To get the supply of tenant-occupied apartments that can be rented out in the second-hand market going, the investigation wants to allow for longer periods of second-hand renting than today.
”It risks leading to tenant-occupied apartments being bought or held solely for the purpose of renting without actual need and purely for speculative purposes. It makes it harder for a tenant-occupied apartment association to manage the property when fewer want to get involved. If many rent out their tenant-occupied apartments, disturbances and insecurity risk increasing significantly”, says Johan Nyhus, the chairman of HSB.
”A more flexible labor market”
According to a final report from the investigator, it should also become possible to rent out up to two own apartments at market rent to create a “A more flexible rental market, as the investigation is called.
And permission for second-hand renting of a tenant-occupied apartment should, according to the proposal, also be able to be given if the apartment has been rented out previously. It is only if the renting has taken place “to a significant extent” that a tenant-occupied apartment association gets to deny permission with reference to previous renting.
To facilitate the renting of private apartments, the investigator proposes a new and comprehensive law: The Private Renting Law. This law should, among other things, open up for differences in the rules between traditional landlords and private individuals who rent out their apartments.
New rules for deposit
The Rent Act's rules on the apartment's condition, the rules for termination and the right to extended rental agreements should no longer be applicable when renting out private apartments.
It is also proposed new rules for deposit. According to the proposal, it should at most be three months' rent and the money should be deposited with a third party – a company or with the county administrative board – and not with the one who rents out.
