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PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL
TENANCY ACT – AN END TO TENANCY
WOES ?
The National House Buyers Association ( HBA ) refers to the recent media reports where the Minister for Housing and Local Government , YB Menteri Puan Hjh Zuraida Kamaruddin has informed the public that she proposed to introduce a new law in the form of a Residential Tenancy Act ( RTA ) vis-avis ‘ Law against racist landlords which is to be tabled ( in Parliament ) next year ’.
RTA TO COMBAT RACISM ?
HBA vehemently dissents that the primary aim of the proposed RTA , if ever to be legislated , is to combat racism . Unfortunately , racism and racists practices are prevalent not only in the tenancy market but in other areas of life and society in general . An example would be the ‘ bumiputra discounts ’ in housing and intake in government recruitment . The following are inferred in the context of tenancy market :
Direct racial discrimination takes place if someone treats you less favourably than they should treat , or would treat another person because of race e . g . Landlord or Council rents accommodation to a person or a chosen ethnicity .
PROPERTY360DIGEST E-MAGAZINE ISSUE # 6