Real Estate Investor Magazine South Africa June 2016 | Page 26

RENTING

THE RENTAL HOUSING ACT

GETS IT’S TEETH
BY SIMON DIPPENAAR

T

he Rental Housing Act 50 of 1999 sought to
regulate the relationship between landlord and
tenant. However, because the Act has proven
difficult to enforce and thus weak from a practical
and statutory standpoint, the Rental Housing Act
Ame