Tenant and Landlord Rights Protection Prioritized By New Saudi Arabian Law

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A brand new rental law trying to curtail nonpayment of rent will shortly be introduced with the Saudi Credit Bureau (SIMAH) and is intended to safeguard the rights of both landlords and tenants.

The legislation, which requires landlords to enlist in a system that retains a record of tenants’ lease payment, allows homeowners to identify tenants with histories that are poor and to conduct background checks. Landlords have the choice of registering in the new system, which needs tenants to bill monthly instead of semiannually or annually.

When a tenant fails to pay rent for a month that is certain, this info will be entered into the computer system. He is going to be subject to steps by SIMAH including difficulty in acquiring credit cards and loans when he continues to fail to cover the rent he owes. The machine, which ensures tenants of residential and commercial properties, attempts to fix the various problems connected with renters who don’t pay rent on time while at the same time easing the burden on renters that, under the present system, frequently need to pay as much as a year’s rent beforehand.

The legislation comes in a time once the housing market is greatly unregulated and is your very first step in safeguarding the rights of renters and property owners that are frequently forced to go to court to force another party to follow the conditions of rental. Observers think that the system will make an environment in which renters and property owners can exercise their faith. Investors will motivate to venture into the units industry.

A property agent that owns a range of buildings across Jeddah, Abdullah Sadaqa, said the government has taken a step in making sure landowners’ rights and welcomed the move.

“I’ve suffered for many years with tenants about the nonpayment of rent. I had a renter without paying rent for six 15, who abandoned the building. I tried calling him all that he said was come and get me if you can. I found out he had abandoned Jeddah. Whether this system is completely executed, then we simply don’t have anything to fret about,” he explained.

 

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Sadaqa considers tenants who don’t pay rent should be blacklisted by the system. “The property industry lacks appropriate legislation to make sure the rights of renters and landlords. We see renters experiencing landlords and rent increases out of not getting paid in time. Just how long are we going to await the authorities to present appropriate landlord-tenant laws?” he asked.

Salem Al-Salem, property agent and a landlord, said the following cases of nonpayment of rent is expensive and more time-consuming. He said he expects it’s executed with no delay and chased the new law. “I’ve hired a lawyer to manage these kinds of instances but such suits take a good deal of money and time to become solved. We have been calling for a law that was very clear and also to get a system to make sure our rights. I hope it does not just turn into a part of the paper which sits in certain government official drawer and it is really enforced and implemented in a timely fashion,” he said while adding that newlyweds and individuals with low incomes will probably profit from the law.

“I have seen lots of young tenants that struggle to discover a cheap decent flat. I feel this law will help individuals people who are not able to cover a year’s rent beforehand.”

Property owners need to submit evidence of possession to register for the machine.

They will have the ability to observe any tenant’s lease history. They could enter info into the machine of renters who’ve been paying rent on people who haven’t and time. Property owners who elect to not enroll with the platform will danger leasing their land.

The new law makes renting much easier for both parties as it brings protection for the landlord and tenant. In Jeddah, this could lead to an increase in the number of movers.

 

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