#Lebanon: New #rent_law could lead to disaster
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People on old rent contracts protest in the Hamra neighborhood of Beirut against the controversial new rent law which will increase their rents over a period of several years. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah) People on old rent contracts protest in the Hamra neighborhood of Beirut against the controversial new rent law which will increase their rents over a period of several years. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah)
Not satisfied with the MPs’ shocking leniency in adopting the new rent law, the president decided to bid farewell to the Lebanese by refusing to send the law back to parliament or even allowing it to be challenged at the Constitutional Council despite admitting to its “lack of social justice.” Although the law is of its own (...)
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