The president of the Chamber of Deputies, Sergio Massa, agreed with the Together for Change bloc to begin discussing a reform of the rental law in commission next Tuesday, in order to seek a parliamentary consensus within a period of thirty business days. , as officially reported.
Together for Change reported that “by virtue of a parliamentary agreement reached with the HCDN authorities, the JxC Interbloc decided to postpone the special session requested for next week to deal with the Rental Law.”
The agreement was reached in meetings held by Massa with the heads of the blocks from the UCR, Mario Negri, and from the Pro, Cristian Ritondo.
The understanding establishes that next Tuesday the General Legislation Commission will be formed – where the official deputy Cecilia Moreau will be re-elected as president and Carla Carrizo (Radical Evolution) as vice president – so that the modifications to the rent law can be debated.
Through the account on the social network Twitter, the presidency of the Chamber of Deputies reported that “the General Legislation Commission will be constituted to start, from next Tuesday, April 5, the treatment of the Rental Law. It will have within 30 days and will seek to improve the current legislation”.
“This pressing problem for tenants and owners will be the exclusive treatment of the General Legislation Commission, which will receive the different actors to listen to the initiatives and suggestions aimed at improving the current legislation,” they added in another tweet.
For his part, Negri -also on Twitter. He said that there is “parliamentary agreement to urgently deal with a new rental law. On Tuesday the General Legislation Commission will be formed and for 1 month all voices will be heard. We hope to reach a consensus opinion to solve a pressing problem for many people”
From the opposition they said that “the agreed period of 30 working days has expired, and in the event that there are no opinions from the Commission, Together for Change publicly commits to reintroduce the request for a special session.”
In the Chamber of Deputies there are several initiatives to reform the rental law since Together for Change projects were presented to repeal the current norm, while from the ruling party the deputy José Luis Gioja presented an initiative that contemplates lower requirements for monotributistas tenants as well as benefits for landlords and ceilings for increases in contracts, among other issues.
The rental law was approved by the Chamber of Deputies in November 2019 and signed into law by the Senate on June 11, 2020, in the midst of the isolation period due to the Covid pandemic.
One of the points that received the most criticism of the law promoted in the final stage of the Cambiemos government was the term of three years in the contracts, instead of the historical 24 months.
The contract updating index, based on an average between the Consumer Price Index and the average salary in the state sector, also had different questions.
Other points included in this project, which did not generate major controversies, were the expansion of the range of instruments allowed to support the operation, since surety insurance, bank guarantees and surety bonds were added to the guarantee through real estate deeds.
In another item, with the current law, at the time of initiating the rental contract, the tenant began to pay a month in advance and a deposit; While
Before, it was necessary to pay one month in advance and two as a deposit (one month per year of contract.
In addition, in the current law, details were given as to which are the expenses that the tenant must pay and which ones must be faced by the owner, an issue that until the sanction of the same was quite diffuse.
