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This study explores how residential satisfaction among middle-aged people living in the metropolitan area affects happiness. Existing studies have considered residential satisfaction as one of the determinants of happiness and found that residential satisfaction has a positive impact on happiness. Our residential environment may affect happiness in itself, but it may also affect happiness through social relationships occurring in the living place and our belief that we live as members of society. Thus we need to consider the mediating effects of social satisfaction and self-efficacy when analyzing the relationship between residential satisfaction and happiness. This study verified a model of happiness based on the human-environmental fit model and the exchange theory. The analysis results are as follows. First, social relationship satisfaction and self-efficacy is fully mediated between residential environmental satisfaction and happiness. Second, housing satisfaction directly affected happiness without the mediating effect of social satisfaction or self-efficacy. To increase happiness, we need to improve housing conditions and the residential environment and actively consider making it a place where social relations can take place.