Rental cap o hangganan ng puwedeng itaas ng upa sa bahay, nilimitahan sa 2.3% | Unang Balita - video Dailymotion

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00:00The National Human Settlements Board, or NHSB, approved a lower rental cap or limit on the amount of rent that can be raised in the house.

00:09How much? Let's find out in the first news of Dano Tincunco.

00:15In 1993, Lea was renting a room in Quezon City.

00:19Her monthly rent started at Php 1,500, now it's Php 2,500.

00:25But that Php 2,500 has been there for 3 years already.

00:29It's not like her landlord is just raising the rent.

00:43But if her landlord is raising the rent, the National Human Settlements Board, or NHSB, has something to say about it.

00:51The National Human Settlements Board, or NHSB, approved a lower rental cap or limit on the amount of rent that can be raised in the house.

01:01From the previous 4%, starting this January, and for the whole of 2025, it will only be 2.3%.

01:08This means that for example, for Php 10,000 per month, the landlord can only raise up to Php 230 and up to once a year.

01:19It only applies to an existing renter who will extend or renew his rent in 2025.

01:27So if your rent, for example, ended on January 31, and you still want to continue your rent,

01:37you can only raise your rent to a maximum of 2.3%.

01:42But when January 31 comes, and you leave that unit, you can only raise that unit to more than 2.3%, higher than the previous rate.

01:54It will benefit our lower-income group because most of the lower-income groups don't raise their rent.

02:03But what if in order to increase the amount of rent, the landlord should just fire his tenant and get a new tenant?

02:10That's prohibited, said the NHSB.

02:12The rent control act is very clear. You can't just fire someone because you didn't agree on the rent.

02:19Because the landlord can say, okay, I'll raise this, if you don't want it, I'll fire you.

02:24The law is there to protect them. That's why our law was set that we should have a cap.

02:31So the landlord is forced to raise it up to that point.

02:36And if he raises it, then correspondingly, the tenant should be willing to also accept, provided it does not breach the rental cap of 2.3%.

02:48If the parties in the barangay don't agree, they can actually file a court case.

02:56And if found guilty, the law is very clear.

02:59The penalty is between P25,000 to P50,000 or imprisonment of 6 months plus 1 day to maximum 1 year or both.

03:11Maybe it's okay, as long as it's not more than P1,000.

03:16For the tenant, Janet, there's no problem if the rent should be lower.

03:23I went through that. I became a renter. It's hard.

03:28If your renter is good, why would you...

03:32Yes, why would you...

03:34Instead of being fired because you didn't pay the rent.

03:38It's better that way.

03:41This is the first news. Dano Tincunco for GMA Integrated News.

03:53This is the first news in our country.

Rental cap o hangganan ng puwedeng itaas ng upa sa bahay, nilimitahan sa 2.3% | Unang Balita

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