(29.72) In 25 years house rent has increased 4 to 7 times
Mohammadpur Sheikhhertek road number three, Asif Mahmud resident of the number three. In 2005, he started living in this area of Dhaka with family. At that house, the house was rented at four thousand taka. For 13 years he has been hired in that house. Now, giving home rent 18 thousand rupees. Asif Mahmud said, rents have increased almost every year. The landlord has increased the house by showing many reasons. The house was not moved because of the family's rise in the house.
Every year only the housing of the Mohammadpur area has not increased; All the areas of Dhaka city are increasing day by day In order to increase the house rent, the landlords have argued with the increase in the value of daily commodity, increasing the cost of housing loans and maintenance costs. Increase the nostalgia of the year; Someone or the middle of the day
Shariful Islam, a resident of Mirpur area, has a job in a private organization. When he came to the house five years ago, the house rent was 12 thousand taka. But for a few years now the rent is 17 thousand taka. After meeting the needs of the family members and spending daily, he has no money in his hands every month. Shariful said, 'All the money was left to pay the house. When it is paid, it seems that this money is not mine. More than half of the house has to pay wala. There is no money left after other expenses. I think once again I have to go back to the village. Do something there. But it can not be done.
The house is growing
Increasing home and lodging in all areas of the capital. Talking to 30 people from different areas of the city including Mirpur, Mohammadpur, Kalyanpur, Kanthalbagan, Green Road, Dhanmondi, Rampura, Segunbagicha, Bangshal, Gulshan, Banani, Uttara, Agargaon, Shyamoli, Magbazar, Malibag and other areas, the owner of the house increased the rent every year. In the last 25 years, the increase in housing costs in the capital is about 400 percent. But at the same time the price of essential commodities increased 200 percent. That is, the rate of increase in the rate of increase in house prices is almost twice as high as the cost of daily products. Consumers' Association of Bangladesh (CAB), a consumer rights protection organization, accounts for the cost of housing and daily commodity prices.
According to the cab information, in the capital in 1990, a house rented in two rooms in Puwa building was worth Tk. In the year 2015 the rent stood at Tk 18, 150 Last year the rent came to 21 thousand 340 taka. Since 2006, rent has risen in the last 10 years. According to the World Bank data, the pace of urbanization in Bangladesh was more in South Asia between 2000-2010. In 2010, 45.7 percent of the population lived in the city. Another reason for increasing the rent is that people are dakamukhi for many reasons. That is why there is no adjustment in the supply of demand. There is no gas or electricity in the new flat. As a result, the old ones became the people. According to Rehab data, there are about 15 thousand flats in Dhaka.
The chairman of the cab and former chairman of the anti-corruption commission Golam Rahman first said in light, the increase in the house has gone in an unbearable stage. It needs to be controlled. He said, the increase in housing rates in the various areas of low and middle income people The areas where the people of this class live, the demand for home is high, so here the house increases.
Gulshan or Banani area has not increased the rent. These new areas are being renovated in these areas because the house rent has increased in that proportion. He said the housing system could be controlled by creating government-level housing for middle-income and low-income people living in the capital. Apart from this, he told the people to come under control in Dhaka.
Golam Rahman said that if he can be employed in the area where he lives, then the pressure on Dhaka will be reduced. This will reduce the demand for home rentals. In this way the house rent can be controlled.
Talking to some tenants in Kalyanpur, the rent increases from around 500 to 200 rupees every year. At present, a two-room house in this area is rented for gas, electricity, water bills, 15 to 20 thousand other expenses and the rent of three rooms is 25 thousand.
In 2012, Saifur Rahman got into a house in Kalyanpur. The original rent was 10 thousand taka. Now the original rent is 14 thousand taka. Rent has increased almost every year, about Tk. Saifur Rahman said that every year the landlord has increased the cost of other costs by increasing the cost of other costs.
Many residents of the capital said, the increase in the house increases along with other costs. But the income of the workers does not increase in that way. Then there are children's education costs and market expenses.
Shafiqul Islam, a resident of Katasur area of Mohammadpur, said that the increase in the prices of essential commodities in the market increases the house prices. Especially in the beginning of the year these conditions have to be faced. He said, starting from the raw market shop, different levels of vendors to increase the prices of almost all products on the pretext of increasing the nawabs. Asked for reasons, the house prices increased, so the prices are more expensive.
But after the Holi Artisan restaurant attack, the house rent in different areas of Gulshan has decreased slightly. Especially in diplomatic enclaves, many people have left the homes of those areas, many have left. Md. Khalil, a non-government organization official, said he was hired at a house in Gulshan earlier. But Holly left the area after the artisan attack. Later, the Hatirjheel metropolitan project rented the house. A few days ago, I went to the previous home and saw that there were hanging notice in some other houses around the house. When he came to know about this, he came to know that the rent of the house has been reduced by 3 thousand rupees, but still it is not being rented.
In the year 2016, ten organizations of tenants formed 'Bangladesh Tenant Federation' with the help of tenants' protection and rights. The main goal of the Bangladesh Tenancy Federation is to prevent the abrupt increase of the house rent, to stop the harassment of homeowners and to obtain the rights of the tenants.
On behalf of the organization, the four-point demand for tenants' rights has been demanded. These include implementation of the Housing Regulation Act, 1991, according to the rate of city corporation, in every area of the house, shops, office rentals executed.
General Secretary of the organization Bahrain Sultan Bahar said in the first light that the order of the High Court was not followed in the house rent. It has a restless situation now. In this, the government took up the responsibility of protecting the interests of the owners. He questioned the sincerity of the government. He said, if the government does not decide on the matter at the right time, the writ will be again.
If you are aggrieved with the rent, you can file a case in Dhaka court. For this, anyone who can file suit for remedies in Dhaka's Assistant Judge Court. There is no specific information about the number of house-related cases, to anyone. However, the lawyers said that such cases are low, lawyer Manzill Murshid said. He said it is difficult to survive in the house by suing the owner of the house, so the tenants do not make the case.
Act One is another in reality
In order to determine the holding tax, Dhaka city corporation has listed the possible house rent by dividing Dhaka city into 10 regions in 2008. According to the list, the house rent at the Dhanmondi area is around 13 taka per square kilometer. According to him, a rent of one thousand sqft house is 13 thousand taka. In the Dhanmondi area, the price of a house in this area is at least 30 to 35 thousand taka next to the main road.
Afreen Islam hired a house of 1,200 sq ft near Dhanmondi 5th street. He said that he rented this house in January last year. Four members of his family belonged to him. Here he has to pay 35 thousand taka. Out of this, every month electricity, gas, water, garage and lift are counted more than five thousand.
Asked the Dhaka South City Corporation's Chief Executive Officer Khan Mohammad Bilal said in the first light, "It is true that the owners of the housing business of the city corporation do not agree. But we have not been given any power to control the rent, "he said, adding that no government agency will do the job of controlling the rent, it is not said in the law.
Rent a house without contract?
Ismail Hossain resident of Kanthalbagan area. When he rented a house three years ago, the contract with the owner of the house was written in eight thousand rupees. Ismail said that the house rent contract was written at eight thousand rupees but in reality, he has to pay 16 thousand rupees for the house. The landlord would be embarrassed to understand that he avoided this context.
Although he has written eight thousand rupees in the house-to-house contract, he actually has to pay the rent for 16 thousand rupees. The landlord would be embarrassed to understand that he avoided this context.
In the same case Mamunur Rashid resident of Segunbagicha area. He said, 35 thousand taka for the house rent but 12 thousand rupees written in the contract. Both Ismail and Mamun's receipt requested that if the reporter did not talk to the landlord in this regard, they could doubt them. It's about talking to a revenue officer. He said that this strategy of capital landlords is not new to tax evasion. In this way many people are giving tax evasion every year.
If you want to know whether to sign the contract when you rent the house, a house owner of Panthapath area. Masood said, when he rented the house, he rented everything for everything. Two similar agreements were signed. Give one to the other to the tenant. However, he acknowledged that many villagers did not make contract documents when renting houses.