China News Agency, Beijing, April 26 (Reporter Pang Wuji) The long-term rental apartment industry, which has repeatedly exploded before, ushered in strong supervision.
According to news on the 26th, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of China has jointly issued new housing leasing regulations with the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Public Security and other six ministries to strengthen the supervision of housing leasing companies and prevent and resolve financial risks.
This new regulation proposes seven aspects.
One is to strengthen the management of employment.
Enterprises engaged in housing leasing operations, and natural persons who sublet more than 10 units (rooms) of housing, shall register as a market entity in accordance with the law and obtain a business license, and their name and business scope shall include the words "housing leasing".
The second is to standardize housing leasing operations.
In principle, the period of a single rent collection by a housing leasing company should not exceed 3 months; in principle, the rent paid to the owner of the house shall not be higher than the rent collected by the lessee, except for normal business activities caused by market changes.
The third is to carry out housing leasing fund supervision.
A housing leasing enterprise shall set up a housing leasing fund supervision account in a commercial bank, file it with the housing and urban-rural construction department of the city where it is located, and publicize it to the society through the housing leasing management service platform.
If a housing leasing company collects rent for more than 3 months at a time, or if it collects a deposit for more than 1 month, it shall include the collected rent and deposit in the supervision account, and pay the rent to the owner of the house through the supervision account and refund to the tenant deposit.
Fourth, it is forbidden to arbitrage and use housing rental consumer loans.
Housing leasing companies shall not conduct financial business in a disguised form, shall not embed relevant content of housing rental consumption loans into housing lease contracts, shall not use the tenant’s credit to obtain housing rental consumption loans, shall not induce tenants to use housing rental consumption in the name of rent installment or rent concessions loan.
Fifth, rationally regulate the level of housing rents.
Strengthen rent monitoring in the housing leasing market, pay close attention to the abnormal increase in regional rents, and take necessary measures to stabilize the rent level if the rent rises too fast.
Sixth, properly resolve conflicts and disputes in housing leases.
Comprehensively use multiple mediation mechanisms such as people's mediation, administrative mediation, industry-specific mediation, and judicial mediation to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the parties to the housing lease.
Seven is to implement the main responsibility of the city government.
The city government assumes the main responsibility for the standardized development of the housing rental market.
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