Source: ESTABLISHMENT of the real estate regulatory authority in Tanzania to supervise and guarantee level playing field for the fastest-growing sector is on the final stage, the National Assembly heard on Thursday. Lands, Housing and Human Settlement Development Minister William Lukuvi told legislators that the government is at an important stage of setting up the regulator, which will also among other things, help to control overcharging of house rents by private developers. The minister said the government attempts to compel private owners to relieve their tenants from lamp sum rents had failed. The government's plan to set up the regulator dates back to 2015 when the state announced it was studying the best way for the regulator to operate and prepare necessary legislations. The government's plan to set up the regulator dates back to 2015 when the state announced it was studying the best way for the regulator to operate and prepare necessary legislations. But, Minister Lukuvi, responding to a supplementary question by Nape Nnauye (Mtama-CCM) who had demanded the law to bar landlords from charging rent on annual basis, said: "The regulator will provide more solutions to the problem." He described the problem as chronic, saying landlords were operating against the government guidance that requires them to charge their tenants on a monthly basis. Apparently, Tanzania is facing a shortage of over three million with an estimated demand of 200,000 houses, annually.
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