{"id":12488,"date":"2021-03-26T09:21:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T08:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.propertypro.ng\/blog\/?p=12488"},"modified":"2021-03-26T09:21:17","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T08:21:17","slug":"lagos-state-condemns-arbitrary-rent-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/lagos-state-condemns-arbitrary-rent-increase\/","title":{"rendered":"Lagos State Condemns Arbitrary Rent Increase"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday advised residents to speak up against extortion or arbitrary rents increase by landlords and stop suffering in silence.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ayodeji Amodu, Senior Special Assistant to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Housing, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos.<\/span><\/p>\n

Amodu said there was the need for residents to speak up because enforcement of the existing laws on rent was only possible when people lodge complaints.<\/span><\/p>\n

He noted that the state government recently inaugurated a new agency to regulate and monitor both tenants and landlords to ensure equity, adding that laws were usually forgotten if not used or challenged.<\/span><\/p>\n

The aide called on tenants who were victims of arbitrary rent increase or other vices to approach the Lagos State Real Estate Regulatory Authority for amicable resolution of issues.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said: \u201cPeople just keep quiet when they are overcharged, but the law will not defend you if you don\u2019t come to challenge it.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSomebody must actually go out to say that I know my right and I can always challenge any landlord who is increasing his rent abruptly without any course to the law of the land.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Amodu noted that the agency was created to monitor, control and regulate policies of real estate transactions in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said: \u201cLike I said, the government is always on the side of the people.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat is why the regulatory authority was inaugurated and is doing very well to ensure transactions are monitored.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf you are a tenant or a landlord, you have access to get LASRERA.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf either you have been defrauded or overcharged, or you paid for a property and you have not got value for your money, that is an area you can go to lodge your complaints and such people will be called to order.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The aide listed completed and ongoing affordable mass housing schemes embarked upon by the Sanwo-Olu administration to increase housing stock and bridge the huge shelter gap in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n

Amodu also highlighted the low mortgage offers aimed at making houses and rents cheaper, to ensure landlords have access to finance and individuals could afford decent housing.<\/span><\/p>\n

He stated that the government would tinker with the existing laws on rent made by previous regimes to bring them up-to-date with current realities.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said: \u201cWhen certain rules are made, people tend to flout it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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