From our other sites
The story
When the thread’s original poster complained that “Tokyo rent is expensive,” they were hit with a wave of replies insisting “normally your company’s rent subsidy covers it in full, with no cap.” That drew pushback like “no landlord’s screening would ever approve that” and “isn’t that actually company-leased housing you’re thinking of?”, along with comments suggesting the OP was mixing it up with the housing assistance that comes with welfare (seikatsu hogo). Partway through, the discussion drifted from rent subsidies themselves toward wanting that money folded into base salary instead, plus the fact that some companies cap subsidized units at 50 square meters or less.
What people said
The lease is in the company's name, dude.
Have you never had a job?
By definition, a rent subsidy doesn't require the lease to be in the company's name.
Can you only argue by making stuff up?
Whether it's "required" isn't really the point, is it?
There's such a thing as company-leased housing (shakuage shataku), you know.
What makes you say that?
I know because I saw it on a real-estate YouTuber's channel.
Are you dumb or something?
Where I'm from you can get the same kind of place for 30,000-40,000 yen lol
Depends on the location and size.
Everything from income tax to health insurance premiums goes up if you do that, so company-leased housing wins hands down.
That's more than enough space for a family of up to five.
We live in a roughly 60-square-meter rental with two adults and one toddler, and it's cramped enough that we're building a 120-square-meter house.
Even that feels tight, honestly.
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
Company-leased housing (shataku) works by having the company sign the lease itself and then rent the unit out to the employee — an arrangement that’s often more favorable than a cash rent subsidy when it comes to income tax and social insurance calculations, which the thread itself raised as a reason companies prefer this method. On the other hand, “no cap” isn’t about screening an individual employee’s income — it comes down to the company’s own contract and budget, and in practice many companies do limit the price range or size of eligible units. Early in the thread, some posts also conflated this kind of company rent subsidy with the housing assistance paid to welfare (seikatsu hogo) recipients, but it’s worth keeping in mind that these are two entirely separate systems. It should also be noted that no concrete basis was given in the thread for the claim that “even a 2-million-yen property gets approved with no cap” — it’s best read as one individual’s anecdote rather than a general rule.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5channel (News Speed VIP) thread “Me: “Man, Tokyo rent is expensive.” You guys: “Huh? Normally your rent subsidy covers it in full with no cap, right? lol Huh?”.”
Leave a Reply