Yokohama City Lifelong Building Lease Project

The whole-life building lease system is based on the "Law Concerning the Stabilization of Elderly People's Residence", as long as the lessee lives, as long as the lessee lives, It is a system that allows you to enter into an inheritance-free one-generation lease contract that survives and ends at the time of death.

In order to rent a house under a lifetime building lease agreement in a house in Yokohama city, 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
[email protected]
※As it takes time for document screening, etc., please consult with the Housing Policy Division in advance when applying.

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

After consulting with the application window in advance, please prepare an application for business change approval and submit it together 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 in advance of 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 them 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, so we will inform you at the time of prior consultation.

About authorization standard (PDF: 411KB)

• Act on Ensuring Stability of Elderly People's Residence (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Law Data Provision System) (external site) (* Link to external page)
• Law enforcement regulations about securing of stable residence of elderly person (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications law data provision system) (outside site) (※ link to outside page)

• Handling point about Yokohama-shi whole life building lease business (PDF: 179KB)

• We can download from Yokohama-shi electronic application, report service (outside site).

• Life-long Building Lease Standard Contract (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism website) (outside site)
  ※The "Standard Contract for Life Building Lease" is a template of a contract created to ensure that the lifetime building lease contract is concluded smoothly.