Republic of the Philippines Congress of the Philippines Metro Manila Thirteenth Congress Second Regular Session
December 21, 2005 (https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2005/12/21/republic-act-no-9341/)
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-fifth day of July, two thousand five. AN ACT ESTABLISHING REFORMS IN THE REGULATION OF RENT OF CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL UNITS, PROVIDING THE MECHANISMS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Philippines in Congress assembled:
“Rent” shall mean the amount paid for the use or occupancy of a residential unit whether payment is made on a monthly or other basis.
“Residential unit” shall refer to an apartment, house and/or land on which another’s dwelling is located and used for residential purposes and shall include not only buildings, part or units thereof used solely as dwelling places, boarding houses, dormitories, rooms and bedspaces offered for rent by their owners, except motels, motel rooms, hotels, hotel rooms, but also those used for home industries, retail stores or other business purposes if the owner thereof and his or her family actually live therein and use it principally for dwelling purposes.
“Immediate members of family of the lessee or lessor” for purposes of repossessing the leased premises, shall be limited to his or her spouse, direct descendants or ascendants, by consanguinity or afinity.
“Lessee” shall mean the person renting a residential unit.
“Owner/Lessor” shall include the owner or administrator or agent of the owner of the residential unit.
“Sublessor” shall mean the person who leases or rents out a residential unit leased to him by an owner.
“Sublessee” shall mean the person who leases or rents out a residential unit from a sublessor.
Assignment of lease or subleasing of residential units in whole or in part, including the acceptance of boarders or bedspacers, without the written consent of the owner/lessor;
Arrears in payment of rent for a total of three (3) months: Provided, That in the case of refusal by the lessor to accept payment of the rent agreed upon, the lessee may either deposit, by way of consignation, the amount in court, or with the city or municipal treasurer, as the case may be, or in a bank in the name of and with notice to the lessor, within one month after the refusal of the lessor to accept payment. The lessee shall thereafter deposit the rent within ten (10) days of every current month. Failure to deposit the rent for three (3) months shall constitute a ground for ejectment. The lessor, upon authority of the court in case of consignation or upon joint affidavit by him and the lessee to be submitted to the city or municipal treasurer and to the bank where deposit was made, shall be allowed to withdraw the deposits;
Legitimate need of the owner/lessor to repossess his or her property for his or her own use or for the use of any immediate member of his or her family as a residential unit: Provided, however, That the lease for a definite period has expired: Provided, further, That the lessor has given the lessee formal notice three (3) months in advance of the lessor’s intention to repossess the property and: Provided, finally, That the owner/lessor is prohibited from leasing the residential unit or allowing its use by a third party for a period of at least (1) year from the time of repossession;
Need of the lessor to make necessary repairs of the leased premises which is the subject of an existing order of condemnation by appropriate authorities concerned in order to make the said premises safe and habitable: Provided, That after said repair, the lessee ejected shall have the first preference to lease the same premises: Provided, however, That the new rent shall be reasonably commensurate with the expenses incurred for the repair of the said residential unit and: Provided, finally, That if the residential unit is condemned or completely demolished, the lease of the new building will no longer be subject to the aforementioned first preference rule in this subsection; and
Expiration of the period of the lease contract.
Approved, (Sgd.) JOSE DE VENECIA JR. Speaker of the House of Representatives (Sgd.) FRANKLIN M. DRILON President of the Senate This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 1956 and House Bill No. 3356 was finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on October 25, 2005 and November 7, 2005, respectively. (Sgd.) ROBERTO P. NAZARENO Secretary General House of Representatives (Sgd.) OSCAR G. YABES Secretary of the Senate Approved: DEC 21 2005 (Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO President of the Philippines Source: CDAsia (http://www.cdasia.com/) RESOURCES [PDF] Republic Act No. 9341, December 21, 2005 (http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/downloads/2005/12dec/20051221-RA-9341-GMA.pdf) This entry was posted under Legislature (https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/section/legis/), Republic Acts (https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/section/laws/republic-acts/). Bookmark the permalink (https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2005/12/21/republic-act-no-9341/). REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES All content is in the public domain unless otherwise stated. Feedback Form (https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/feedback-form/) ABOUT GOVPH Learn more about the Philippine government, its structure, how government works and the people behind it. GOV.PH (https://www.gov.ph/) Official Gazette (https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/) Open Data Portal (https://data.gov.ph/) GOVERNMENT LINKS The President (http://president.gov.ph/) Office of the President (http://op-proper.gov.ph/) Office of the Vice President (https://ovp.gov.ph/) Senate of the Philippines (http://senate.gov.ph/) House of Representatives (http://www.congress.gov.ph/) Supreme Court (http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/) Court of Appeals (http://ca.judiciary.gov.ph/) Sandiganbayan (http://sb.judiciary.gov.ph/)