Rental Regulations Decoded: MMR vs Delhi vs B’lore
Under the Indian Constitution, provision of housing is a state subject. Thus, the enactment and enforcement of rent control laws is the responsibility of the individual states. The common thread running through almost all Rent Control Acts (RCAs) and legislations is that they are intended to serve two purposes, to protect the tenant from eviction from the house where he is living except for defined reasons and on defined conditions and to protect him from having to pay more than a fair/standard rent.
Rent Control measures become necessary when demand for rental property far outstrips the supply and tenants become vulnerable to exploitation by the landlords. This report attempts to compare and contrast rent control in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore respectively.
“As part of ‘Real Insights’ into real estate, commonfloor.com has come up with a comparative analysis of Rent Control Act in MMR, Delhi and Bangalore.
