Public Housing and Housing Rental Assistance ● Municipal Housing Application’s registration for Municipal Housing starts around February and July every year. Application for Elderly Parents Housing and Parents with small children starts around November. Those families who complete the Foreign Resident Registration and are living or working in Osaka City can apply for municipal housing. Applicants must meet certain income conditions as listed in the application guidelines. Application guidelines are available from the following offices when the new application period opens. Housing for middle-income earning households and vacancies of public housing will accept additional applicants. In detail, please refer to the following places. 【Application Forms】 ● Housing Information Plaza at the Osaka Municipal Housing Information 　　　Center ● Housing Management Centers ● Osaka City Service Counters　　　　 ● Ward Office ● Branches of the Ward Office 【Inquiries】 Applications Section, Administration Department, Osaka Municipal Housing Corporation Osaka Municipal Housing Information Center 5F, 6-4-20 Tenjimbashi, Kita-ku, Osaka Tel. 06-6882-7024 Fax 06-6882-7021 Municipal Housing Telephone Service （Recorded message in Japanese） Tel. 06-6945-0031 ● Application of Municipal Housing for Single Parent Families, Elderly Persons, and Families that have Persons with Disabilities Application registration starts around the beginning of May every year. Municipal housing is available for single parent families, aged families with or without special needs cares, those families that have people with disabilities with or without special needs cares, and for those who are in wheelchairs with special needs cares or specially designed housing. This housing is available for families that have completed the Registration of Foreign Residents, and are living in Osaka city. 【Application Forms and Inquiries】 Public Health and Welfare Center in each ward ● Housing for Osaka Municipal Housing Corporation If you wish to apply to live in a house provided by Osaka Municipal Housing Cooperation, please make an inquiry to the following counter. 【Inquiries】 Applications Section, Administration Department, Osaka Municipal Housing Corporation Tel. 06-6882-9000 Fax 06-6882-7021 ● Specific High-Quality Apartment(Subsidized Private Housing built to City Standards for Minkan-Smiling Tenants) Housing rental assistance is available to cover a portion of the monthly rent for tenants of “Minkan-Smiling” who are usually from middle-income earning households. Applicants must meet certain income conditions as listed in the application guidelines. 【Inquiries】 For Housing managed by the Osaka Municipal Housing Corporation Applications Section, Administration Department, Osaka Municipal Housing Corporation Tel. 06-6882-9000 Fax 06-6882-7021 For Housing managed by the Private Designated Corporation Private Housing Department, Osaka Municipal Housing Corporation Tel. 06-6882-7055 Fax 06-6882-7051 ● Prefectural Housing Applications for Prefectural housing are accepted six times a year (April, June, August, October, December, February). Application forms are distributed at the following places during the application term. Applicants must meet the same requirements as for municipal housing. 【Application Forms】 ● Annex to the Osaka Prefectural Office, Housing Consultation Room ● Each Prefectural Residents Information Plaza (c/o Prefectural Tax Office) ● Housing Section of each ward office or city hall (except for Osaka City) ● Each ward office in Osaka City ● Housing Management Centers　 ● Osaka Prefectural Housing Corporation ● Housing Information Center (Housing Information Plaza) ● Osaka Prefectural Housing Corporation TEL 06-6203-5518 (Weekday 9:00 - 17:45   Saturday: 10:00 – 16:00) ● Urban Renaissance Agency Housing (UR Housing) If you wish to apply to live in a house provided by the Urban Renaissance Agency, please make an inquiry to the following counter. There is housing outside of Osaka City. 【Application Forms and Inquiries】 Urban Renaissance Agency Publicity Sales Center 12-13F Herbis Ent Office Tower, 2-2-22 Umeda, Kita-ku Tel. 06-6346-3456 （9：30 - 19:00. Closed on May 3rd - 5th, Dec 29th - Jan 3rd) Housing Assistance ● Rental Housing Assistance for Newlywed Couples Newlyweds who plan to rent privately owned rental housing in Osaka City are able to receive rental assistance under certain income conditions. For further information, please make an inquiry to the following. 【Inquiries】 Newlywed Couples Dept. Osaka Municipal Housing Corporation Housing Information Center 4F 6-4-20 Tenjimbashi, Kita-ku, Osaka Tel. 06-6355-0355（Weekday 9：00 - 17：30） Fax 06-6355-0351 Housing Loan and Interest Assistance for Households with a Child Those who are bringing up a child and plan to purchase a house in Osaka to receive a housing loan from private financial institutions are able to receive housing loan interest assistance. For an application, you need to meet certain conditions. For further information, please make an inquiry to the following. 【Inquiries】 Private Housing Dept. Osaka Municipal Housing Corporation Housing Information Center 5F 6-4-20 Tenjimbashi, Kita-ku, Osaka Tel. 06-6882-7050（Weekday 9：00 - 17：30） Fax 06-6882-7051 Housing Terminology •Apato This term normally refers to a one or two-story wooden apartment building.  Each unit consists of one or two small rooms with a kitchenette; the unit may or may not include a private bath. •Mansion This term refers to a condominium of reinforced concrete or steel-frame and concrete construction.  It is of higher quality than an apato and the rent is higher. •One-Room Mansion Accommodation which has one western room, equipped with a unit bathroom and a small kitchen.  This compact accommodation is for one person. •Biru In general, this refers to a building of reinforced concrete or steel-frame and concrete construction that houses offices or shops. •1F-5F Ground floor to the fifth floor (the ground floor is called the first floor in Japan). •L Living room •D Dining room •K Kitchen •JO, Tsubo These are Japanese units of measurement used for area of real estate.  One jo (corresponding to the size of a tatami mat) is an interior measurement of appro-ximately 180*90cm(in some areas, jo is somewhat smaller). •Tsubo (2jo) A tsubo is a land measurement of approximately 3.3m2. *Example: 3DK, Wa 6, 4.5, Yo 4.5 (An apartment with three rooms and a dining/kitchen area.  There are 6-jo and 4.5-jo Japanese-style rooms, and a 4.5-jo western-style room.  )

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