The UP government is planning on introducing new laws regarding tenancy in order to protect the interests of the tenants along with those of the landlord. The proposed laws aim at dissolving disputes between landlords and tenants to a large extent and it would also help the authorities to ascertain the number of people giving houses on rent in the state.
Official agreements between landlords & tenants to be made compulsory
In accordance to the new law, it will be made compulsory for the tenant to take care of the living place and she/he will be responsible for any damage in the rented property. There will also be a provision in the law, which would allow landlords to remove their tenants from the premises of the leased accommodation, if they’re unable to pay the rent for two months in a row.
After the execution of the new law, no landlord will be able to keep tenants without an official agreement in Uttar Pradesh. Further, the landlord will have to inform the details of the tenant to the rent authority.
Under the upcoming law, landlords will have to give a written contract letter to the renting authority within 3 months in relation to the tenancy. The motive behind this is security.
Public suggestions are welcome, in context of the upcoming tenancy law
As per a government spokesman, the Housing Department has issued a draft of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Complexes Renting Regulations Ordinance-2020. The public can also give their suggestions for a new tenancy law on the Awas Bandhu website and the deadline for submitting them has been fixed as December 20.
The spokesman added that the law has been drafted under the supervision of the UP CM and it has already received an in-principle approval. With the implementation of the tenancy law, the government will also constitute a rent authority in the state.
According to reports by the officials of the housing department, the most important condition of increasing the annual rent has been included in the draft. Under the existing agreement, the owner gets to increase the rent by 10% every year but after the new law comes into force, the annual rent increment will be brought down to 5% on residential properties and 7% on the commercial ones.
