Landlord Has No Right To Force Tenants Out Of The House

Tenants who did not pay rents had their water and electricity disconnected in their apartments, and 40 complaints were submitted online about their landlords, reported a local daily. The reports were made via the hotline of the ministry, which were verified by the team and 70 percent involved tampering with electricity and water networks, which was why these services were cut.

Adding to the suffering of tenants, property owners and landlords have issued threats of eviction, cutting water and electricity supply, and stopping elevators in buildings, are some methods for demanding rent on time, reported Al Rai Daily. Many expats, who live in apartments, are facing a major crisis as their companies have shut, causing them to lose jobs, and others have either not received their salaries or have had their salaries deducted. Consequently, paying rents has become more difficult.

On the other hand, a large number of building owners after meeting with low-income tenants, have taken the initiative to reduce their rents to half for a period of 6 months, and have exempted others for two consecutive months from paying rents and gave others some relief till the crisis settled on a humanitarian basis.

Speaking to the daily, Lawyer Saud Al-Shammari asserted,  “The landlord has no right to cut off the water and electricity of the tenant or force him out of the house even if the tenant refuses to pay the rent. He stated that there is a law regulating the relationship between the two parties (the landlord and the tenant).

 

SOURCE : TIMESKUWAIT

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