Landlords who demand more than six months in advance from their tenants before renting out their property are liable to a two-year jail term. This is according to Ghana’s Rent Control laws. The Public Relations Officer of the Rent Control Department, Emmanuel Hovey Kporsu on Joy FM’s Newsfile stated that property owners must not exploit tenants to recoup their investments. According to...

The Rent Control Department says, last year, it has settled 14,586 out of the 20,221 cases reported to it. The cases comprised recovery of possessions, rent arrears, refund of rent advance, inducement of tenants to quit and request for more time to vacate residential apartments. The Head of Public Relations at the department, Emmanuel Hovey Kporsu, who made this known to the Daily Graphic in Accra,...