Rent Control

The government's new affordable housing project has been described as a create, loot and share venture for the Akufo-Addo administration. The Minority in Parliament has said the project has been launched without parliamentary approval. The new housing project was launched on August 1, 2023, to be situated at Pokuase in the Greater Accra Region and Deduase in the Ashanti Region. The government has...

The government has cut sod for a new affordable housing project, with the cheapest unit costing up to $13,800. Private developers are expected to provide 14,000 affordable housing units under this project. The project will see 8,000 units located at Pokuase/Amasaman in the Greater Accra Region and 6,000 housing units at Dedesua in the Ashanti Region. The private developers have been given a price...

  Mr. Divine Aggor, CEO of Rentchamber Group Ltd, was recently featured in an article published by Equal Times, where he spoke about the challenges of affordable housing in Ghana. Mr. Aggor's insights shed light on the current state of the housing market in Ghana and the efforts being made to address the issue. In the article, Mr. Aggor highlighted the high demand for affordable housing in Ghana...

Section – 11 – Ministers’s Reference To Magistrate To Assess Recoverable Rent. The Minister may refer, in accordance with such regulations as may be made in that behalf, to the appropriate Rent Magistrate, to assess the amount of the recoverable rent of any premises. Section – 12 – Appeal For Variation Of Recoverable Rent Assessed By Appropriate Rent Officers. (1)...

Section – 6 – Functions Of Rent Magistrate. (1) The appropriate Rent Magistrate may discharge all, or any of the, following functions:-(a) may by order, on an appeal by any landlord, tenant or person interested in the premises, that he is dissatisfied with the amount of the recoverable rent of such premises as assessed by the appropriate Rent Officer, vary such amount;(b) may by order,...