Tenants in Qatar have been given more protection under changes to the Gulf state’s rent law.
A landlord must give a sitting tenant at least six months’ notice and can only ask a tenant to vacate a property only if it is needed for his/her personal use or for the use of any of his legal dependents.
The change comes under new amendments to the rent law issued by Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, The Peninsula reported on Monday.
In June, it was reported that new legislation was likely to favour the landlord and a tenant would not have to be given any notice.
Contrary to expectations, the amendments did not give landlords the right to raise rents, the paper added.
The new clause stipulates that the landlord can evict the tenant only if he needs the property for personal use or if it is to be used by spouse, children or parents or by any of his legal dependents, provided an appropriate housing facility does not exist as an option.
In all those cases, the owner of the property should serve a notice to the tenant at least six months in advance to take back the rented property, the law said.
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