Online marketplace brings new homestay challenges

A signboard saying Residents say no to homestay and short stay erected at Birch The Plaza Condominium in Datuk Keramat Road, Penang. George Cheah / The Star / 21 July 2016

IT is normal for houses to be rented out for income, and rooms let out to reduce the cost of renting or owning a dwelling.

A tenancy agreement is typically signed between the owner and tenant for rental of a house or apartment, with two months’ rent as deposit plus an amount equivalent to one month’s rent for utilities.