Landlords Owe No Tenant 3 Months Grace Period Before Evicting Them – Rent Control

According to the Rent Control Department, there is no such thing as a grace period in its laws. The Public Relations Officer at the Rent Control Department, Emmanuel Hovey Kporsu, said such a claim is a misconception as there is no such provision in the rent laws.

“This notion in the minds of tenants that when you are being evicted, you should be given three months grace period is not in our laws,” he said.

Kporsu says no landlord owes no tenant any grace period, let alone permitting the tenant to stay for the period on free rent.

“So there’s no free rent, and there’s no grace period,” he added.

He added that Section 31 of the Rent Law indicates that, “nothing should prevent the landlord from collecting his rent from any tenant.

Kporsu wondered why a landlord would pay their annual or property rate, only for a tenant after the rent period to say, “I should divide that property rate into how many sections, then give you three months free, who is going to pay for that.” Rent Control office evicted for owing rent A Rent Control Department at Amasaman in Accra is under lock and key.