Comments on: Republic Act (RA) No. 9653 – Rent Control Act of 2009 (full text copy)

By: MyDearAchi

MyDearAchi — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:01:00 +0000

Hi Jamilla,
To my opinion, Sec 9 protects the tenant against unlawful act of the Lessor and it is effective immediately. No court order is needed. Without Sec 9, Lessors can freely eject tenants and “re-rent” to a new Lessee for higher amount.
Hope this helps.

By: Ronald Cagape

Ronald Cagape — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:57:00 +0000

Covered ba ung unit ninyo ng rent control? Covered kayo kung less than 10k ang inyong rent. 7% lang ang pwedeng increase per year.

By: toni

toni — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 04:04:00 +0000

hello po, tanong lang po.is it legal na taasan po ang renta namin ng 10% every year?hindi po kami pumirma sa huling contrata kasi po parang napakalaki naman ng increase nila. wala naman po silang ni rerepair sa bahay nila..huli po namaing usap ng landlord namin e mag tataas nanaman daw po ngaung taon ng another 10%. please help us undertsnad the law abt house rental….please email me at odi.asia maraming salamat po!

By: Rapit0y1

Rapit0y1 — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:46:00 +0000

Commercial Rent Problem. I have a problem with our lessor, instead of renewing our lease contract, they opted to make it a new contract. Along with the new contract is the 10% increase in monthly rent, they are also asking for me to increase the deposit of 4 months + 10%. This is the first time I have encountered a lessor like this. Is this even legal? We are old lessee, is there a law that prevents abusive lessors?

By: ahoy

ahoy — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:24:00 +0000

ayaw ko na pong i-renew contract ng rent namin sa house. ang nasa contract namin eh non-refundable yung advance pero la nmn nakasaad na non consummable daw ang deposit namin at yun yung ini insist nya… pwede po ba yun?

By: pixelworks

pixelworks — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:14:00 +0000

how about laws on commercial space for rent? meron po ba? thank you

By: Xewphil

Xewphil — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 08:50:00 +0000

Hello, i have a question, i am renting a studio type apartment in Makati area, actually our water bill is quite high for our consumption, because of this we contacted and asked the contact person of the building where we are renting. She told us that that includes utilities for the guards, but before she never told us about that. and also is it right for them to change the computation of the “WATER BILL” just to compensate for their expenditures (we only have a sub water meter). Isn’t it better to have a separate bill for utilities of the guards?? Is it right for them to do a computation like that without informing us before also MAYBE manipulating our water bill? tnx.

By: Jayson Paas

Jayson Paas — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:05:00 +0000

Nag-aapply din po ba to sa mga landlords or landladies na hindi maibalik ang remaining balance sa renta? hindi ko po kasi makuha yun balance ko at ayaw nila ibalik ng walang dahilan…. Please help me.

By: Jay Castillo

Jay Castillo — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 05:43:00 +0000

You’re welcome Carmie.

By: jon

jon — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:22:03 +0000

What should you do with the money? Will it help if I send you my bank account so you can deposit it?

Seriously though, I think you should ask the Koreans instead. I think it’s fair to keep one month’s worth of rent, and just return the 1 month deposit. It’s not your fault they want to leave, right? But if you feel it’s unfair to charge them a month’s rent for 10 days stay, then pro-rate the rent instead and return the rest.