B/A Rent Office Received Over 200 Complaints From January To June 2017

The Brong-Ahafo Regional Rent Control Office received a total of 135 complaints from landlords and 72 complaints from tenants between January to June 2017.

91 tenants also reported that their land lords issued forced eviction notices on them.

Mr. Frank Adu Opare, the Regional Head, Rent Control, said these in an exclusive interaction with Space FM’s Mavis Agyire in Sunyani on Friday.

The rent officer said the office settled over 170 of the cases amicably adding that land lords and tenants must always have tenancy agreement.

He added that per the rent law, landlords are not to take rent advance exceeding six months but unfortunately, tenants pay more than the stipulated six months and only report to the rent office when matters get out of control.

Again, he pointed that landlords are obliged to issue tenancy agreement for them to monitor the number of people renting at a particular time. “Landlords are also required by law to issue rent cards and receipts to tenants”, he added.

“In the payment of rent, the landlords have to issue receipt to the tenant as well as rent card and landlords must keep copy of the card. Tenants must read the rules and regulations well before they sign any agreement”, he said.

Mr. Adu Opare noted that the law also requires that landlords pay tax on monies they receive from tenants to the Ghana Revenue Authority