Good News for Families Wishing to Stay or Move to Itabashi! Subsidies for Home Renovation and Relocation Costs to be Launched

Itabashi City will launch two new subsidy programs, the "Child-rearing Household Housing Renovation Support Project" and the "Multi-generational Relocation Support Project," starting in fiscal year 2026. These initiatives aim to promote a living environment where child-rearing families can continue to live in Itabashi City with peace of mind.

The City has formulated the "Housing Future Vision 2035," a basic plan for housing and living environments, which sets "creating homes where child-rearing households can live with peace of mind" as one of its goals. In light of the fact that more families in their 30s and 40s move out of the ward than move in, the city aims to create an environment where child-rearing households can smoothly secure homes by promoting renovations of existing houses and supporting relocations that enable multi-generational living (living near or with parents).

For both subsidy programs, the households, housing, and construction work must meet all specified conditions. Additionally, a prior application to the City is required to receive the subsidy, and the program will end once the budget reaches its limit.

## Child-rearing Household Housing Renovation Support Project
This project promotes the development of housing where families can live safely in the ward. It provides a portion of renovation costs for work that contributes to children's safety.

### Main Target Households
- Supporting a child aged 18 or younger (within the fiscal year).
- Intent to continue living in the house for at least three years after the renovation is complete.

### Main Target Housing
- Houses within Itabashi City where the applicant household currently lives (or plans to live).
- Houses that meet new anti-seismic standards or have equivalent seismic performance.

### Main Target Construction
- Construction performed by contractors registered in the "Itabashi City Housing Renovation Contractor Registration System."
- Renovations contributing to child safety, such as installing handrails or eliminating floor height differences.

### Subsidy Amount
One-half of the eligible construction cost (excluding consumption tax), up to a maximum of 500,000 yen (rounding down amounts less than 1,000 yen).

### To Those Considering Application
For details, please visit the Itabashi City website to check the procedure and ensure you meet the eligibility requirements.

## Multi-generational Relocation Support Project
This project promotes living environments where families can raise children near their parents by subsidizing a portion of relocation costs.

### Eligible Relocations
- Relocation from outside the ward to inside the ward to live with or near* a parent household already residing in Itabashi City.
- Relocation within Itabashi City to live with or near* a parent household already residing in the ward.
*"Near" means both the parent household and the child-rearing household reside in Itabashi City.

### Main Target Households
- Supporting a child aged 18 or younger (within the fiscal year).
- Intent to live there after moving...