{
  "id": 496209,
  "title": "Rent Control Department tightens enforcement of rent laws from August 17",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/rent-control-department-tightens-enforcement-of-rent-laws-from-august",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-10T18:16:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Adom Online",
    "slug": "adom-online",
    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/rent-control-department-tightens-enforcement-of-rent-laws-from-august-17/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Rent Control Department has announced stricter enforcement of Ghana’s rent laws, requiring landlords and property owners to demonstrate compliance with mandatory rent-card requirements when accessing services from the Department from August 17, 2026. The Department has also given landlords until November 30, 2026, to regularise the registration of their tenancies and property records. In […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}