Landlords face black mark for group rents
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LANDLORDS who allow their properties to be used for unauthorized group rentals, and those who illegally modify buildings for such purposes will from next month have the offense noted in their personal credit records, the Shanghai Housing Management Bureau said yesterday.
Such a black mark could limit a person’s access to government services like low-cost housing, Xin Yiming, director of the bureau’s management department, told a press conference.
It could also hamper their chances of getting a bank loan or a job in the public sector, he said.
The punishment will apply also to people who use buildings slated for demolition as homes of multiple occupancy, Xin said.
Wang Jin, an official from the government office that manages people’s credit records, said that more than 100 major employers in the city refer to the credit system when recruiting or promoting staff.
“So the impact of such a note on one’s record could be very serious,” he said.
If anyone feels they have been unfairly punished they can apply to have the demerit removed from their records, Xin said.
If their complaint is upheld, the black mark will be erased within 20 days, he said.
“However, those who refuse to comply with orders to demolish or evacuate unauthorized properties will have the demerit on their records for five years,” he said.
Despite repeated efforts by the government to crack down on group rentals, the practice remains rampant, and often has deadly consequences.
In May last year, two firefighters were killed after being thrown from a 13th-story apartment by a blast that happened as they were tackling a blaze in an apartment that had been subdivided into multiple units.
The apartment was illegally occupied by a group of tenants and had been filled with dozens of electrical appliances, one of which was blamed for causing the initial fire.
People living in Shanghai can access their credit records via a government database at www.shcredit.gov.cn.
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