Context:
According to Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Model Tenancy Act has been rectified by only four states, i.e., Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and Assam.
Relevance:
GS-III: Indian Economy (Growth and Development of Indian Economy)
Dimensions of the Article:
- What is the Model Tenancy Act?
- Significance
What is the Model Tenancy Act?
- Model Tenancy Act, 2019, a tenancy law in India, was designed to rebuild tenancy market seeking to replace archaic rental laws of India and to solve housing availability deficit.
- The Act seeks to penalize recalcitrant tenants for refusing to move out of their rental properties after the agreed-upon rental period expires.
- The landlord will be able to claim double of the monthly rent for two months and four times of the monthly rent after that as compensation.
- The Act stipulates that a landlord cannot refuse to provide essential utilities and access to common facilities. This has been a fairly common grouse of tenants in the past.
- The landlord will also not be able to increase the rent without giving at least three months’ notice to the tenant, and cannot increase rent in the middle of a rental term.
- In order to bring transparency, fix accountability and promote fairness in the rental housing segment, the policy proposes setting up of a rent authority.
- The Act will help in achieving the target of “Housing for All by 2022”.
- The Act is not binding on the states as land and urban development remain state subjects.
Significance:
- In order to quickly resolve conflicts and other relevant issues, the authority will offer a method.
- It will contribute to a nationwide revamp of the legal system governing rental homes.
- In order to overcome the severe housing shortage, it is anticipated to boost private investment in rental housing.
-Source: The Hindu
