Model Tenancy Act to balance rights of tenants and landlords
Aims to facilitate disciplined and
efficient rental system, create accountable and transparent ecosystem
Model Tenancy
Act (MTA) aims to balance the
rights of all types of tenant & landlords and create an accountable and
transparent ecosystem for renting of premises in disciplined and efficient
manner. Union Cabinet approved
MTA on 2nd June, 2021 and the
same was circulated by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) to all the
States / Union Territories (UTs) on 7th June,
2021 for adoption by way of either enacting a fresh legislation or amending
existing rental laws suitably.
All the stakeholders
including States / UTs, associations of Tenants, landlords and general public
were duly consulted while finalising MTA. A copy of draft MTA along with the
background note in English, Hindi and various other local / vernacular
languages was also uploaded on the website of MoHUA for public consultation /
suggestions. Accordingly, around 500 views / comments / suggestions were
received from various stakeholders which were duly analysed and suitably
incorporated in the final draft of MTA.
As per information
available with MoHUA, the States
of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Assam have revised Tenancy
Acts on the lines of MTA.
This information was given by the Minister of State for
Housing & Urban Affairs, Kaushal Kishore, in a written reply in the Rajya
Sabha today.