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Written by: Wang Jieen
2021-01-26 15:14
Last update date: 2021-01-26 15:14
The Transport and Housing Bureau submitted a document to the Legislative Council to account for the progress of the work of the subdivided rent control research group.
According to the authorities, the working group believes in principle that the government should implement appropriate regulation on the rental of sub-divided houses to protect the basic-level households of sub-divided houses.
The document also stated that the group agreed on the "standard tenancy agreement" for subdivided houses, but considered that it could consider setting a "sunset clause" for any rent control measures.
It is understood that the group has thrown discussions in different directions. For example, "2+2" a total of four years of "dead contract", that is, after the completion of the two-year lease, the original tenant may have priority to renew the lease for an additional 2 years, and it has also discussed restricting the rent increase More than 15%.
The Transport and Housing Bureau submitted a document stating that the Research Working Group on Subdivided House Rental Control believes in principle that the government should implement appropriate regulations on the subdivided housing rental.
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Unanimous agreement on signing a standard lease
The Legislative Council document revealed that the working group has more unanimous and clear opinions on the establishment of a standard lease agreement for subdivided houses. The lease agreement can specify the rights and obligations of the landlord and tenant, and specify the lease term, rent, notice period for suspension of lease, utilities and miscellaneous expenses. Wait.
As for the "right to renew", the document states that the working group still needs to discuss further whether to provide guarantees for the right of tenancy to sub-divided tenants and regulate the rent increase when renewing the lease.
The working group believes that various factors must be considered when studying whether rent control should be implemented on subdivided housing in Hong Kong, including not disproportionately infringing on the private property rights of the owners.
Consider setting a sunset clause
The authorities pointed out that if the government implements subdivided rent control, it should consider adopting measures that are relatively safe in law, relatively simple in administration, can be implemented in a short time, and at the same time can bring substantial protection to subdivided households.
The government also pointed out that it is committed to increasing the supply of public and transitional housing. In the future, it should gradually alleviate the problem of subdivided housing. Therefore, it can consider setting a "sunset clause" for any rent control measures, that is, measures can be designated to automatically expire at a certain time.
The team will complete the study before the end of March of this year and submit a report to the government.
A document from the Transport and Housing Bureau points out that it is possible to consider setting a sunset clause for any rent control measures.
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Discussed that "2+2", priority to renew the lease, the landlord may be fined if the lease is not printed
It is understood that the group has thrown out different directions for discussion. One of them is the "2+2" plan. After the sub-house tenant completes the two-year "dead contract", that is, within two years, the original rent will not increase according to the original conditions, and the original tenant Priority can be given to the renewal of the two-year "dead agreement", and the issue of printing has been discussed, requiring both the landlord and the tenant to make the printing, otherwise the landlord will be punished.
As for the rent increase, it is reported that the group has discussed limiting the landlord’s rent increase to no more than 15% each time, and tenants also have the right to object, which will be dealt with by the Lands Tribunal.
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