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1977 and No. 136 of 1981 referred to, and before the and sale of premises and regulating the relationship
expiry of the period specified for the expiry of the between landlord and tenant, and Nos. 136 of 1981,
contracts in Article (2) of this Law, shall be entitled shall be repealed Regarding certain provisions
to be allocated a residential or non-residential unit, relating to the leasing and sale of premises and
whether for rent or ownership, from among the units regulating the relationship between landlord and
available with the State. This shall be done through tenant, and Law No. 6 of 1997 amending the
an application submitted by the tenant or the person second paragraph of Article 29 of Law No. 49 of
to whom the lease contract has been extended, 1977, and certain provisions relating to the leasing
accompanied by a declaration of vacancy and of non-residential premises, effective from the day
delivery of the rented property immediately after the following the passage of seven years from the date
allocation decision is issued and the unit is received. of this law's entry into force. Any provision that
Priority in allocation shall be given to the most contradicts its provisions shall be repealed.
deserving categories, especially the original tenant, Article 10.. The new Rental Law shall be
his wife, and his parents, from whom the lease implemented immediately upon its official
contract has been extended. The Council of publication.
Ministers, based on a proposal by the Minister This law shall be published in the Official Gazette
responsible for housing affairs, shall issue, within 30 and shall take effect from the day following its
days from the date of the implementation of the publication.
provisions of this Law, a decision setting out the After reviewing the pro-owners’ and pro-tenants’
rules, conditions, and procedures necessary for points of view, and what was discussed in the
receiving or deciding on applications, arranging House of Representatives sessions, I believe that
allocation priorities, and the State agencies the final approval of this project is a great injustice
responsible for allocating available units. The to the tenants who paid an amount when they
aforementioned agencies shall be obligated to display obtained the housing unit that was worth a lot at
the units available to them and the result. Prioritizing the time (this can be confirmed by looking at that
the allocation of housing units to the original tenant amount at the time and the amount of gold that
of the housing unit, who has a lease contract initially could have been purchased with that amount). This
issued by the owner or landlord, as well as to their amount was in exchange for something called “the
spouse, to whom the lease was extended prior to the man’s vacancy.” In accordance with the fact that
implementation of the provisions of this law, shall be the contract is the law of the contracting parties,
done no later than one year prior to the expiration of the owners of the property agreed that there was no
the period specified in Article 2 of this law. If the expiration date for the contract, and they knew all
state announces residential or non-residential units, the details related to that at the time. Therefore, the
whether for rent or ownership, the tenant or the tenant then paid the required amount and signed
person to whom the lease was extended shall have the contract, as this provided him and his family
priority in allocating a unit, upon submitting an with housing security from fluctuations and price
application accompanied by the eviction declaration increases in the future (so what right do I have now
referred to in the first paragraph of this article. to come and tell them that what you were planning
Priority shall be given, in the event of overcrowding, for and what you were saving to pay for this
to the nature of the area in which the rented unit is housing unit to secure your future has not and will
located. The announcement shall specify the not be achieved)! And how will the people who are
controls, rules, and procedures necessary for now retired be able to bear the trouble and
allocation. hardship of moving to another housing unit? Will
Article 9. Repeal of old rental laws seven years after their modest income help them? Should we provide
the implementation of the new law. alternative housing units of the same standard?
Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 2 of Especially since there is no real and practical
this law, Laws Nos. 49 of 1977 regarding the rental

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