Background:
Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has formed  the Joint Committee for Rent Control and regional monitoring teams to control rent in Kabul city. The teams, which include representatives from MoJ, Ministry of Urban Development and Housing, Police Headquarters, Intelligence, Municipality and other relevant departments, began their work 20250910. 

The leadership of the committee held a meeting with the head of the Guzar chiefs and the relevant representative of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and asked them to cooperate in implementing all real estate transactions through the transaction guide offices, the MoJ explained.

Based on the committee’s decision, owners of residential properties are not allowed to increase the rent of their properties by more than 10 percent compared to 1403, and if the increase exceeds this percentage, violators will be prosecuted.

Also, it decided rental contracts written on blank paper and self-made envelopes were not valid for collection and that violators would be prosecuted if found.