The amendment bill related to sub-house rental control entered the second reading stage last month and is expected to be implemented as soon as the end of this year. Some private monitoring groups are worried about loopholes in the regulations, such as lack of a review mechanism, refusal to include squatters or pigsty houses under regulation, etc. In addition, there was a vacuum period before the implementation, which was unable to provide complete protection for the grassroots. Some sub-household tenants claimed that they had experienced annual rent increases and forced evictions for more than ten years. The utility fee exceeds 10,000 yuan and must be reported to the Small Claims Office for recovery. Only part of the amount will be recovered. It is hoped that the rent control regulations can specify the scope of regulation to protect the rights of tenants.
The private supervision government promotes the rent control front to speak out on matters related to rent control regulations.
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Residential housing relocation three times in 12 years, the more expensive the move
Mr. Zhang, a 61-year-old male tenant, is engaged in the pest control industry and has a low income. Therefore, he has lived in a sub-divided house for 12 years. He has moved three sub-divided units. Each time he moved out, he had trouble with the owner. It was the first time to rent a subdivided house in Sham Shui Po at a monthly rent of RMB 2,400, but two years later, the landlord was forced to relocate for self-occupation. In fact, the landlord carried out internal renovations and then increased the price to RMB 4,000 for rent in order to make a profit. Doubled, so he had to move away.
Mr. Zhang later found another sub-apartment in Prince Edward, and after renting it in at 3,700 yuan, he was able to sleep peacefully for the time being, but the facts ushered in another nightmare.
Mr. Zhang said that during the four years of renting a "one sub-four" sub-unit on the sixth floor of Tang Dynasty Road, Prince Stadium, the landlord increased the rent by 500 yuan every other year after the contract ended. As a result, the rent rose from 3,700 yuan to 5,200 yuan, which was borne by the landlord. In the last year, a fire broke out in a neighboring house. Fortunately, he found smoke escape in time. Afterwards, the corridor was burnt and the room was full of burnt smell. He had nowhere to go, so he could only return to his unit to continue living.
Mr. Zhang said that in the past 12 years, he has encountered many problems in living in sub-units, including overcharging of utility bills, neighbours' escape from fire, and lack of repairs to the ceiling.
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The landlord suspects that the maintenance branch will be shared with the tenants
He continued that the owners set up their own submeters to collect utility bills. After the fire, the meters burned. According to the owner's own estimation, the electricity bills collected during the fire month rose from more than 500 yuan to more than 900 yuan. It is suspected that the owners will increase the cost of repairing the meters. It was imposed on the tenant, but he could only bear it until he realized that a non-governmental organization was concerned about the joint housing unit at the grassroots level. After checking the utility bills and found that the utility bill had been overcharged by RMB 10,577 over the past four years, he was filed with the Small Claims Tribunal for recovery.
The owner refused to return the relevant amount until the moment before he went to court to negotiate a private settlement. The amount rose from 3,000 yuan to 5,000 yuan, but both were rejected by Mr. Zhang. After his case went to court, he agreed to the magistrate’s 8,000 yuan compensation Uh, to resolve the incident, he and his wife moved to a sub-office unit on the 9th floor of Tang Kok, Mong Kok, with a monthly rent of RMB 6,500. Currently, they have been waiting for public housing for nearly three years and are waiting to go upstairs.
Assisting private housing tenants to monitor the government's implementation of the rent control front, the joint grassroots housing unit, and the territory-wide concern platform for housing units stated that the proposed "Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) (Amendment) Bill 2021 for the regulation of sub-house rentals" The Bills Committee is in the deliberation stage and is expected to be implemented by the end of the year. However, there are many loopholes in the current regulations, including the lack of a starting rent. The bill does not have a review mechanism for several-year inspections. After the law is gazetted, The old tenancy agreement during the vacuum period will not be regulated by the regulations, nor will it regulate squatter houses, pigsty houses, rooftop houses or small houses without plans or deeds of mutual covenant, which makes it difficult for subdivided tenants to obtain comprehensive protection. .
At the same time, the group has doubts about the proposals put forward in the current draft, including that the upper limit of 15% increase for each renewal is too high, and the tenancy protection is only "2+2" for two years of life and two years of death. The practice is improper. If public housing is calculated for an average of 5.8 years, "2+2+2" is reasonable.
As for the current regulations, it is only recommended that the tenant should notify the landlord in writing to repair the damaged items within 30 days, otherwise they have the right to suspend the tenancy agreement. The group believes that the relevant practice is to punish the tenant in a disguised form. Responsibilities and details of the matters, so as not to delay the repair of the unit by the owners, which will cause the deterioration of the unit environment and force the tenants to leave in disguise. Fight for residential rights for the grassroots.
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