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A bill given first reading in the House of Representatives would bar landlords and agents in the Federal Capital Territory from compelling tenants to pay more than a year's rent upfront, and would create a dedicated tenancy regulator.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs paid about sh18.7 billion for a 0.242-hectare plot on Colville Street that houses Magic Car Parking, with its permanent secretary rejecting claims the price was $8 million.
Build One South Africa's Cape Town mayoral candidate Roger Solomons has proposed extending the city's municipal property valuation cycle from three years to five and auditing city spending, saying homeowners need more certainty when budgeting for rates.
KADGIS has warned the public against buying plots in six police barracks in Kaduna State, saying it never approved a land layout there or authorised Aftech Industries Limited to sell or allocate land.
The Acholi Parliamentary Group and Operation Wealth Creation have agreed to mobilise funding for Certificates of Customary Ownership, in a push to cut land disputes and unlock agricultural investment in Uganda's Acholi sub-region.
The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has dismissed an application for a declaratory order on fees imposed on property practitioners by residential estates, a ruling Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelane says leaves the industry regulator free to keep enforcing the law.
Kenya's Court of Appeal has refused to reopen a decades-old compensation dispute over land acquired for Ndakaini Dam, leaving the National Land Commission and Nairobi City County exposed to a bill of about Sh608 million.
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has directed the government and the Tahya Misr Fund to build 200,000 rental housing units at a shared cost, as Egypt moves to restore rental housing alongside its homeownership schemes.
Uganda will start relocating households from landslide-prone areas of the Bugisu sub-region on 21 October, offering each affected family a one-off Shs18 million package to buy land elsewhere.