{"id":80747,"date":"2015-03-18T08:11:23","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T23:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=59850"},"modified":"2016-04-01T02:46:40","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T17:46:40","slug":"city-prefecture-offer-quake-resistance-tests-subsidies-for-older-homes","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/city-prefecture-offer-quake-resistance-tests-subsidies-for-older-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"City, Prefecture Offer Quake Resistance Tests, Subsidies For Older Homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is your home earthquake-resistant? All but one of the 59 municipalities in Fukuoka Prefecture offer subsidies for earthquake-proofing measures. (Fukuchi Town\u2019s subsidy scheme is in the works.) Houses eligible for subsidies are wooden houses built before May 1981 in accordance with the old earthquake-resistance standards whose score on an earthquake-resistance test is less than 1.0  (i.e., houses that have been deemed as \u201cpossible\u201d or \u201chighly likely\u201d to collapse in the event of a large temblor. Earthquake-proofing can cost between \u00a51.5 and \u00a52 million for a typical home, but there are subsidies ranging from \u00a5300,000 to \u00a5700,000 depending on your municipality. If you live in Fukuoka City and would like an earthquake resistance test for your home, contact the Fukuoka Earthquake Resistance Promotion Council (092-724-7744). The cost is \u00a53,000. People living outside the city can call the Fukuoka Prefecture Housing Center to have an advisor dispatched to their home. Source: Nishinippon Shimbun 3\/16<\/p>\n<p><em>(photo &#8211; unrelated, for image purpose only)<\/em><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/earthq.jpg?resize=600%2C400\" alt=\"earthq\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/earthq.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/earthq.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is your home earthquake-resistant? All but one of the 59 municipalities in Fukuoka Prefecture offer subsidies for earthquake-proofing measures. (Fukuchi Town\u2019s subsidy scheme is in the works.) Houses eligible for subsidies are wooden houses built before May 1981 in accordance with the old earthquake-resistance standards whose score on an earthquake-resistance test is less than 1.0  (i.e., houses that have been deemed as \u201cpossible\u201d or \u201chighly likely\u201d to collapse in the event of a large temblor. Earthquake-proofing can cost between \u00a51.5 and \u00a52 million for a typical home, but there are subsidies ranging from \u00a5300,000 to \u00a5700,000 depending on your municipality. If you live in Fukuoka City&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":59851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-80747","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/80747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}