FG has urged State Governments to enact laws compelling Landlords to collect monthly rent.
Newsonline reports that the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has asked state governments to push for laws that will compel landlords to collect monthly rents from tenants.
Newsonline Nigeria reports that the former Lagos governor made the call in Lagos during the 10th Meeting of the National Council on Lands, Housing and Urban Development with theme, “Housing Development as a Catalyst for Job Creation, Social Inclusion and Economic Development,”
But he said the laws should be exclusive to residential homes.
Fashola said, “I am sure that our country will be a much better place when three years rent in advance, two years rent in advance or one year rent in advance for the middle class and working family residential homes becomes monthly rent, payable at the end of the month.
“This is a matter in which the Federal Government has no legislative competence. It is a matter for the states, and I urge you not to turn your backs.
“Three years rent in advance of monthly salary paid in arrears lies at the heart of affordability of access to shelter.
“All state legislators must see this as an important area of representation of their people to make life easier.”
The minister also spoke on the need for states to ensure a faster and seamless process of titling lands.