The Old Rent Law continues to attract the attention of millions of Egyptians, as both landlords and tenants awaited the October 4th session of the Supreme Constitutional Court to rule on Article 2 of the law’s amendments.
Article 2 defined the evacuation period for lease contracts, stipulating that contracts for residential units would end after 7 years, while non-residential units would end after 5 years from the date of the law’s implementation. Contracts could be terminated earlier by mutual consent. However, the article sparked objections: landlords demanded shorter periods, while tenants sought its cancellation and the extension of contracts to families.
The court session may determine the fate of millions of tenants, as it examined a case requesting suspension of the article’s implementation until a final ruling is issued. Tenants object to the specified periods, citing the 2002 ruling that allowed contract extensions to family members, while landlords consider the amendments the beginning of a new relationship between both parties—while ensuring tenants remain obligated to pay rent.
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