{"id":4673,"date":"2014-03-07T19:46:09","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T19:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=4673"},"modified":"2014-03-07T22:40:18","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T22:40:18","slug":"new-rent-policy-to-push-for-one-month-rent-advance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/new-rent-policy-to-push-for-one-month-rent-advance\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov&#8217;t to introduce new rent policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/housingg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4680\" alt=\"housingg\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/housingg-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/housingg-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/housingg.jpg 518w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Ministry of Water Resources Works and Housing is working on a policy that will ensure that landlords charge not more than one month rent advance.<\/p>\n<p>The policy when approved will also review the mortgage regime and also make it impossible for landlords to vary rent contracts to the disadvantage of tenants.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with an Accra based Joy FM, Mr. Sampson Ahi, Deputy Minister of Water Resources, works and Housing said &#8221;Ghana has no specific regulatory body to regulate the housing needs of the people, the sector has become a free for all operation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;That is what the housing policy is seeking to address,&#8221; he noted.<\/p>\n<p>According to him the policy will be difficult to implement \u00a0and will require the support of all Ghanaians to ensure its success .<\/p>\n<p>He said even though the rent act prevents landlords from taking more than six months rent advance, they do contrary which has been totally ignored.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. <span class=\"GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark\" id=\"0366b428-0daa-45a7-9d70-5510b346c8fe\">Ahi<\/span> stated that the Ministry has developed and proposed a workable solution to the issue which is before Cabinet for approval now.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;Let all of us come together and then once Cabinet approves it, let&#8217;s take it up as our personal agenda and then push it,&#8221; he opined.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Evans Effah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Water Resources Works and Housing is working on a policy that will ensure that landlords charge not more than one month rent advance. 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