President El-Sisi Ratifies Amendments Ending Egypt’s Old Rent Arrangements

President El-Sisi Ratifies Amendments Ending Egypt’s Old Rent Arrangements

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has ratified a law amending Egypt’s decades-old rent system, marking a major shift in landlord-tenant relations. The move follows the law’s approval by the House of Representatives on 2 July and its publication in the Official Gazette on Monday, 4, August. The new law introduces transitional periods before existing contracts are terminated,

Egypt: El-Sisi ratifies new Old Rent Law

Meanwhile, rent in middle-income and economic areas will increase to 10 times the current rate, with a minimum of EGP 400

Al-Sisi ratifies amendments to Old Rent Law - Dailynewsegypt

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has ratified Law No. 165/2025, amending certain provisions of Law No. 4/1996 regarding the application of the Civil Code to properties that have never been rented before, or whose lease contracts have ended—or will end—without granting any party the right to remain in them. The law will come into force the day after its publication in the Official Gazette. A newly added Article (2 bis) stipulates that the t…