komek:

This is a good development, bt who knws d demerits of this law?
D demerit is dat investment into housing project by individual wil become less atractive which wil result 2 less people buildin 4comacial purposes. Now remenber dat d demand in comacial houses contioiously increases. U dnt need a prophet 2 tel u wat happens wen demand increases with decrease in supply wt a sharp slope. It would hav been a 1daful devmnt if Gov't had provided a comiserating housing b4 this policy 2 counter d advers effect it may inflict on d mases.
Besides, he did nt tel us wat wl hapen 2dos stuborn tenants, leavin landlords vulnerable 2 abuse. Mind u, lm a tenant too.

benin-man:

BRF may have good intentions but he has clearly chosen the wrong move/tactics.
You cannot control what you don't supply.
Like others, i ask - where was govt when landlord had to endure huge land cost, omonile wahala, high cement cost etc.
This move would only create and encourgage back hand dealings making houses even more scarce and harder to get

sir t:

At bolded,

Majority of houses in Lagos were built in the eighties wen cement and other building materials were very cheap. So, most landlords dont av excuse for their exploitative nature. they are just way too greedy and self centered like our leaders.

The law is good anyway, but my concern is how to enforce it. I know, it is not difficult to implement if there is political will to do it. I was discussing with somebody sometimes on this issue. i argued that the law wont work. He said, if government was willing to enforce it, that by the time 2 or 3 landlords were made scapegoat and sent to jail, that others will adjust, which i quickly accepted.

Everything boils round the willingness of the government to enforce it, or else, it will remain like other laws that were passed without being implemented.

blank:

I hope that law has a clause for agents and lawyers that demand for 2 yrs sgency fee even when the landlord has asked you to pay one year's rent.

I am ready to test the limits of the law. I will pay my landlord only 6 months and demand receipt. No receipt, no payment. If she tries any nonsense, I will send her a well written letter from my lawyer friend.

The woman na winch. With the high rent that she is charging, i just found out that we av been paying her NEPA bill for the past 2 yrs. Can u imagine? Make she start, she go see red eye.