There needs to be protection for landlords where payment of rents is concerned

By Eileen Cox

Recently I came across a brochure ‘What you need to know about Landlord & Tenant.’ It was prepared by the Guyana Association of Women Lawyers and is meant for tenants and not for landlords. A landlord is usually considered to be someone who is harsh on tenants. But times have changed and now it is the landlord who needs protection.

Some years ago when it was realized that there was a severe housing shortage in Georgetown, householders turned their bottom flats into apartments and rented them.  However, when tenants began to occupy these apartments and showed an unwillingness to pay rent, many householders preferred to have their apartments kept empty.