Tag: Landlord

Landlord of specified premises convicted of taking barred action against tenant during protection period of rental enforcement moratorium ******************************************************************************************      A landlord of specified premises, who took barred action during the protection period (i.e. from May 1 to July 31, 2022) specified under the Temporary Protection Measures for Business Tenants (COVID-19 Pandemic) Ordinance against a tenant for failing to pay rent in the relevant period, contravened the Ordinance. The landlord pleaded guilty today (February 27) at the Eastern Magistrates’ Courts.       The Rating and Valuation Department received a complaint about the landlord who commenced distress legal proceedings against ... Read more

Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) (Amendment) Ordinance 2021 to take effect on January 22, 2022 ******************************************************************************************      The Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) (Amendment) Ordinance 2021 (Ordinance) will take effect on January 22, 2022 to regulate tenancies of subdivided units (SDUs), with the following key requirements: (1) a regulated cycle of tenancies for an SDU is to comprise two consecutive regulated tenancies for the SDU, each for a term of two years;   (2) a tenant of a first term tenancy for an SDU is entitled to be granted a second term tenancy of the regulated cycle for the SDU, thus ... Read more

LegCo to consider Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) (Amendment) Bill 2021 **************************************************************************** The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:         The Legislative Council (LegCo) will hold a meeting tomorrow (October 13) at 11am in the Chamber of the LegCo Complex. During the meeting, the Second Reading debate on the Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) (Amendment) Bill 2021 will resume. If the Bill is supported by Members and receives its Second Reading, it will stand committed to the committee of the whole Council. After the committee of the whole Council has completed consideration of the Bill and ... Read more