SANTO DOMINGO.- It is prohibited to establish as a condition for renting housing not having children, being a foreigner or establishing discrimination related to ethnicity, sex, creed, social condition or other forms of exclusion.
“Those who request housing, express the indications indicated in the preceding paragraph or whose text contains expressions that violate or incite the violation of the legal provisions on the matter,” as contemplated in the draft law on rental of real estate and evictions.
Likewise, the legislation states that if, during the tenancy relationship, for any reason, the rented property becomes the property of a person other than the original owner, the new owner will be obliged to respect the contractual relationship in the same terms agreed, and actions relating to the termination of the lease on the property may only be processed in accordance with the provisions contained in this law.
Regarding the obligations of the tenants, it defines that they must pay the rent price on the agreed date, give the rented property the use, exclusively, agreed in the contract and keep the rented property in good condition.
Furthermore, not to make modifications that alter the distribution of the rented property, to return the property to the owner or legal representative at the end of the contract, to comply with the legal or regulatory provisions applicable to the use of the property or the activity to which it is intended.
According to the bill approved in its first reading in the Chamber of Deputies last week, subletting the property is prohibited. “Any subletting carried out without the express written authorization of the owner is null and void. Violators of this provision will incur the penalties stipulated in this law, without prejudice to the owner's right to terminate the contract without any formality.”.
Nor can it be transferred free of charge or by mere tolerance. Article 35 specifies that the tenant cannot change the activity for which the property is intended and must limit themselves to the stipulated use and enjoyment, unless authorized in writing by the owner.
“In the absence of an express stipulation in the contract, the purpose of the property shall be the same as that for which it has been used before or that which corresponds to it, according to its own nature. The change of purpose of the leased property, which the owner has not authorized in writing, even if it does not cause him harm, entitles him to invoke the dissolution of the contract.”.
