Group to mull rent controls
The ruling and opposition parties announced on Saturday the creation of a new working group to discuss a bipartisan plan to table a rent control law that will regulate rising housing prices and sudden rental hikes for all tenants in the Kingdom. ... Originally, the plan focused on poor students and garment workers, who have experienced drastic rental surges after their monthly minimum wage was raised to $128 in November, but working group deputy and Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmaker Ou Chanrith said they are expanding the law’s scope to cover the rest of Cambodia. ...
Sarah Taguiam and Pech Sotheary
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