need nursing care, etc., and aim to stabilize and improve the living life of the entire elderly It is a plan to promote.

The fourth Yokohama-shi elderly person residence stability securing plan (PDF: 2,163KB)

From December 18, 2020 (Reiwa 2) to January 18, 2021 (Reiwa 3), we raised public opinions on the draft of this plan. .
For more information, please see the page of housing policy-related opinion offer information.

• Date of revision: Formulated in March 2024 (Reiwa 6)
• Plan period: From FY2023 (Reiwa 5) to FY2032 (Reiwa 14)

In order to comprehensively and systematically implement measures such as vacant houses, we plan to show Yokohama's basic stance and measures.
In February 2016, the city formulated the “Yokohama City vacant houses Action Plan” and in March 2019 (2019), the “Second Plan for vacant houses, Yokohama City”vacant houses and other measures.

Under these circumstances, in June 2023, the Special Measures Law Concerning the Promotion of Measures such as the vacant houses was revised to create new systems and mechanisms to further advance measures against vacant houses.
In response to this revision of the law, the vacant houses is expected to increase in line with the aging of existing houses and the aging of the population, and the aging of the population. Therefore, in order to accelerate comprehensive measures such as vacant houses, we have formulated the Third Phase of the Action Plan for vacant houses in Yokohama.

The third Yokohama-shi vacant houses measures plan (PDF: 13,630KB)

3rd Yokohama-shi vacant houses measures plan (summary version leaflet) (PDF: 2,104KB)

From December 20, 2023 (Reiwa 5) to January 19, 2024 (Reiwa 6), we raised public opinions on the draft of this plan. .
For more information, please see the page of housing policy-related opinion offer information.

As an initiative to prevent and eliminate unmanaged vacant houses in the plan, we have formulated certification standards for specific vacant houses and others.

Certification criteria for specific vacant houses, etc. (PDF: 409KB)

From April 9, 2021 (Reiwa 3) to April 22, we raised citizen opinions for revision plan of authorization standard. .
For more information, please see the page of housing policy-related opinion offer information.

　　　In March 2021, we established the Ordinance on Appropriate Management and Measures for vacant houses, Yokohama City, etc. (Effective on August 1, 2021)

　　　Ordinance on appropriate management and measures pertaining to vacant houses, Yokohama City, etc. (PDF: 111KB)
　　　Leaflet (PDF: 644KB)

　　　From October 1 to October 30, 2020 (Reiwa 2), public comments were made on the outline of the ordinance. .
　　　For more information, please see the page of housing policy-related opinion offer information.

• Date of formulation: Formulated in April 2019
• Recent revision: Revised in December 2023 (Reiwa 5)
• Plan period: From FY2023 (Reiwa 5) to FY2032 (Reiwa 14)

　The rental housing supply promotion plan is the “New Housing Safety Net System” established on October 25, 2017 (Heisei 29), and those who need to secure housing. ※This is a plan to set targets for the supply of rental housing, etc., and to develop comprehensive and systematic measures. By establishing a rental housing supply promotion plan, it is possible to add people who need to secure housing and to strengthen and relax the registration standards for safety net housing.
※Persons who need to secure housing: Low-income earners, the elderly, persons with disabilities, child-raising households, survivors, etc. stipulated in the Housing Safety Net Law

Yokohama City Rental Housing Supply Promotion Plan (PDF: 2,151KB)