Starting from September 15th, China's first administrative regulation specifically regulating housing rental activities, the "Housing Rental Regulations," officially came into effect, consisting of seven chapters and 50 articles, each addressing prominent issues and "pain points" in the housing rental market. Firstly, for tenants, there are "laws" to follow when renting! Starting from tomorrow, when you encounter illegal or infringing behavior while renting, you can file complaints or reports to the housing and construction, fire protection, market supervision, and public security organs according to different situations. ·If there are disputes with housing rental companies or real estate brokerage agencies, or if there are violations of building safety or changes in housing use such as unauthorized structural modifications or illegal partition rentals, please contact the housing and construction department; ·For illegal activities related to public security management, please contact the public security department; ·Fire safety hazards such as substandard fire protection facilities and blocked fire exits in rental housing should be reported to the fire department; ·Any price fraud, false advertising, or other improper business practices during the leasing process should be reported to the market supervision department. In addition, grassroots mediation organizations or courts, 12345 government service hotlines, and consumer associations are also effective channels for complaints. Before filing a complaint, be sure to prepare relevant evidence such as lease contracts, chat records, payment vouchers, etc. Secondly, in the future, when renting a house, it is necessary to register it, because in case of disputes, it can be of great use! The Regulation clearly stipulates that lessors need to handle the registration of housing leasing, and if intermediary agencies fail to complete the registration as required, they will face fines. In the past, when renting a house, both parties negotiated independently and signed a fixed template contract directly. If there is no record, it is easy to argue disputes once they arise. So, contract filing is to better protect the legitimate rights and interests of both leasing parties, and to make leasing transactions and contracts traceable. Some tenants may say, 'What if my landlord doesn't want to go for registration?'? Don't worry, the "Regulations" specifically grant lessees certain autonomy and clearly stipulate that if the lessor has not completed the contract filing, the lessee can handle the filing. Moreover, filing also has an advantage. With a registered contract, tenants can more conveniently apply for a residence permit and withdraw their housing provident fund. In addition, in the long run, filing can also help promote transparency in rent and help to rectify the long-standing phenomenon of "second landlords" in the market. Thirdly, the implementation of the new rental regulations is just the beginning, and the subsequent implementation is even more crucial! On the one hand, various regions should accelerate the introduction of local housing rental regulations based on the "Regulations" and local realities; On the other hand, various regions need to strengthen the enforcement of supervision. For all kinds of violations, those that need to be corrected should be corrected within a certain period of time, and those that need to be punished should be punished according to law, so as to make rental relationships more stable and rental disputes less frequent! (New Society)