Laws on Disabilities "The 38 Selected Japanese Laws Related to Persons with Disabilities"

Law 28.

Public Housing Law (1951, Law No. 193)

Public housing comprises rental apartments and houses are built and maintained by local governments with central government subsidies for persons with disabilities and households with a limited income that would otherwise not be able to afford housing. Persons with a grade four or more severe disability and their families receive preferential treatment in the selection process.

This law also enables households living with a person with disability obtain a larger loan from the Government Housing Loan Corporation when building or purchasing a house, installing an elevator, or making an improvement to the bathroom or other facility.