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The Rent Control has warned that landlords who charge for advance.
Speaking on Joy News, The Public Relations Officer who spoke to Joy News and monitored by GHArticles, the Rent Control Department, Emmanuel Hovey Kporsu stated that property owners must not exploit tenants to recoup their investments. He added that landlords who demand for six months rent could be jailed for 2 years.
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“Any person who as a condition of the grant, renewal or continuance of a tenancy demands in the case of monthly or shorter tenancy, the payment in advance of more than a month’s rent or in the case of tenancy exceeding six months, the payment in advance of more than six months’ rent shall be guilty of an offense and shall upon conviction by the appropriate rent magistrate be liable to a fine not exceeding 500 penalty unit or in default imprisonment term not exceeding 2 years or both,” he stated.
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