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Tuesday, 22 July 2008 00:00

 

 


Q. I rented an apartment in Dubai under a tenancy contract, annually renewable. At the start of the second year, the property company managing the building's affairs, including my apartment, hiked the rent which I

accepted. Two months before the end of the second year, the company again hiked the rent by 15 per cent. I was also threatened with eviction if I refused to pay the new rent. Is this legally right?

 


A. As the rent was increased last year, the property company managing your apartment is not entitled to any further hikes in rent.
As per the tenancy laws and recently modified rent cap in Dubai, the company can only hike the rent by five per cent, that too if it had not increased the rent in the previous year. If
the landlord or the property company representing him insists on any illegal or excessive hike in the rent, the tenant may file a suit before the Tenancy Dispute Committee of the Dubai Municipality.

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