The Legislative Council held a general meeting today (20th) to resume the Second Reading of the Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) (Amendment) Bill 2021, which implements subdivided rent control, and the Medical Registration (Amendment) Bill 2021 for the introduction of overseas doctors "Wait.
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[14:10] The Legislative Council resumed its scrutiny of the "Landlords and Tenants (Consolidation) (Amendment) Bill 2021" for rent management. The Chairman of the Bills Committee Zheng Yongshun said that the government had accepted the Bills Committee’s recommendations earlier and will specify The subletting of normal residential units will not be regulated; the rent renewal control of sub-divided housing will be tightened, and the upper limit of increase will be lowered from 15% to 10%.
However, the authorities refuse to set the initial rent at this stage because there are about 110,000 units in Hong Kong, and a uniform standard is not feasible, and they are worried that it will cause disputes between the landlord and the tenant.
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