For years, public discussions about Ghana’s housing crisis have focused mainly on landlords demanding one to two years’ rent ...

Victoria Nyametse counts her money again, knowing it will not add up. She earns ¢1,000 ($100) a month, but her landlord in the outer Accra area wants ¢800 per month – paid two years in advance. “I can ...

Chairman of the Ghana Landlords Association, Apostle Eric Odame Darko, has argued that enforcing the six-month rent advance ...

The Commissioner of the Rent Control Department, Frederick Opoku, has raised concerns over what he describes as a growing culture of lawlessness in Ghana’s property and rental sector. Speaking on the ...

By Ephraim Ofori NumosuorFor years, the national conversation on Ghana’s housing crisis has focused largely on one issue: landlords demanding one to two years’ rent advance from tenants. Governments ...

Deputy Minister nominee for Works and Housing, Gizella Tetteh-Agbotui, has suggested that a dialogue on Ghana’s rent control and management system could help address the ongoing challenges in the ...

The Rent Control Department received a total of 73, 352 cases from landlords and tenants in the last four years. According to the RCD, the highest number was recorded in 2021 with 20,221 cases ...

By Professor Felix Nikoi HAMMONDGhana’s Rent Act of 1963 was originally designed to protect tenants from exploitation in a housing market marked by severe shortages following independence. However, ...

Renters in Ghana are at the mercy of landlords. Remi Kahane/Wikimedia Commons Ghana’s government has announced a loan scheme to help tenants pay the hefty advance rent (often covering two years) to ...