House of Representatives’ Housing Committee approves new “old rent” law

At the beginning of the House’s plenary session, House Speaker Hanafi al-Gebaly referred a draft law submitted by the government on certain provisions related to rental laws and the reorganization of the relationship between landlords and tenants.

This law replaces the previous draft law submitted by the government to the House of Representatives on April 28 regarding certain provisions related to rental laws.

The referral was made to a joint committee of the Housing, Public Utilities, and Construction Committee and the offices of the Local Administration and Constitutional and Legislative Affairs committees to discuss the articles of the draft law and report upon it.

It relied on the latest version submitted by the government to the House of Representatives on June 16, which included the major features and new legislative proposals to regulate the relationship between landlords and tenants.