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Amendment to the Commercial Building Lease Protection Act passed the National Assembly on the 24th.

This is more specific to the requirement that the owner of the building be able to reduce the rent in the mall.

It is intended to alleviate the rent worries of many small business owners suffering from the recent coronavirus.

In addition, the contract cannot be terminated even if the rent has not been paid for 6 months after the law came into force.

Ahead of the Cabinet Meeting tomorrow (29th), a shopping mall merchant in Dongdaemun, Seoul, announced that they would first request a lower rent in accordance with the revised law.



This is Jeong Seong-jin.



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Park Si-sun, who runs a shoe store at Doota Mall, showed a sales slip when he met a reporter.



The blank, that is, the days when there were no sales, stands out.



[Park Si-sun/Doota Mall Merchant: Right now, (Sales) have dropped by 90%.

There are many houses that cannot really go out and start in 5 days.]



Doota Mall has reduced some of the rent since February, but some merchants who did not agree to the level of reduction decided to exercise their right to claim reduction under the Commercial Building Lease Protection Act I did.



[Jung-Hyun Lee/Chairman of Doota Mall Merchant Hypertrophy: Sales are less than 2 million won per month, but the monthly rent is close to 10 million won, and it



is unclear whether the desired result will be produced."



Even with the revised law, the landlord is not obligated to accept a reduction claim.



In addition, it is unclear how much the rent should be reduced, how much it can be raised if circumstances improve, both the landlord and the tenant.



Then it goes to dispute settlement, but the result of the mediation is not enforceable.



[Attorney Kang-Hoon Lee/Executive Member of Participation Solidarity: Isn't it possible that some landlords confiscate their faces?

As for the dispute settlement system, there may be limitations in that area.] In the



end, there is a high possibility that it will lead to a lawsuit that does not know how long it will take.



However, starting with this case, the exercise of claims by tenants is expected to continue, so active supplementary measures, such as tax benefits for good landlords, are needed so that voluntary agreements can be reached.



(Video coverage: Jang Woon-seok and Hwang In-seok, video editing: Lee Jae-seong)