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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