Rental Housing Amendment Act 35 of 2014

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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.

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