In its session yesterday, the Chamber of Deputies announced the names of the members of the special commission appointed to study the bill, introduced on August 26. It will be chaired by Representative Eugenio Cedeño Areche, who will work alongside his colleagues: Rafael Castillo, Mateo Espaillat, Máximo Castro Silverio, Benedicto Hernández, Danny Guzmán, Ana Mercedes, Tulio Jiménez, Saury Mota, and Luis Henríquez Beato. Also serving on the commission are Nicolás Hidalgo, Dulce Quiñonez, José Miguel Cabrera, José David Pérez, Franklin Martínez, and Leonardo Aguilera.
SANTO DOMINGO.- The real estate rental and eviction bill submitted to the Chamber of Deputies by its president, Alfredo Pacheco, prohibits landlords from establishing conditions or discrimination when choosing tenants.
“It is prohibited to establish as conditions for renting housing the condition of not having children, being a foreigner or establishing discrimination related to ethnicity, sex, creed, social condition or other forms of discrimination,” the legislation states.
It establishes that "those who request housing" must express the indications indicated in the preceding paragraph, if the contract contains expressions that violate or incite the violation of the legal provisions on the matter.
They choose a study committee
In its session yesterday, the Chamber of Deputies announced the names of the members of the special commission appointed to study the bill, introduced on August 26. It will be chaired by Representative Eugenio Cedeño Areche, who will work alongside his colleagues: Rafael Castillo, Mateo Espaillat, Máximo Castro Silverio, Benedicto Hernández, Danny Guzmán, Ana Mercedes, Tulio Jiménez, Saury Mota, and Luis Henríquez Beato. Also serving on the commission are Nicolás Hidalgo, Dulce Quiñonez, José Miguel Cabrera, José David Pérez, Franklin Martínez, and Leonardo Aguilera.
Who repairs it?
The legislation states that the tenant must keep the property in good condition and be responsible for any damage or deterioration caused by their fault, guilt, negligence or by the action or omission of the people who live with them, their relatives, workers, clients, guests and visitors, the document states.
It proposes that the local justice of the peace court where the property is located be the court with jurisdictional competence to hear claims related to rentals. Article 40 establishes that “any eviction judgment issued by the justice of the peace shall be declared enforceable notwithstanding any appeal filed against it.”.
“However, the tenant who appeals the decision may evade the enforceability of the sentence if he proves that he has deposited in the Reserve Bank of the Dominican Republic twice the amount of the penalties established in the sentence to be appealed,” it says.
Likewise, the project proposed by the president of the Chamber of Deputies maintains that the eviction of a tenant may be demanded when the action is based on one or more of the causes such as that the tenant has stopped paying the rent price corresponding to two consecutive months; that the property is going to be subject to repair, reconstruction or new construction that warrant the vacating.
Likewise, if the owner or their spouse needs to occupy the property, or relatives of one of them, ascendants, descendants or collateral relatives up to and including the second degree.
“In the fact that the tenant has used the property for a purpose other than that for which it was rented, without the prior written consent of the owner; that the tenant has caused damage to the property greater than that resulting from normal use of the property, or has made alterations not authorized by the owner; or that the tenant has assigned the rental or subletting contract in whole or in part without the prior written consent of the owner.”.
