{"id":77190,"date":"2021-06-21T12:21:26","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T07:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=77190"},"modified":"2021-06-21T12:30:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T07:30:05","slug":"rent-restriction-amendment-bill-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rent-restriction-amendment-bill-2020.html","title":{"rendered":"Islamabad Rent Restriction Amendment Bill 2020 approved to protect tenants, landlords&#8217; rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Senate Standing Committee on Interior on Friday approved the Islamabad Rent Restriction Amendment Bill 2020 in order to protect the rights of both tenants and landlords, according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/tenants-registration-mandatory-lahore.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tenants\u2019 registration made mandatory in Lahore; online services available<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, both the National Assembly Standing Committee and the National Assembly approved the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/amendments-to-tenants-rights-act-tabled-before-senate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bill<\/a>. It has now been sent to the Senate for final approval. For decades, landlords and renters have demanded that the Islamabad Rent Restriction Ordinance 2001 be amended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senator Mohsin Aziz presided over the committee meeting, which was held at the old Pips Hall of Parliament Lodges, and Senator Seemi Ezdi presented the bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Islamabad Rent Restriction Amendment Bill 2020 states the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>All the agreements between landlord and tenant will be presented before a rent controller, so they can keep a record.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/online-registration-system-launched.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Registration system launched for tenants in Islamabad &#8211; Zameen News<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The payments related to the tenancy agreement will be made through a cross cheque.<\/li><li>The rent of the commercial and residential building will increase by 10% annually.<\/li><li>A mediation council will be set up for conflict resolution.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Senate Standing Committee on Interior on Friday approved the Islamabad Rent Restriction Amendment Bill 2020 in order to protect the rights of both tenants and landlords, according to news sources. Read: Tenants\u2019 registration made mandatory in Lahore; online services available Previously, both the National Assembly Standing Committee and the National Assembly approved the bill. It has now been sent to the Senate for final approval. For decades, landlords and renters have demanded that the Islamabad Rent Restriction Ordinance 2001 be amended. Senator Mohsin Aziz presided over the committee meeting, which was held at the old Pips Hall of Parliament Lodges, and Senator Seemi Ezdi presented the bill. Islamabad Rent Restriction Amendment Bill 2020 states the following: All the agreements between landlord and tenant will be presented before a rent controller, so they can keep a record. Read: Registration system launched for tenants in Islamabad &#8211; Zameen News The payments related to the tenancy agreement will be made through a cross cheque. The rent of the commercial and residential building will increase by 10% annually. A mediation council will be set up for conflict resolution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":60701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017],"tags":[46354,46348,46349,46352,46110,46350,2887,46351,46353,3051],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-77190","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"tag-agreements-between-landlord-and-tenant","9":"tag-islamabad-rent-restriction-amendment-bill-2020","10":"tag-islamabad-rent-restriction-amendment-bill-2020-approved-to-protect-tenants","11":"tag-islamabad-rent-restriction-ordinance-2001","12":"tag-landlords","13":"tag-landlords-rights","14":"tag-rights-of-tenants","15":"tag-senate-standing-committee-on-interior","16":"tag-tenancy-agreement","17":"tag-tenants","18":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Islamabad Rent Restriction Amendment Bill 2020 approved- Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Senator Mohsin Aziz presided over the committee meeting, which was held at the old Pips Hall of Parliament Lodges, and Senator Seemi Ezdi.....\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rent-restriction-amendment-bill-2020.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Islamabad Rent Restriction Amendment Bill 2020 approved- Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Senator Mohsin Aziz presided over the committee meeting, which was held at the old Pips Hall of Parliament Lodges, and Senator Seemi Ezdi.....\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rent-restriction-amendment-bill-2020.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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