*Update: The Rent control Act of 2009 has been extended until December 31, 2015, according to a press release from the Senate of The Philippines.
As a follow up to my previous post about Republic Act (RA) No. 9653, also known as the Rent Control Act of 2009, I am posting here a full text copy of the rent control law in its entirety as reference for everyone.
Salient provisions of RA 9653 can be found in my previous post which highlights the exemption of rent-to-own agreements from the new rent control law and you may access it here. I look forward to the release of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of RA 9653 and once the rent control act IRR becomes available, I’ll surely post it here as well.
Full text of RA 9653:
S. No. 1963
H. No. 6098Republic of the Philippines
Congress of the Philippines
Metro Manila
Fourteenth Congress
Second Regular SessionBegun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-eight day of July, two thousand eight.
Republic Act No. 9653
AN ACT ESTABLISHING REFORMS IN THE REGULATION OF RENT OF CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL UNITS, PROVIDING THE MECHANISMS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. Short Title. – This Act shall be known and cited as the “Rent Control Act of 2009.“
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. – The State shall, for the common good, undertake a continuing program of encouraging the development of affordable housing for the lower income brackets and other beneficiaries.
Toward this end, the State shall continue to protect housing tenants in the lower income brackets and other beneficiaries from unreasonable rent increases.
SEC. 3. Definition of Terms. – The following terms as used in this Act shall be understood as:
(a) “Rent” shall mean the amount paid for the use or occupancy of a residential unit whether payment is made on a monthly or other basis.
(b) “Residential unit” shall refer to an apartment, house and/or land on which another’s dwelling is located and used for residential purposes and shall include not only buildings, part or units thereof used solely as dwelling places, boarding houses, dormitories, rooms and bedspaces offered for rent by their owners, except motels, motel rooms, hotels, hotel rooms, but also those used for home industries, retail stores or other business purposes if the owner thereof and his or her family actually live therein and use it principally for dwelling purposes.
(c) “Immediate members of family of the lessee or lessor” for purposes of repossessing the leased premises, shall be limited to his or her spouse, direct descendants or ascendants, by consanguinity or affinity.
(d) “Lessee” shall mean the person renting a residential unit.
(e) “Owner/Lessor” shall include the owner or administrator or agent of the owner of the residential unit.
(f) “Sublessor” shall mean the person who leases or rents out a residential unit leased to him by an owner.
(g) “Sublessee” shall mean the person who leases or rents out a residential unit from a sublessor.
SEC. 4. Limit on Increases in Rent. – For a period of one (1) year from its effectivity, no increase shall be imposed upon the rent of any residential unit covered by this Act: Provided, that after such period until December 31, 2013, the rent of any residential unit covered by this Act shall not be increased by more than seven (7%) annually as long as the unit is occupied by the same lessee: Provided, further, That when the residential unit becomes vacant, the lessor may set the initial rent for the next lessee: Provided, however, That in the case of boarding houses, dormitories, rooms and bedspaces offered for rent to students, no increase in rental more than once per year shall be allowed.
SEC. 5. Coverage of this Act. – All residential units in the National Capital Region and other highly urbanized cities, the total monthly rent for each of which ranges from One peso (P1.00) to Ten thousand pesos (P10,000.00) and all residential units in all other areas, the total monthly rent for each of which ranges from One peso (P1.00) to Five thousand pesos (P5,000.00) as of the effectivity date of this Act shall be covered, without prejudice to existing contracts.
SEC. 6. Authority to Continue Rental Regulation. – Notwithstanding the lapse of the period provided in Section 4 of this Act, the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) is hereby granted the authority to continue the regulation of the rental of certain residential units, to determine the period of regulation and its subsequent extensions if warranted, to determine the residential units covered and to adjust the allowable limit on rental increases per annum, taking into consideration, among others, National Statistics Office (NSO) census on rental units, prevailing rental rates, the monthly inflation rate on rentals of the immediately preceding year, and rental price index.
SEC. 7. Rent and Requirement of Bank Deposit. – Rent shall be paid in advance within the first five (5) days of every current month or the beginning of the lease agreement unless the contract of lease provides for a later date of payment. The lessor cannot demand more than one (1) month advance rent. Neither can he/she demand more than two (2) months deposit which shall be kept in a bank under the lessor’s account name during the entire duration of the lease agreement. Any and all interest that shall accrue therein shall be returned to the lessee at the expiration of the lease contract. In the event however, that the lessee fails to settle rent, electric, telephone, water or such other utility bills or destroys any house components and accessories, the deposits and interests therein shall be forfeited in favor of the latter in the amount commensurate to the pecuniary damage done by the former.
SEC. 8. Assignment of Lease or Subleasing. – Assignment of lease or subleasing of the whole or any portion of the residential unit, including the acceptance of boarders or bedspacers, without the written consent of the owner/lessor is prohibited.
SEC. 9. Grounds for Judicial Ejectment. – Ejectment shall be allowed on the following grounds:
(a) Assignment of lease or subleasing of residential units in whole or in part, including the acceptance of boarders or bedspacers, without the written consent of the owner/lessor;
(b) Arrears in payment of rent for a total of three (3) months: Provided, That in the case of refusal by the lessor to accept payment of the rent agreed upon, the lessee may either deposit, by way of consignation, the amount in court, or with the city or municipal treasurer, as the case may be, or barangay chairman, or in a bank in the name of and with notice to the lessor, within one (1) month after the refusal of the lessor to accept payment. The lessee shall thereafter deposit the rent within ten (10) days of every current month. Failure to deposit the rent for three (3) months shall constitute a ground for ejectment. The lessor, upon authority of the court in case of consignation or upon joint affidavit by him and the lessee to be submitted to the city or municipal treasurer or barangay chairman and to the bank where deposit was made, shall be allowed to withdraw the deposits;
(c) Legitimate need of the owner/lessor to repossess his or her property for his or her own use or for the use of any immediate member of his or her family as a residential unit: Provided, however, That the lease for a definite period has expired: Provided, further, that the lessor has given the lessee the formal notice three (3) months in advance of the lessor’s intention to repossess the property and: Provided, finally, that the owner/lessor is prohibited from leasing the residential unit or allowing its use by a third party for a period of at least (1) year from the time of repossession;
(d) Need of the lessor to make necessary repairs of the leased premises which is the subject of an existing order of condemnation by appropriate authorities concerned in order to make the said premises safe and habitable: Provided, That after said repair, the lessee ejected shall have the first preference to lease the same premises: Provided, however, That the new rent shall be reasonably commensurate with the expenses incurred for the repair of the said residential unit and: Provided, finally, That if the residential unit is condemned or completely demolished,
the lease of the new building will no longer be subject to the aforementioned first preference rule in this subsection; and(e) Expiration of the period of the lease contract.
SEC. 10. Prohibition Against Ejectment by Reason of Sale or Mortgage. – No lessor or his successor-in-interest shall be entitled to eject the lessee upon the ground that the leased premises have been sold or mortgaged to a third person regardless of whether the lease or mortgage is registered or not.
SEC. 11. Rent-to-Own Scheme. – At the option of the lessor, he or she may engage the lessee in a written rent-to-own agreement that will result in the transfer of ownership of the particular dwelling in favor of the latter. Such an agreement shall be exempt from the coverage of Section 5 of this Act.
SEC. 12. Application of the Civil Code and Rules of Court of the Philippines. – Except when the lease is for a definite period, the provision of paragraph (1) of Article 1673 of the Civil Code of the Philippines, insofar as they refer to residential units covered by this Act, shall be suspended during the effectivity of this Act, but other provisions of the Civil Code and the Rules of Court on lease contracts, insofar as they are not in conflict with the provisions of this Act shall apply.
SEC. 13. Penalties. – A fine of not less than Twenty-five thousand pesos (P25,000.00) nor more than Fifty thousand pesos (P50,000.00) or imprisonment of not less than one (1) month and one (1) day to not more than six (6) months or both shall be imposed on any person, natural or juridical, found guilty of violating any provision of this Act.
SEC. 14. Information Drive. – The Department of the Interior and Local Government and the HUDCC, in coordination with other concerned agencies, are hereby mandated to conduct a continuing information drive about the provisions of this Act, which shall be translated and be made available in major regional dialects and shall be posted in conspicuous public places, including barangay halls.
SEC. 15. Review of the Rental Regulation – The HUDCC is hereby mandated to conduct every three (3) years from the effectivity of this Act a review of its implementation and a study on rental regulation, and submit to Congress its recommendation on whether a continuing regulation is still necessary or deregulation is already warranted.
SEC. 16. Program to Cushion Impact in the Event of a Regulation-Free Rental Housing Market – The HUDCC and its attached agencies are hereby mandated to formulate and implement a two (2) year transition program which will provide for safety measures to cushion the impact in the event of a regulation-free housing market.
SEC. 17. Separability Clause. – If any provision or part hereof is held invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall remain valid and subsisting.
SEC. 18. Repealing Clause. – Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly.
SEC. 19. Effectivity Clause. – This Act shall take effect beginning fifteen (15) days after its complete publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
Approved,
PROSPERO C. NOGRALES JUAN PONCE ENRILE
Speaker of the House President of the Senate
of RepresentativesThis Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 3163 and House Bill No. 6098 was finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on May 27, 2009 and May 26, 2009, respectively.
MARILYN B. BARUA-YAP EMMA LIRIO-REYES
Secretary General Secretary of the Senate
House of RepresentativesApproved: JUL 14 2009
GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO
President of the Republic of the Philippines
A full text copy of RA 9653 in PDF format is also available. Click here to download a full text copy of the Rent Control Act of 2009. (Source: http://www.hudcc.gov.ph)
—–
To our financial freedom!
Jay Castillo
Real Estate Investor
Real Estate Broker License #: 20056
Blog: https://www.foreclosurephilippines.com
Social Network: http://foreclosurephilippines.ning.com
Mobile: +639178843882
E-mail: [email protected]
Text by Jay Castillo.Copyright © 2009 All rights reserved.
P.S. – If you are a new visitor, please start here to learn more about foreclosure investing in the Philippines.
P.P.S – If you liked this post, don’t forget to subscribe to e-mail alerts and get notified of new listings of bank foreclosed properties, public auction schedules, and real estate investing tips. If your inbox is getting full, you may subscribe instead to my RSS Feed.
Lets assume im not educated well. Am not so understand that republic act.. and am not fluent in english…but i have indicators from my friends sa mga advices nila for my concern. Pls correct me if am wrong.
In the given situation to the people that are involved. Theres,
Primary Owner
Secondary Owner(mother of the primary owner)
and Boarder
My brother rented a bedspacer for 1,100 pesos per month. 1 month deposit 1 month advanced. In davao city and hes a student.
Sa pagstart palang sa pag board niya ay alang contract. Automatic hingi sila bayad. With NOT OFFICIAL RECEIPT ang natatanggap niya kada bayad. On 2nd week of February 2015 the primary owner give a message to the tenance for the final announcement na before march 1 dapat nakaalis na ang ang mga boarder dahil irereconstruct na ang whole building. Actually, January pa daw nag announced ang primary owner for reconstruction then the tenance did not announced officialy in january. Meaning to say. Sa 2nd week na niya na announced officialy.
1st wrong system nila ay hindi pala naformal ang pag announced. Then verbal lang ang pag announced. With no paper statement. So the tenance was irresponsible.
All boarders are schocked to the announcement. May mga boarder na kulang ang bayad. Including my brother for 2 months na di nakabayad at nakonsume na niya ang 1month deposit. Total of 2months na di nakabayad sa halagang. At pinapirma sya ng acknowledgement letter na ang nakalagay ay magbabayad sya ng kulang for the coming april 2015. At siya lang ang nakapirma. So
Actually magbabayad nama talaga sila lahat but aside from that they are very poor kaya di slla mmakabayad agad. Ang aking kapatid lang ang nag pirma dahil ang mga kasamahan niya na may kulang din ay nakaalis na ng maaga.
To the next story. Maybabyad sana kami ng may 2015 and yes its actually late . BUT theres kwento kwento na di daw dapat ibigay sa tenance ang pambyad para sa kulang kasi ibubulsa lang ng tenance and di irereport sa owner. So naghintay kami na tatawagan kami ng owner kasi di namin alam kung ano ang numero ng mga owner at doon pa kami magbabayad.
Today is july 17, 2015. Tumawag kaninang umaga ang secondary owner at pupunta sya sa mga probinsya ng mga boarder at ipapakulong niya ito na may halong malaking banta sa buhay(ipapakulong) ng mga boarder na iba ang tono at gali na galit. Including my brother.
Yes theres timing kc namatay yung grandma ko at wala pa kaming arrangement sa pambyad. Kaya nagmakaawa ang mother ko for kataposan ng july na sya magbabayad. And the secondary owner reconsidered.
In this case? Makukulong ba talaga ang brother ko? Kasi sa mga pagpapatunay ay first. Walang contratahan ang lessor at lesse so automatic bayad lang ng bayad with NO OFFICIAL RECEIPT. 2nd, verbal lang pag hatid ng mensahe ng tenance na irereconstruct ang boarding house.and ang paghatid ng mensahe na opisyal ay di umabot ng 30 days. And my friend said na wala namang makukulong sa utang. Unless if ang case may Krimen. In my own definition ang krimen ay yung may patayan, may pagnanakaw, mga ganyanan.
Isa pa sabi ng isag friend ko, dapat nga ipaquits na ang lahat ng may kulang kasi estudyante lahat ehh… then they rented for one reason to finished their studies for EDUCATION for future kasi in this case in japan pag edukasyon ang pag uusapan icoconsider nila ito. And mahina ang systema o pamamalakad ng boarding house. At maraming kulang/mali/at mga problema.
Any help for this….
Hi!
My auntie is planning to rent her house in Cavite and it was declared as residential area. Now, I want to know if we need to registered it to business?
with regards to sec 7 before moving in an apartment, is it illegal that an Owner/Lessor charges advance deposit for utility bills? As the way I understand the law they are only allowed to charge the following:
1. first month deposit (non refundable)
2. last month’s deposit (non refundable)
3. security deposit (refundable)
I based my question on the move-in deposit an owner asked us worth 8k rent — deposit one month advance+2 months deposit+6k utility bills
IMO, utility bills should be charged once we have consumed the said bills. Further, I believe that’s already the purpose of the security deposit.
Hi,
Good day! Tanong ko lng po. sa isang foreclosed na property na binebenta ng isang banko at balak ko pong bilhin. nakasaad po sa listing nila na mai nag oocupy sa property pero nung na puntahan ko ng mga ilang beses na (weekend at weekday) wala talagang tao at nakausap ko ang isang kapit bahay nila an nung feb pa walang tao at nag hakot ng mga gamit. gs2 ko sanang tingnan ang loob ng property pero naka padlock po. pwde ko bng pabuksan yun kapag nakuha ko na yung property or na transfer na sakin from bank?
Hi. I would just like to ask one question regarding this topic. Does our landlord have the right to eject us from the apartment after a year of contract even if we still want to stay in the apartment? He said he has another contact to rent our unit and it would be less of a hassle for him to choose them over us. He asked us if we are going to rent the house for another year(meaning another full lease contract) but it wasn’t stated in our former contract that we are required to sign or join into another lease contract after a year. This May our 1st year contract ends and as I understand it, we are already not on hold whether to stay for another one year or not. Our plan is to still stay in our unit but not for another year again. Maybe half a year? Your response would be a lot of help and enlightenment.
Hi is this site still active? I want to know what are the reasons to forfeit a deposit? We had our house rented last Sept 2014 and the tenant has been paYing late eversince. I sent her a contract on her email last November ’14 but she did not acknowledge. However, we discussed verbally that we can only have the place rented for a year and she agreed. We only asked for 1month deposit and 1month advance. She terminated the contract last march with only 3-day notice. We used her deposit as a payment for the utilities. Btw, monthly rent is at 8,500 and utilities cost was around 3,000. She insists to get the remaining deposit which we would not want to give due to breach of contract. But she said that she never signed any physical contract. My lawyer friend said that the fact that she stayed in our house and receipt the contract and did not appeal is an indication of implied acceptance already.
I have my statement of account with me to prove that never did I receive her rental payment on time. She’s paid the charges when the delay was 10 days. But for the delayed payments less than 10 days, she did not pay any charges.
Can I use RA 9653 as a basis to forfeit her deposit? Thanks in advance!
Goodam, i have a problem, last 2013 we rent an apartment my brother sign a contract. Now, i already pay for april 19 2015, next month may 19 2015 we are leaving the apartment, my question is do we have to pay for may 19 2015 or not?but the exact date that we are leaving is may 19 2015? I didnt know about the contract so i would to ask if we need to pay for the next month or not? Thank u in advance..
I have a question here… How can I determine the current renting fee for my Area? Say in San Jose Del Monte Bulacan for a residential Apartment?
hi, I entered into an agreement with the building owner, we both agreed that I will rent the space for 40k a month and paid a 2 months deposit and 1 month advance but after the agreement I did not expected that I will become bancrupt that I can’t pay the rent after that, I stayed in the building for 10 months from the commencement of the contract but I never paid any rent except the 3 months I gave in advance but I didn’t earned also from that building, for now, the owner of the building filed a case against me breaching a contract. what are my options?
Good day!
I have been reading your sites and found it very helpful to me as I was experiencing issues with my lessor at present. First, we do not have any contract being signed though on the first day of our visit to check out the room we asked for it and now, as we had some issues, she’s insisting that she clearly explained to us the rules in the contract and we signed in there when in fact, NO CONTRACT SHOWN in us. Second, we paid the room rental for 1 month advance and 1 month deposit however, we do not stayed for the whole two months and decided to find a better place to stayed on. Third, she didn’t show us permit to operate and certificate of registration with the BIR. A week before our decision to leave, we informed the lessor and her way of treating us suddenly changed. She told us that we are not allowed to use the deposit anymore, nor it was refundable ” as it was stated in the contract” daw. During that week, she let some possible boarders to enter our room during our rest. Isn’t it an invasion of privacy since technically and legally we are LESSEE of the room. Another was she suddenly told us to pay the water and electricity bill higher than the prior agreement of how much it should be(water- 200/head/month & electricity- depends on the bill which will be estimated through each lessee) however, their home usage of electricity was part of the bill and they uses so much appliances and she didn’t stated it to us CLEARLY before we decided to stayed in there. Worst, she shouted at us and make gossips with other boarders which really a ground for public humiliation and verbal harassment. We are thinking of asking assistance from the barangay however, I wanted to asked an advice from you if our complaints with the said lessor is justifiable. Thank you so much and I do appreciate deeply if you can help me with this. More power!:)
Gud pm po..may i know if kelangan pa namin bayaran ang arrears namin ng 3 months kung pinaalis kami ng may ari in a week time..ang sabi niya, gagamitin daw niya iyong stall to use it for bodega and accordng to him, di na daw niya ipapaupa… but, we learned na ipapaupa niya pala sa anak ng barangay captain…may we know if ano ang pwede namin gawin? thanks
Hi sir! Just wanted an advise about my current situation. Im renting a studio type apt somewhere in pasay since end of april and have not been given a contract then. Just now the landlady gave me a copy of the contract which is not really appealing to my taste.
I have a receipt of the 1month dep and 1month advance which i paid before I moved into the apt. My concern is that the landlady will not give back my dep/adv paymnt since i didnt sign the contract and would not finish the 1yr min stay at the apt if i chose to move out. Is that legal?
Would it be okay if i just consume the dep/adv pymnt i made which i think is just fair.. Hoping for your enlightenment..
hi sir. good day. i would like to ask lang po, nagrerent po kami ng 8k per dito sa apartment na inuupahan namin. ngun po nagamit na namin un 1mo advance at 1mo deposit namin, nakiusap po kami sa landlord namin na babayaran po namin un rental bago po matapos ang buwan na ito. dumadaan po kami sa financial crisis nagun kay nakiusap kami. HINDI PO malinaw sa amin sa contract na HINDI DAPAT GAMITIN SA HINDI PAMBAYAD SA BUWAN NA LUMALAKAD HABANG NAKATIRA SA NASABING UNIT. pero kaya nga po kami nakiusap binabayaran naman po namin ang mga bills ng tubig at kuryente. nalabag po ba namin ang contract at karapatan po ba ng meari na paalisin na kami kaagad? at ano po ang karapatan ko para ipagtanggol din ang side ko ganung siya nagfile na sa barangay. sana po mabigyan nyo ako ng kaukulang sagot. asap po sana. salamat po ng marami.
Hi,
This is really a great info for the POV of the lessee. I am just wondering if there are requirements that the lessor is required to avail a business permit? Say the number of rooms he is renting out or the amount of lease that will require the lessor to have permit? Or is it really required to avail it even the lessor is just leasing a room or two for a low amount of money?
Really appreciate your reply. Thank you.
Hi Jay,
I am a lessee in one condo unit. I didn’t renewed my contract for this year. Regarding my two (2) months deposits, two months had passed but the owner didn’t gave back my deposit yet. Of course I settled everything and all the billings before I left the unit. Their reason of not giving my deposit yet is that they will wait until someone will occupy again the unit before they can pay me. Until now, the unit is vacant and open for rent. My point is, what if they won’t be able to get new tenant this year, is it fair to wait till next year for them to be able to pay me with my deposit? I am expecting my deposit be paid after two months. Its already three months but they’re ignoring my follow-up. Please advise…Thank you.
Good Morning Sir Jay,
I have a problem right now with the house I am paying through the developer in short Sir Jay I can’t continue anymore my monthly amortization… yesterday i had received the notice to vacate the property and they just give me 5 days to leave the property… right now I don’t know what I am going to do about that because i dont have enough money to to move out and my two daughters are still studying near the place… what legal action can i do just for them to allow me to stay at least 3 months in the place?
Good day, Mr.Jay.
I am currently renting a bedspace here in Mandaluyong. Last night, I received a “love letter/ejection letter” from the owner. The reason was because of “unfriendly” act, when in fact, it was just a petty quarrel.She didn’t want to hear my side. No verbal nor physical abuse happened. Can I appeal this to the barangay? Because I was told to transfer to other boarding house tomorrow. It wasn’t that easy.
Thanks in advance!
Good day, Mr.Jay.
I am currently renting a bedspace here in Mandaluyong. Last night, I received a “love letter/ejection letter” from the owner. The reason was because of “unfriendly” act, when in fact, it was just a petty quarrel.She didn’t want to hear my side. No verbal nor physical abuse happened. Can I appeal this to the barangay? Because I was told to transfer to other boarding house tomorrow. It wasn’t that easy.
Thanks in advance!
hi! I am Mark I want to know the legality of being a lease itno a aprtment. I’m now renting a apartment and we have a contract for two years and the amount of the rent is 3000 pesos per month . Now the owner decided to have renovation the whole apartment and all unit. when the time that renovation started we are still staying in the unit while the construction is on going. almost one month already since they started although we the permission from the owner to stay. in taking a building permit is there such rule that the tenant need to move out bcoz the construction is on going and the owner ask you to to do? while the contract still not expired is she has the right to increase the rent its just bcoz they just renovate the unit? and actually we don’t have the copy of the contract boz they refuse to give us. she want to increase from 3000 to 5000 and 1 month advance 2 months deposit?
Hi Sir Jay,
I was researching about a law that would free up the lessee of the responsibility in paying for the repair of the apartment when the damage is caused by acts of nature like typhoons and earthquakes but couldn’t find any. I would like to ask if you know if there is such a law?
The reason I’m asking is because the apartment that I am renting was damaged by the recent typhoon Glenda that hit Metro Manila and the owner did a minor repair without informing me that I will pay for the cost of it. Now I am being required to pay a certain amount (more than half of my rent) in addition to my rent and I strongly believe that this is not fair.
Thanks in advance.
Paula Misty
Hi Jay,
Good day! I have read your post and I think it is great to know knowledge like this, as I also rent a room (actually, bed space). May I ask about the tax that a tenant like me should pay for renting a room?..
Thanks.
Hi, I’m going to terminate my contract with my landlord and I wanted to know if I can still get my deposit?
Hi Chico, it depends on what’s written in your contract. If there is no clause that pretermination will be grounds for forfeiture of your deposit, then I see no reason for you not get your deposit back.
Good day Sir… hope you’ll find time to bear with me and provide me some assistance/perspective on how to best deal with my current concern with my landlady…. I’ve been renting out her apartment for 14 years now, and I consider myself a good tenant, at least in terms of payment of rental. Paid mostly in 3-4mos advance, kung maabutan ng delay for 1-2mos, and I make it up to cover payments for subsequent months – just like my last payment while na delay ng 2mons, I paid up for the whole of 6 months last March to cover until end of June due date. Last May 28 she called me up to inform me na kelangan na daw i-vacate yong place as yong may-ari (her sister) is going have it on renovation (it’s a 3-unit apartment building). I’ve requested for longer time, for the until end of this year sana – denied. Then up to September sana – denied. Her forwarded text message (Mid-July, barely 1 and 1/2months since first informed) claiming that long time na daw yong notification nila. Yong ‘actual’ next due ko is around this week pa lang, but they’ve sent a message to the tenant next door na puputulin na rin daw yong power + water supply pag di pa kami makakaalis. I don’t want to pursue ‘legal’ matters as I don’t want to burn bridges. A KP member (not of same barangay where my apt is located and also not of same barangay where my landlady resides) mentioned that I should still be allowed to stay until end of September without having to pay for the rent. This I don’t wanna pursue na rin… request ko lang is they won’t continue with their threat on the power+water cutoff by Aug.1. No response as yet. What would be the most fair and less-troublesome protection I can source out na I will still have access to power+water while still not having cleared out my stuff within August. I hope to be gone for good before August ends. (apologies for the long post 🙁 )
Hi,
nag rerent po kame 12k per month. Tanong ko lang po kung ano ang definition sa advance (as in 1 month adv 1 month deposit) na naayon sa batas ?
Salamat po
can curfew penalties ground for forfeiting my deposit?
Hi Levi, it depends on your lease contract if it says it is enough grounds for forfeiture.
hi jay, ung nanay ko po ay may boarders ng 13 years with no contract of lease. only verbal agreements.
gusto nya na pong paalisin ung umuupa kasi hindi na nagbabayad ng tatlong buwan. ngayon, pinabarangay na anamin para mapaalis at binigyan namin ng letter of ejectment. ngayon po, ayaw umalis kasi may karapatan na daw sya dahil 13 years na syang umuupa samin.
i have a problem then also, I am renting before P3,000.00 month since 1991 until now same building but after 4 years they increase after a year they increase again every year nag i increase sila , how is it if there is a law na bawal ng mag increase ang mga apartment since 2009 bakit itong me ari ng building namin eh, panay ang increase? and nag taas din sila ng deposit for 3 months then, and sa contract nila me nakalagay na shoulder ng lessee ang E-vat at iba pang tax……. MAKA TRUNGAN BA ITO ? and I found out na ang receipts nila yung luma pa , wala yung me print ng BIR . pano ito? puede bang i report din ito sa BIR?
I started renting 1 unit dormitory October 2010 with monthly rental of 3000, but for the month of June 2014, the owner increase my monthly rental from 3000 to 4000, based on RA 9653 section 4 the rent of any residential unit covered by this Act shall not be increased by more than seven (7%) annually as long as the unit is occupied by the same lessee: How can we address our problem because all dorm rooms was increased from 1500 per head to 2000 per head starting June 2014, they said Pay or Vacate the room.
Hi Jay,
Just needed some advise. I have been renting for 1 year already no contract, no OR being issued for my payments but I have acknowledgement receipts on my payments. Recently, due to some problems i had with my kids, I was not able to pay our utility bills and was able to use my deposit and advance payment. My land lord already advised me to vacate the house in less than 1 month period and also insist that I leave my furniture and appliances behind to cover my bills… I told them that I really don’t want to leave the house leaving all my bills unpaid but since they are forcing us to vacate the place, i just told them that I will be leaving furniture and appliances that will equal the amount of bills that we will not be able to settle and that I will only get the furniture and appliances once I’m able to settle the bills. I just want to know if it is in our rental law that in this situation, the land lord should be the one to choose what furniture/appliances we are going to leave? also if leaving our things to compensate for the bills that we were not able to settle is also written in the rental law? Thanks and God Bless!!!