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Rental law is neutral in Lebanon, but courts are slow

Lebanese rental law is neutral between landlord & tenant.

Rent: Rents can be freely agreed between landlord and tenant for contracts signed after 23 July 1992.

Tenant Security: The tenant who signs a one-year contract has the right to hold on to the property for three consecutive years. Thereafter, the landlord is entitled to end the contract, or to renegotiate.

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#1 AYAD | July 22, 2010

All old contracts agreements should be deleted a new law should give the Landloard the upper hand by kicking out the old tenants who have been living over twenty years or renew their contract under new agreement .

#2 BASSEM B. | July 31, 2010

Re: #1 Ayad, what will those old tenants - who are mostly quite OLD - going to do when they are, as you so gracefully put it, "kicked out"? I doubt they can afford current rental fees.

I agree that right now this is unfair to landlords, but if the government is to pass a new law, it should be one that is fair all around. Sadly this seems impossible.

#3 HILDA | August 08, 2010

What is the situation with those refugees who occupied an apartment rent free for more than 17 years now, does anyone know what is the law on that part.

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