Last year, the Rent Commission received 3,571 objections from tenants against a rent increase. Compared to 2020, this is an increase of 4 percent.
Tenants are proven right in 40 percent of cases
12,000 cases were submitted to the Rent Commission last year. The cases concerned rent that was too high, service costs that were rising or defects in the property. In more than 40Tenants more likely to object to rent increase and dispute over service charges% of the cases, the Rent Commission ruled in favor of the tenant. For the tenant, this often means a rent reduction.
The Good Landlord Act
To better protect tenants against abuses, a new law has been passed, the Good Landlord Act, which will take effect July 1. This gives municipalities more opportunities to intervene and impose additional requirements on landlords.
