Cheng Sokhorng

The government is failing to enforce, or even make landlords and tenants aware of, the new rent-control law, even as rents begin to creep up in anticipation of garment workers receiving their annual wage raise next month, labour advocates say.

The legislation, which went into effect in August after being publicly pushed for by Prime Minister Hun Sen in a February speech, requires landlords to negotiate prices with low-income tenants – like students and garment workers – then sign an agreement to lock in the price for two years. The pacts must be endorsed by the local commune chief.

However, those in the garment sector have long complained that their rents rise with their wages. And as workers in the garment industry prepare to receive a 9.3 per cent pay bump when the minimum wage increases to $140 next month, reports are already emerging that some landlords have increased rents by 10 per cent – without providing guarantees that prices won’t rise further – according to union leader Pav Sina.

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