The perception has over the years been a headache for landlords and a bone of contention between them and tenants. Many times, tenants either run to the Rent Control Department or threaten their homeowners with such resolve to make a case to live rent-free three months after expiration of their stay. Public Relations Officer at the Rent Control Department, Emmanuel Hovey Kporsu, has debunked such assertion, intimating that there is no such provision in the rent laws of Ghana. “This notion in the minds of tenants that when you are being evicted, you should be given three months grace period is not in our laws…”He furthered that no landlord owes his or her tenant any grace period, to speak of permitting the tenant to stay for the period on free rent. “So, there’s no free rent, and there’s no grace period,” he posited.

Source: GhanaWeb August 14, 2021 13:52 UTC