Housing rental regulations for migrants want to be tightened
Currently, rental contracts can be signed for a maximum of 5 years. LDPR delegates proposed reducing this period to one year when dealing with migrants and only allowing temporary residence for one month, not six months as currently prescribed. If the foreign guest does not pay rent for two months, the landlord will have the right to terminate the rental contract and evict the resident from the house. At the same time, they want to ban foreigners from living in rented apartments that are rented out to others. For violations of these requirements, it is proposed to fine both tourists and hosts. As Parlamentskaya Gazeta learned, such a package of bills is expected to be submitted to the State Duma on November 11.
The contract will become binding
It is the owner who decides whether to conclude an agreement with the tenant or not. Many people trust them, others officially sign a lease. This agreement is valid for a maximum of 5 years. LDPR deputies, led by party leader Leonid Slutsky, proposed amending the Civil Code and stipulating that an agreement with migrants on renting a house is mandatory for apartment owners and for a term The maximum validity of this agreement is one year. The exception will be citizens of the Republic of Belarus.
They also want to reduce the length of stay of foreigners temporarily staying in an apartment – from six to one month. We are talking about people who move in for free at the invitation of the owner.
LDPR delegates believe that migrants who have rented an apartment should be prohibited from renting it to others by entering into a sublease contract. And they want to ban Russians from renting their homes to migrants.
The explanation of one of the bills said: “Currently, the problem of moving a large number of foreign citizens into apartment complexes that do not comply with public order regulations is becoming urgent.” According to the project's co-author, LDPR leader Leonid Slutsky, immigrant families create plots of land, houses or even entire neighborhoods. “Migrants constantly ignore public order regulations – they litter, get drunk, violate silence and other rules of community life,” Slutsky told the Parliamentary Newspaper. — LDPR received complaints from everywhere about this chaos. Therefore, we have prepared amendments to the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, which will significantly tighten the requirements for renting residential premises to foreign citizens, with the exception of Belarusians.”
How to evict a tenant who doesn't pay
As a general rule, if a tenant has signed a lease, they cannot be evicted until the lease expires, even if they do not pay rent. But landlords have the right to collect rent debt through the courts. When an agreement cannot be reached, the tenant can be evicted at any time but will not be able to claim the rent given by the landlord.
LDPR delegates proposed establishing a special procedure for migrants. “There are often cases where foreigners do not pay rent for housing and communal services, and accumulate debts that other owners are forced to settle,” notes Leonid Slutsky. MPs want to allow migrants to be deported regardless of contract if they have not paid their rent for two months.
Who will be fined?
The second bill stipulates liability in the Administrative Violations Code for failure to comply with requirements for renting housing to foreigners. Fines apply to both migrants and apartment owners. For citizens, the penalty will be 3-5 thousand rubles, for individual entrepreneurs – 20-30 thousand rubles, for organizations – 200-300 thousand rubles. For repeated violations, the fine will increase for citizens to 5-10 thousand rubles, for individual entrepreneurs – 40-50 thousand rubles, and for companies – from 400 to 500 thousand rubles.
If a tourist renting an apartment or a tenant in Russia decides to rent housing to a migrant under a sublease contract, they will have to pay a fine of 10-15 thousand rubles.
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