Cypriot landlords will feel impact of new UK rent law
For many Turkish and Greek Cypriot families who settled in the UK after the conflicts of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, property ownership meant more than having somewhere to live. ...
Man hospitalised with fractured skull after being threatened by landlord
A 39-year-old man from Limassol was hospitalised with a fractured skull, a fractured rib, and other serious injuries after having been issued threats by his landlord, the police said on ...
Early abandonment of property by a tenant
A tenant, for various reasons, mainly financial, may abandon a property before the end of the rental period specified in their rental agreement and cease paying the rent. The question ...
Obligations of statutory tenant and landlord
The tenant is obliged to pay rent and the owner to make repairs
A lease, like any other contract, contains the contractual rights and obligations for landlords and tenants.
In ...
Sneaky tenants and bad landlords
Cyprus has a problematic legal system through which it takes a very long time to secure a court decision, with the end result being that those in the wrong get ...
Injured man says was beaten by landlord and accomplices
A 56-year-old foreign national reported to the police that he had to be hospitalised after being beaten by his landlord and two others who entered the house while he was ...
Landlords in north double rent as housing demand surges
Turkish Cypriots are complaining of increasingly high rents following the devastating earthquake that affected parts of Turkey and Syria that pushed them to seek refuge in the north.
According to ...
Insufficient protection of landlord against rent default
The law does not provide a mechanism for the collection of rent deposited with the court
The owners of properties subject to the rent control law are not sufficiently protected, ...
Municipality wants power to deal with bad landlords
Nicosia municipality urged deputies to crack down on what it says were weaknesses in current legislation, which led to derelict buildings that were increasingly dangerous being rented out.
In its ...
Landlord refusing to collect rent
Their refusal gives a tenant the right to be heard even though the rent has not been paid
The behaviour of a landlord and a tenant is examined by the ...
Chlorakas landlord arrested for renting to asylum seekers
Police arrested the owner of an apartment building in Chlorakas after he rented flats to asylum seekers in violation of a government decree banning them from residing in the area.
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Landlord’s remedy for non-payment of rent
‘There is a remedy available to the landlord when the tenant’s reply is accepted by the court without payment of the rent’
THE new provision added to the rent ...
House approves law for tax breaks for landlords renting to businesses
Parliament on Thursday passed two items of legislation granting tax breaks to landlords who voluntarily reduce their rents to businesses financially stricken by the coronavirus-related restrictions.
The first bill provides ...