Home owners ask president to veto law postponing rent deregulation

The Civic Society of Home Owners has called upon Czech President Václav Klaus not to sign a law which would postpone the deregulation of rents in some parts of the Czech Republic until 2012. Last week, the Senate approved a draft law which would see the process of rent deregulation slowed in some regions by several years. The proposal not to raise rents in some homes around the country was mooted as part of the government’s anti-crisis package. But, on Sunday, the Civic Society of Home Owners said that the crisis was affecting everyone, including them, and that the decision to pass off the burden on home owners especially was unfair. As well as asking President Václav Klaus to veto the bill, the association has asked the International Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg to look at their case.

Author: Rosie Johnston