SANTO DOMINGO - Among the new features of the new Law on Rental of Real Estate and Evictions, Article 20, paragraph II, states that in the event of necessary repairs of any kind in the property rented to the user , it is the responsibility of the owner or landlord to carry out the pertinent maintenance repairs in order to keep the rented property in good condition without prejudice to the tenant.
Through the repairs carried out, the landlord will not have the right to increase the rent during the current period of the contract's validity.
It is also established that when the tenant is forced to vacate the property due to repairs, the payment obligation of the lessee will be suspended while the works are carried out.
In other words, according to the new law on the lease and usufruct of property approved by the National Congress, the owner is required to take care of the repairs to his property without the right to increase the rent to the tenant.
The new legislation, authored by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alfredo Pacheco, and whose next steps depend on the Executive Branch, seeks to establish a new regime to regulate the leasing of real estate in the Dominican Republic.
The legislative provision defines the relationships, conditions and legal obligations that arise between the owner and tenant when a lease agreement is made on a building.
The legislative instrument seeks to adapt to the new reality that the country is experiencing in terms of rentals.
