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35 of 2014
The Rental Housing Amendment Act 35 of 2014 aims:
- to amend the Rental Housing Act, 1999, so as:
- to substitute and insert certain definitions;
- to set out the rights and obligations of tenants and landlords in a coherent manner;
- to require leases to be in writing;
- to extend the application of Chapter 4 to all provinces;
- to require MEC’s to establish Rental Housing Tribunals;
- to extend the powers of the Rental Housing Tribunals;
- to provide for an appeal process;
- to require all local municipalities to have Rental Housing Information Offices;
- to provide for norms and standards related to rental housing;
- to extend offences; and
- to provide for matters connected therewith.
Commencement
Commencement to be proclaimed in a Government Gazette.