Mr Adam Yaminu Kasim, the Upper East Regional Manager for the Rent Control Department has said the Rent Control Act 220 restricted Landlords from charging rent payments in advance beyond six months. He said the practice, where landlords fixed rent prices without consulting the Rent Control Department was also illegal, not permissible and fraudulent. “it … Read more
Guantoahene of Gomoa Ajumako Traditional Area, Nana Apata Kofi V, has called for the review of the Rent Control Law to limit the number of months for rent advance to six months. He believes would go a long way to bring some relief to both old and prospective tenants, particularly workers in state organisations. It … Read more
The minister nominated for Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Kyea has stated that the decision to amend the existing rent law in the country will have to be properly considered by parliament. Per the existing law, house owners are not supposed to rent out accommodation exceeding a period of six months. However, many tenants have … Read more
Housing Policy development can be traced as far back as the 1920s when the Dispossessed Person’s Housing Scheme was operationalized to provide some compensation to people whose houses were compulsorily acquired in the so-called public interest. After over 3 decades of policy vacuum, characterised by piece-meal attempts to recognise housing in some policy documents by … Read more
The hassle of raising huge sums of money in order to pay for a two or three years rent advance is set to be over when the Convention People’s Party is voted into power in the December elections, its presidential candidate has promised. Ivor Kobina Greenstreet was cocksure that his government would strictly ensure that … Read more