Another measure prohibits landlords from removing the belongings of a tenant alleged to have breached a rental contract and to instead take the matter to court. If they abided by the new rule, landlords would carry this burden, they said. A new rule allowing tenants to cancel a rental contract before an agreed period without consequence, would affect the landlords' business and marketing planning, and create additional room-repairing costs whenever a tenant left prematurely, they said. Another new rule prohibiting landlords from cancelling a rental contract without giving the tenant a 30-day advance notice also “overly protects” tenants who had disturbed others or broken the law from being evicted, said the petitioners. She said a new announcement on the matter should be made and reflect the input of owners of room-rental businesses.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 28, 2018 06:33 UTC