Qatar Real Estate News
Amendment of rental regulation proposed
Few provisions of the new rent regulation implemented last year, requires amendment, so as to facilitate landlords to take a rented property back from a tenant or for personal use.
The Legislative Department of the General Secretariat of the Cabinet and the Permanent Committee for Legislative Affairs has already brought the matter to the notice of the Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning about the need to amend Article 19 of the above law (Law No4 of 2008).
The law specifies that an owner will have to serve to tenant, a notice period of at least six months, in advance, if he requires the rented property back for his personal use or for the use of any of his dependents.
Following introduction of the amendment, the landlords can just keep the tenant informed about the purpose and take back the rented property.
The amendment provisions is applicable to houses which have been rented out in parts, and also to residential units located far from the place of dwelling of a landlord.
Even Law No.37 of 2008 which takes care of rent-related disputes and way of their resolution, is under amendment, for making the fee structure uniform for landlords, wherein they can pay at the rate of one percent of annual rent to the municipality through rent resolution.
A fixed fee may be arrived upon finally, for all rent contracts. The amendment will ensure that landlords have the legal right to review the current contract, and demand increased rentals, taking into account the current financial situation worldwide.
Posted on 19/6/2009