But in another direction attempts are being made to control prices; and kind of municipal rent restriction act is to be brought into force shortly. its clauses are highly interesting:—
But in another direction attempts are being made, to, control, prices; and a kind of municipal rent restriction act is ta be brought into force shortly, Its Clauses are highly interesting Landlords not allowed to raise rentals except for some special reason.
'A rental assessment commission to be set up, to investigate disputes between landlords and tenants.
Landlords not entitled: to demand evacuation of tenants without very Special reasons.
In, cases where the landlord can for good cause demand the evacuation of the tenant, the latter is entitled to remain in occupation for a further four months without. paying rent.
Tu case a tenant fails to pay rent for two months in succession, the landlord has the right to evict him. But if this ying his rent zerulariy for more than us, after the tenant has been
hree years, then the landlord has to wait the above four months.
After the rental agreement has been duly signed the landlord is not entitled
el to Sell or re-rent the house to someone In case of re-renting after evacuation the landlord is not permitted to raise the rent by more than 20 per cent.
Rental agreements to be for a maximum el three years, It will be noted that all the clauses of this Act, are particularly favourable to the tenant. And in its preamble the Act justifies the regulations on the grounds of the large influx of fresh population. It neglects, however, to mention that the influx is, almost entirely, of Japanese who continue te pour in their thousands into Peiping. which according to their own statements is, even in these days, a perfect eldorado, when compared with the hard living conditions in Japan.
It is, therefore, perhaps not so strange, after all, that these new rent regulations are so tender of the interest of the tenant. The only thing to be said as far as concerns the interests of the landlords, is that these regulations are nowadays only of importance in connection with evicting a tenant, For a long time already, there has not been a single house to be had in the whole of Peiping; at least, not in those districts frequented by the Japanese.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.