The Good Landlordship Act
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- The Good Landlordship Act
The first of July, the Good Landlordship Act will come into effect.This act provides more options for municipalities to protect tenants from undesirable behaviour by landlords and rental agents.
There will be a national standard for good landlordship.
A landlord is not allowed to discriminate against tenants. The landlord is not allowed to reject a tenant based on characteristics irrelevant for the renting of a property. Like heritage, disability,
or sexual orientation.
A landlord is not allowed to intimidate a tenant. Like threatening to terminate the tenancy agreement or to shut off electricity.
A landlord can ask for a deposit of no more than two months' basic rent.
A landlord is not allowed to charge unreasonable service costs. They have to give the tenant
an annual statement of these costs.
A tenancy agreement has to be recorded in writing.
A landlord has to inform the tenant on the general rights and obligations concerning the rental property. Like the rules about the annual rent increase.
The tenant should know where to ask questions about the property.
Rental agencies aren't allowed to charge double mediation fees. If the rental agency works for the landlord, they aren't allowed to charge the tenant as well. These are so-called agreement costs
or administration costs.
If the landlord rents to a migrant worker,
these rules also apply. And the landlord has to
record the tenancy agreement separately from the employment contract. The information the landlord has to give the tenant has to be provided in the migrant worker's preferred language
Does your landlord fail to comply with any of these rules? You can report this to your municipality.
From the first of January 2024, each municipality
has to have a contact point for tenants. They can help you, and they can enforce the rules.
Apart from this standard, municipalities can establish a rental permit for vulnerable areas.
For renting to migrant workers, municipalities may also establish such a permit. This allows them to set requirements for the quality of the property.Loaded: 39.77%Remaining time 2:29
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