Tenants appeal for protection from exploitative agents and landlords
Some tenants within the Greater Accra region are appealing to authorities to amend and implement existing laws on tenancy to protect citizens from exploitation.
According to them, it was important for the government to regulate the real estate leasing industry that currently exposed tenants to exorbitant rent rates from landlords and illegal and unwarranted charges and commission including airtime charges from agents.
Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, Ms. Jessica Kateno, a single mother and a prospective tenant said she was struggling to rent a decent room for herself and her two children.
She revealed that some agents she had engaged in the past had added their margins to the original accommodation rates thereby making rooms expensive.
“They most often incr...