KUALA LUMPUR: The Rent Tenancy Act (RTA), aimed at regulating Malaysia’s residential rental market, is now in its final review stage and the bill is targeted to be tabled in the Dewan Rakyat this year, said Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming.
Nga said the government moves to introduce the RTA to protect the rights of both tenants and property owners.
“The Rent Tenancy Act is in its final review stage. I will go through each phase before submitting it to the Cabinet for approval, and once the Cabinet reaches consensus, we hope the Act can be approved by the Dewan Rakyat this year. That is the art of balancing that we are moving forward,” he told reporters at the Forum Ekonomi Malaysia (FEM) 2026 yesterday.
Malaysia does not currently have a dedicated Residential Tenancy Act, and landlord-tenant relations are governed by general contract and civil laws.
