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50 of 1999
The Rental Housing Act 50 of 1999 intends:
- to define the responsibility of Government in respect of rental housing property;
- to create mechanisms to promote the provision of rental housing property;
- to promote access to adequate housing through creating mechanisms to ensure the proper functioning of the rental housing market;
- to make provision for the establishment of Rental Housing Tribunals;
- to define the functions, powers and duties of such Tribunals;
- to lay down general principles governing conflict resolution in the rental housing sector;
- to provide for the facilitation of sound relations between tenants and landlords and for this purpose to lay down general requirements relating to leases;
- to repeal the Rent Control Act, 1976; and
- to provide for matters connected therewith.
Amends
Commencement
1 August 2000 (Gazette 21396 of 28 July 2000)
Amendments
The Southern African Legal Information Institute provides a complete amended Act at https://www.saflii.org/za/legis/consol_act/rha1999171/ [Updated 13 May 2008]
