'Amend house rent control act'
It is necessary to amend the house rent control act of 1991 to prevent landlords in the capital from charging excessive rent, speakers said at a seminar yesterday.
Jatiya Bharatiya Kalyan Society organised the seminar styled “Make house rent control act effective after amending it" at the Jatiya Press Club.
In the last 22 years, no government has taken the initiative to make the act time befitting, said Advocate Manzill Murshid, president of Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh (HRPB).
He said that they submitted a writ petition to the High Court to make an existing rent chart, which shows rent based on area, effective.
The organisers placed a seven-point demand yesterday including area based standard rent following the house rent control act, appointing rent controller, deputy controller and assistant controller to monitor the standard rent.
AKM Golam Mohiuddin, chairman of Jatiya Bharatiya Kalyan Society, former Awami League leader Mahmudur Rahman Manna, among others, addressed the programme.
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