Lawyers anticipate increase in sublease disputes

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«”The substitution of the State in the payment of the rents may be a positive sign for landlords, as long as it is not dependent on the verification of requirements that are not compatible with the reality of the market”, considers Regina Santos Pereira, a Partner at SRS Legal. However, this lawyer adds that “if the beginning of an eviction as soon as the tenant doesn’t pay three months rent is a condition for the substitution of the State, the measure may not bring any usefulness”. This, because in the majority of cases, landlords don’t immediately begin an eviction in these cases, due to the costs and slowness of the processes – be it at the “Balcão do Arrendamento” (rental office), or in the courts…