6 months jail or GH¢3,000 fine for advance rent violations - Rent Control Chief warns landlords

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  • Naden 2 weeks ago

    This sheer stupidity surrounding this whole rent thing will surely lead to price control and that will create artificial shortages which will consequently increase prices even more . For the government to be able to enforce t ...
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  • PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE P33) 2 weeks ago

    OUR RECENT HISTORY TELLS US HOW EVIL NDC MILITARY JUNTA MADE LIFE HARD FOR GHANAIANS WHEN THEY CONTROLLED PRICES AND WHICH LED TO GOODS VANISHING FROM MARKETS AND SHOPS. SOME MARKET WOMEN RECEIVED LASHES IN BETWEEN THEIR LEGS ...
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  • PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE P33) 2 weeks ago

    GHANA RUNS A FREE MARKET ECONOMY!!
    AWAY WITH THE P/NDC NONSENSE!!!!

  • New order 2 weeks ago

    For many years you are still dumb, stupid and poor . Go find better work ! How can you be this mumu , fighting for NPP idiots that I met at Monaco blowing money like tomorrow no dey . Your morda waste her precious worm to bor ...
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  • Opoku amsterdam 2 weeks ago

    New order,if you have evidence of what you are saying you ķnow where to go and report such people or you should forever stop your lies.Npp is not in power now.Talk rather about Sammy Gyamfi and Kwakye Ofosu .

  • Kwami 1 week ago

    Another NDC idiot. We are in the free market economy, not your stupid control price that you introduced in your revolutionary era. Simply tell us the number of houses your party have put up so far for the six month rent advan ...
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  • Suallah 1 week ago

    Obviously people like you and your party are fake, your focus is making money and spending it any how without thinking about the future of the people and the country.

    We support that it. Your entire family and generations ...
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  • Ghanaman 1 week ago

    Every tenant knows, the moment you report your landlord to Rent Control, your one leg and one arm are already out of the property. The rest of your body is there on borrowed time.

  • New order 2 weeks ago

    Very simple,you will sign my agreement form or get the out of my house .

  • New order 2 weeks ago

    Very simple,you will sign my agreement form or get the out of my house .

  • Zargon 2 weeks ago

    If you intend to rent your house for MONEY then you will also follow the laws of the land or be jailed. I know people like you will be made scape goats, before people takes this seriously. You either live in your house, but t ...
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  • AK 1 week ago

    Is it by force to rent my house? See this Mumu wey de threaten Ghanaians with jail. For 6 months, just charge 1,000 a month instead of 800 simple!

  • prophet mohammed was a sick dog 2 weeks ago

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  • Michael 2 weeks ago

    This force implementation will increase rents in urban areas, because if a landlord is taking two years advance mostly rent will be lower ,and if he is taking 6 months rent advance it will be higher

  • Stephen Donkor, New York. 2 weeks ago

    @
    JOHN MAHAMA IS INCOMPETENT IN EVERYTHING!

    JOHN MAHAMA SHOULD BUILD MILLIONS OF HOUSES TO AVOID RENT THE ADVANCE MENACE! PEOPLE WHO ARE INVESTING IN REAL ESTATE WILL RATHER START DIVERTING THEIR RESOURCES TO OTHER VEN ...
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  • Stephen Donkor, New York. 2 weeks ago

    JOHN MAHAMA SHOULD BUILD MILLIONS OF HOUSES TO AVOID THE RENT ADVANCE MENACE! OTHERWISE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVESTING IN REAL ESTATE WILL RATHER START DIVERTING THEIR RESOURCES TO OTHER VENTURES, STOP THE STUPIDITY!

    That’s Jo ...
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  • Truth 2 weeks ago

    Do people take 2 years rent advance in New York? There's a law and the president is asking for it to be enforced and because of your jaundiced perspective, you're insulting him. You can call for the law to be abolished but in ...
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  • Cooli0 2 weeks ago

    Rubbish. Even we the tenants enjoy the 2yrs advance. If it's one year the landlord will increase it for another year so stop the nonsense

  • Seydou Ouedraogo 2 weeks ago

    Stop the nonsense!!!!

  • Cooli0 1 week ago

    U don't even have money to rent otherwise u will know the two years advance help us to prepare for another year. Aboaaa

  • Fools I will increase my rent bcos of this 2 weeks ago

    I will increase my rent and follow this 6months u mentioned. Every year i will increase it... If u don't wnat it leave and someone will take

  • Seydou Ouedraogo 2 weeks ago

    Increase it every six months instead because you will renew the tenancy lease every six months.

  • Zargon 2 weeks ago

    You are just talking anyhow. Go and read what the rent control laws says also about rent increases and you will understand that when you decide to rent your house for MONEY, the laws of the land applies. People like you will ...
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  • Legal 2 weeks ago

    Which commodity in this country is being controlled? Ghana practice Free market where supply and demand determines the price of everything. If government can't control the price of building materials and labor, it can't also ...
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  • Kk 2 weeks ago

    I think the government is fully prepared to accept the homeless in jubilee house, the way this is running off at his mouth.

  • Aboozigi 2 weeks ago

    Hahahahaa so true

  • Seydou Ouedraogo 2 weeks ago

    The president wants my tenant to report me to who in particular? The rent control officer or the police? Interesting times ahead!!!!!

  • Kk 2 weeks ago

    I think the government is fully prepared to accept the homeless in jubilee house, the way this idiot is running off at his mouth.

  • Andropov 2 weeks ago

    So I will make my rent high to offset the rent. What I would have taken per month will now be double from GHC 200 to GHC 400 per month

  • Scoobi Do 2 weeks ago

    Drivers are charging above the approved fares and looks as if they aren't not under any sector or regulatory body and no arrest nothing so they keep on cheating. Why arrest landlords? We are in a country where cheat me and I ...
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  • KKK 2 weeks ago

    Take your 6 months advance rent and let me take my room. No wahala. Can I go to jail or fine me 3,000gh for not renting out my room? Tweaa kai

  • Osei kwame 2 weeks ago

    They must appr0ach landlord sensibily because they suffered to build their houses what they are saying is out of sense zI think so

  • Gyata buruwa 2 weeks ago

    Kwasia mbra paanie

  • Yaw 2 weeks ago

    SOO DRIVERS WHO ARE CHARGING ILLEGAL FARES, HAVE YOU ARRESTED THEM? I THINK MAHAMA AND HIS NDC ARE CONFUSED, THEY CAN'T MANAGE THE COUNTRY.

  • Sam Fante warrior 2 weeks ago

    The government should build houses for their lazy citizens and control them. Foolish criminal in power.

  • David 2 weeks ago

    Good and build you house and rent it for 6 months

  • Truth 2 weeks ago

    BS! Come out with something better and stop this bullshit. Then they should go and rent at govt houses. Demand and supply! Let's stop these hypocrisy. You or govt appointees who does that. Let's be serious in this country fo ...
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  • Kk 2 weeks ago

    He is a fool. Maybe he thinks that position was given to him by God and that law was made by God. If he is able to reduce building materials prices and able to arrest Galamseyers then he might get some audience. Maybe he thin ...
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  • Adamafio 2 weeks ago

    JOHN MAHAMA ,,TANI,, IS VERY STUPID.WHY CAN YOU NOT BUILD ESTAE HOUSES AS GRNERAL ACHEMPONG DID,AND GIVE GHANIANS...

  • Asembenia 2 weeks ago

    @Adamafio, just shut up !

  • Koby 2 weeks ago

    Look at this idiot face and his incompetent boss, let them bring it on or finish their corrupt project Saglemi housing and give them out as rent free. Jokers in power

  • Jb 2 weeks ago

    Mmoa have you build houses for the people to rent for them what if landlords says we are not renting for the people useless laws

  • UNP 2 weeks ago

    You see most of you condemning the directive or policy, you sound stupid. No wonder there is high cost of living in Ghana. The government is enforcing the law that was enacted very many years ago and some bloak think is not g ...
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  • rent act 2 weeks ago

    this law was enacted as far as 1963 when situations were totally different..It needs to be amended to reflect current conditions.Sadly in ghana there are many laws but just not working.Everyone doing what he or she feels like ...
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  • Wuram Komfo 2 weeks ago

    Aboa kwa woasi dan ama obi

  • Jacob 2 weeks ago

    You see, this is why I call these politicians fools and stupid poeple. You know very well that the country has not got enough housing facilities and you think this law can work? By the way is there law in Ghana that can force ...
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  • SD.com 2 weeks ago

    Government and rent control people, why don't you deliver more houses to forestall this rent issues you're talking about. Build more houses and shut up.

  • Percy 1 week ago

    Please, do random checks from time to time to ascertain compliance.

  • Tobby 1 week ago

    This is a cat and mouse game the government is playing with landlords. Tenants will be happy and Rent Control will be happy for scoring political points. At the end of the day, it is the tenant who will suffer.

    Now I'm sup ...
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  • Dokono 1 week ago

    And what do you say to the troublesome tenants..
    . I can only suggest you do your work well

  • Dzool 1 week ago

    President Mahama should advise his brother Ibrahim to sell a bag his data cement for twenty cedis. And landlords to will down rent charges. Rent control of rent next item will be essential commodities. Ghana is drifting to R ...
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  • Samson 1 week ago

    Truth be told.The law protects tenants but provides no incentives for investment in commercially viable rental units. If even all landlords stop taking rent advance, take rent on a monthly rent it will not fix the bigger prob ...
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  • Kwamina 1 week ago

    In Ethiopia, the Government is building apartments which could be rented or bought. Why can't we embark on a similar mission in Ghana to resolve the housing problem.

  • Kwame 1 week ago

    There are times that it looks like the executive is in a fairy land. The question to ask is what about institutions that collect more than six month's rent advance from students and others.
    Even some state universities are ...
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  • Govt should rent out its houses and stop the bullshit 1 week ago

    The rent advance is to help tenants to pay steady rent for the period irrespective of inflation. If a landlord collects six months, then he can increase the rent every time there's a new contract. Govt should be careful of so ...
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