In an effort to protect the interests of the tenants as well as the house owners, the Uttar Pradesh government will be bringing a new law on tenancy in the state.
“Once the proposed laws are introduced, the disputes between landlords and tenants will end to a large extent, and it will be easily ascertained how many people are giving houses on rent in the state,” a government official said.
The Housing department has issued a draft of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Complexes Renting Regulations Ordinance, 2020.
It has also sought suggestions from the public for a new tenancy law. For this, the draft has been uploaded on the official website http://awas.up.nic.in and the website of the Awas Bandhu www.awasbandhu.in.
People can give their suggestions till December 20.
Principal Secretary (Housing) Deepak Kumar said the government was planning to bring tenancy regulation ordinance for which people could give their suggestions by reading the draft.
Officials said the law had been drafted under the supervision of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and had received in-principle approval.
“With the implementation of the new tenancy law, the government will also constitute a rent authority in the state,” he said.
According to the officials of the Housing department, many things have been taken care of in the new law, including the most important condition of increasing the annual rent.
Under the existing agreement, the owner increases 10 percent rent every year. But after the new law comes, 5 percent annual rent will be increased on residential properties and 7 percent on non-residential properties.
In the new law, there will be a rule for the tenant that he has to take care of the living place. The tenant will be responsible for the damages in the rented property.
There will also be a provision in the law that if the tenant is unable to pay the rent for two months, the landlord can remove him.
After the new law comes into force, no landlord will be able to keep tenants without agreements. Also, the landlord will have to inform the tenant to the rent authority.
Under the new law, landlords will have to give a written contract letter to the renting authority within three months in relation to the tenancy.