Yokohama-shi area child care support condominium certification system

Last Updated March 18, 2024

What is the "Yokohama City Regional Child Care Support Apartment Certification System"?

Condominiums that satisfy the size of the house and the housing performance such as sound insulation and barrier-free, and have childcare support facilities for the area, such as nursery schools, are certified as "Yokohama City Regional Child Care Support Condominiums".
It is widely covered by certification, regardless of whether sales or rental, new construction or existing.

Benefits

By introducing the Yokohama City homepage and utilizing the certification mark, you can publicize it as a property for child-raising households when selling or renting apartments.
About plan meeting constant condition including maintenance of open space, we utilize "city area environmental design system" and can receive volume addition of some child care support facilities part such as nursery schools.
Home buyers are entitled to preferential mortgage rates at some financial institutions.

In addition to the above, when developing a large-scale condominium with 200 or more units.
Based on "summary about cooperation request of setting such as childcare facilities when building of Yokohama-shi large-scale apartment house", we can receive the following support.

At the early stage of planning a condominium, you can determine the necessity of the location and needs of childcare facilities.
When selecting an operating company for childcare, you can receive support from the city (property introduction by homepage).

Urban environmental design system

Type of Certified Condominiums

This is the logo of a condominium certified as a home and child care support facility.
Housing and child care support facilities

It is an apartment that meets the performance standards of the house as a child-friendly home and has a childcare support facility for the community, such as a nursery school.
(This applies to newly built houses.)

This is the logo of a condominium certified as a child care support facility.
Child care support facilities

This apartment is equipped with childcare support facilities for the local community, such as nursery schools.
(Including houses are eligible.)

Characteristics of Certified Condominiums

Home that is friendly to child care

▼Residential unit area
Living space with a certain amount of space necessary for raising children

▼Barrier-free ※Only in the case of "Housing & Child Care Support Facility" certified condominiums
Designed to eliminate steps in the premises, common areas, and dwelling units, making it easy to move with strollers.

▼Sound insulation ※Only in the case of "Housing & Child Care Support Facility" certified condominiums
Designed with a thickness of the floor and takes into account the sound transmitted to the lower floor, such as footsteps
▼Recommended items
Other recommended items include safety, anti-crime program, and ease of living.
You can compare which items are satisfied from the Yokohama City website.

A child-rearing support facility for local communities

▼Authorized Nursery Center, Yokohama Nursery School,After-School Care Program Clubs
Facilities that provide childcare and elementary school studenｔ training on behalf of parents ※Attention: There is no guarantee that condominium residents will be able to enter preferentially.

▼Local child care support base, open space of gathering of parent and child
Facilities that provide pre-school children and their parents with a place to stay and provide consultation and information on child care.

▼Medical facilities
Pediatrics, etc.

Conditions for certification

Required items
Residential area	More than three-quarters of the total dwelling units of 55 square meters or more
Barrier-free	Elevators installed without steps in the corridors of the common area, and each dwelling unit.
Sound insulation	Floor slab thickness 200 mm or more

Recommended items
Structural framework of buildings	Special consideration shall be given to sound insulation on the upper and lower floors.
Structural framework of buildings	There must be shared facilities such as meeting places and kids room
Building layout plan, etc.	There is a plaza where children can play on the premises.
Building layout plan, etc.	The premises must be greened
Building layout plan, etc.	Being able to walk safely
Consideration of plan and equipment	The fittings are designed to prevent fingers from pinching.
Consideration of plan and equipment	There must be a sink on the balcony
Consideration of plan and equipment	Genseki's soil is wide, and there is space where benches can be set up and strollers can be placed
Consideration of plan and equipment	Being able to make planning, such as partitioning according to the growth of the child.
Consideration of plan and equipment	There are many spaces for pressing, storerooms, and other storage spaces
Consideration for anti-crime program	anti-crime program measures have been taken in windows
Consideration for anti-crime program	No third party is able to enter the common-use unit
Consideration for anti-crime program	Surveillance eyes reach

Child care support facility
Type of facilities	Outline of facility
Authorized nursery school	Childcare facilities based on the Child Welfare Law (national standards) (so-called "nursery schools")
Yokohama Nursery Room	Childcare facilities that have been certified by city standards and are mainly for children under 3 years old.
Home-based childcare business Small-scale childcare business	A place where a company approved by the city provides home-based childcare for children under 3 years old
elementary school studenｔ sound development business	In principle, a place to spend a safe and affluent after school for elementary school studenｔ.
Local child care support facilities	Facilities that are the core of child care support, providing space for parents and children to play and interact, and consultation and information on child care. (One location in each ward, approximately 300 square meters or more.) ※Since it has already been installed in all wards of the city (18 wards), there is no plan to maintain a new one.
Gathering open space for parents and children	A space for parents and children to play and interact, and a place that provides consultation and information on child care (more than 40 square meters)
Medical facilities	Pediatrics, etc.

Related materials

Contact

General system, housing standards

Housing and Architecture Bureau Housing Policy Division
Phone: 045-671-4121

Permit of floor area ratio of buildings

Housing and Architecture Bureau Urban Architecture Division
Phone: 045-671-4525

Authorized nursery school, Yokohama nursery room, home-based childcare business, small-scale childcare business

Child and Youth Bureau Children's Facility Maintenance Division
Phone: 045-671-4146

Local child care support base, open space of gathering of parent and child

Child and Youth Bureau Child Care Support Division
Phone: 045-671-4157

elementary school studenｔ sound development business

Child and Youth Bureau After School elementary school studenｔ Training Division
Phone: 045-671-4068

Medical facilities (Pediatrics, etc.)

Health and Social Welfare Bureau Medical Safety Division
Phone: 045-671-3656

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