The Rent Assessment Board is responsible for receiving and settling disputes between landlords. In practice, the Rent Restriction Act mainly applies to low-lease housing. High-end landlords have ways of circumventing formal legislation, e.g. the expulsion of tenants by claiming the property is required for their own use.فنادق
The Board has a settlement rate of 95 per cent and does not have to refer cases to the courts. Security deposits are mostly referred to by the courts. Of the 4503 complaints the Board received between April 2003 and March 2004, 4000 were resolved by the Jamaican Information Service. The Board's most complaints are about illegal increases, rental arrears and harassment.
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Lords who have problems with tenants, especially in the case of rental arrears in which tenants reject or do not pay their rent for more than 30 days, prefer to complain to the Board rather than to the court. The Court was somewhat late with these cases, while the Board could arrange for a meeting between the two parties to resolve the matter within the next 5-6 days.
The implementation of court decisions takes an average of 14 calendar days.
Non-payment EVICTION OF RENT
Duration until process service is completed 45
Trial Duration 46
Enforcement Duration 14
Total Evict Tenant Days 105
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Legislation
Rental agreements can be written or verbal. The 1944 Rent Restriction Act governs the relationship between the landlord and the landlord. The Rent Restriction Act is amended to make sure the playground between the landlord and the landlord is equal.
Brief History: Jamaican landlord and tenant law changes recently
Since the creation of the Board of Rent Assessment in 1944 to address the problems of landlords and landlords, the only major change was the closed down of the Board's regional offices, leading to a backlog of cases. To address mounting concerns, a new island-wide board has been formed. The board will have members drawn from different parishes to prevent people from traveling to Kingston City in rural areas. In other words, the new Board seeks to speed up the process to settle rental disputes and make both parties more comfortable.
The Rent Restriction Act was announced in 2004 to give birth to the new Rent Board tasked with striking a greater balance between the protection of the rights of tenants (now strongly protected) and the return on investment of property owners (now weakly protected). Some of the amendments proposed are:
Reflecting the Act's new, more equilibrated role
Removal of public and commercial buildings rental control
Setting minimum premises standards
Legalization of deposits
Establishment of a rental court for all rental cases
Increased fines and sanctions for violations of the Act.
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The request of the Jamaican Association of Strata Corporations (JASC) to seek jail sentences for criminal apartment owners with outstanding maintenance fees was recently developed in strata units. The Association believes that courts should have the power to force rental money to pay excessive maintenance charges, and to pursue criminal landlords abroad. The Association also wishes to address violations of certain strata housing regulations such as the owners of informal or small enterprises in their units.