'Enact house rent control act'
Jatiya Nagarik Samaj, a citizens' platform, yesterday demanded enactment of a time befitting house rent control act and its strict implementation to halt uncontrolled increase of house rent in the city.
The samaj members made the demands at a human chain in front of Supreme Court in the city.
They said 80 percent of around 15 million city residents are living in rented houses. House owners are increasing rent without following any rules while tenants are becoming their victims.
Citing Consumers Association of Bangladesh statistics, they said house rent increased over 350 times in the last 21 years while Dhaka City Corporation did not increase income tax.
They also demand practice of signing contracts with the tenant, area based rent fixing and hoisting of rent chart in major road crossings.
Golam Mashih and SM Lutfar Rahman spoke at the proramme, presided over by the sangstha Chairman Nasir Uddin Munshi over the programme.
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