Public Housing and Housing Rental Assistance •Municipal Housing Application's registration starts around February and July every year for newly constructed apartments or houses and vacant housing. Those families who complete the Foreign Resident Registration and are living or working in Osaka City can apply for municipal housing. (Applications for vacant housing are limited to people living in Osaka City only.) However, because there are so many applicants for the limited number of municipal housing units available, occupants are almost always determined by lottery.  Applicants must meet certain income conditions as listed in the application guidelines. Application guidelines are available fro the following offices when the new application period opens. Citizen's Activities Promotion Section (Shiminkatsudo-Suishin-Tanto)at each ward office Housing Management Center Branches of the ward office Each Ward office (Kumin Kikaku-shitsu) Osaka Municipal Housing Information Center (Housing5 Information Plaza) Osaka City Service Counters Also, city-owned housing is available for the middle- class, parents wishing to live close to their children and for the family,  which has children of pre-elementary school age. For further information, contact: Osaka Municipal Housing Corporation (Housing Publicity Section, Housing Management Dept.) 5F, Osaka Municipal Housing Information Center 4-20 6-chrome TEL : 06-6882-7024 FAX : 6882-7021 Osaka Municipal Housing Corporation Telephone Service (Recorded message in Japanese) TEL : 06-6945-0031 •Municipal Housing for Single parent families, aged and those families that have people with disabilities Application starts around early May every year. Municipal housing is available for those who have completed the Registration of Foreign Residents and are living or working in Osaka City. Municipal housing is available for single parent families, aged families (both with or without special cares), those families that have people with disabilities(both or without special cares) and for those who are in wheelchairs. (specially designed housing). For further information, contact: Public Health and Welfare Center in each ward. •Urban Renaissance Agency Housing If you wish to obtain housing provided by Urban Renaissance Agency, contact the number described below for application. If you are selected from among those applicants, you need to submit a certificate of Alien Registration, a detailed statement of your annual income and other documents which will be required by URN. For further information, contact: Urban Renaissance Agency Publicity Sales Center 12-13F Herbis Ent Office Tower, 2-2-22 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka TEL : (06)6346-3456 (9:30 - 18:00 Closed on National Holidays) •Osaka Prefectural Housing Application for the Prefectural housing is accepted in May and November.  The application form is accessible below.   As in the case of municipal housing, applications must satisfy the requirements stipulated. Pamphlets outlining application guidelines will be distributed to: Osaka Municipal Housing Information Center (Housing Information Plaza), Each Prefectural Residents Information Plaza (c/o Prefectural Tax Office), Housing Sections of each municipal office (except the City of Osaka) Housing Management Office Annex to the Osaka Prefectural Office; Housing Counseling Room, Osaka Prefectural Housing Corporation For further information, contact: Osaka Prefectural Housing Corporation TEL : 06-6375-7171 Prefectural Housing Application Information (Telephone Service): TEL : 06-6945-6000 (24 hours, recorded message) •Housing Rental Assistance for Newlywed Couples Newlyweds who plan to rent privately owned rental housing in Osaka City are able to receive rental assistance. For further information, please make an inquiry to the following. For further information, contact: Osaka Municipal Housing Corporation Housing Rental Assistance for Newlywed Couples Dept. c/o 4F Osaka Municipal Housing Information Center 6-4-20 Tenjinbashi, Kita-ku, Osaka TEL(06)6355-0355 (Weekday 9:15 - 17:30) FAX 6355-0351 •Housing Rental Assistance for Minkan-Smiling Tenants There is a housing rental assistance to cover a portion of the monthly rent for tenants of "Minkan-Smiling"( a housing for middle income earners). Candidates: Households of more than two people (This includes a married couple or a parents and child unit).  (income standard established). Housing is also available for single occupant households. For further information, contact: · Osaka Municipal Housing Corporation OMHC application section TEL 06-6882-9000 FAX 6882-7021 · Designated Corporation Management OMHC, Subsidies Section TEL 06-6882-7056 FAX 6882-7055 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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