脱だっ法ぽうハウス

noun

illegal sublet apartment; apartment rented as office/storage to bypass size laws

Refers to a very small apartment that cannot legally be rented as a residence, so it is let as office or storage space instead. Often associated with Tokyo's housing market.

• 都と心しんでは脱だっ法ぽうハウスが問もん題だいになっている。

  Illegal sublet apartments have become a problem in central Tokyo.

• 彼かれは脱だっ法ぽうハウスを事じ務む所しょとして借かりている。

  He is renting a tiny apartment as an office, bypassing the minimum size requirement.