To make it easier to evacuate from an apartment building at home in the event of a disaster, it is important to prepare elevators so that they can be used as normal even during an earthquake, and to have manhole toilets available in case drainage pipes are damaged and the toilets become unusable.
Therefore, we will begin providing subsidies for measures to prevent people from being trapped in elevators and for the installation of manhole toilets for existing apartment buildings registered with Tokyo Stay Apartments, which make it easier for people to continue living in their homes even in the event of a disaster.
Take this opportunity to take advantage of these subsidies and prepare for disasters.

1　Application start date

Friday, May 30, 2025

2　Supported business

（1）Tokyo Todomaru Condominium Elevator Entrapment Prevention Promotion Project

For details, please refer to Appendix 1 (PDF: 471KB)

The program will cover the costs of installing a “restart operation function” (*1), which helps prevent people from being trapped in elevators in the event of a disaster, and an “automatic diagnosis and temporary recovery operation function (*2),” which helps to quickly resume use after a disaster (excluding newly built condominiums).

(*1) If the safety device is activated for some reason and the elevator stops before it reaches the nearest floor due to earthquake control operation, if it is confirmed that the safety device has returned to its normal state, the elevator will land on the nearest floor and open the doors, thereby resolving any trapped passengers.
(*2) A function that automatically diagnoses the risk of damage to elevator equipment and temporarily restores operation after stopping elevator cars at the nearest floor through controlled operation during an earthquake.

Subsidy rate

1/2

Upper limit

2 million yen

Target function

Restart operation function, automatic diagnosis and temporary recovery operation function

For more details, please see the business information page.

（2）Tokyo Todomaru Apartment Complex Manhole Toilet Installation Promotion Project

For details, please refer to Attachment 2 (PDF: 534KB)

We will subsidize the costs of laying underground drainage pipes to install new manhole toilets, and of installing rainwater storage tanks to use rainwater to flush away excrement in the drainage pipes (excluding newly built apartment buildings).

Subsidy rate

2/3

Upper limit

400,000 yen

Target equipment

Drainage pipes, sewage inlets, rainwater storage tanks, etc.

For more details, please see the business information page.

3　Application reception desk (trustee)

Tokyo Stay Apartment Subsidy Reception Office
Tokyo Metropolitan Disaster Prevention, Architecture and Urban Planning Center
7-7-30 Nishi-Shinjuku 7-chome, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8353
Odakyu Nishi-Shinjuku O-PLACE 2nd floor
Phone: 03-5989-1547

This project is an initiative to promote the “Tokyo 2050 Strategy.”
Strategy 22: Disaster prevention: “Strengthening regional disaster prevention capabilities”

Contact: Housing Policy Headquarters, Private Housing Department, Apartment Division Phone: 03-5320-5007 Email: S1090503（at）section.metro.tokyo.jp *The email address has been changed to prevent spam. Please replace (at) with @ when using this email address.