{"id":15370,"date":"2026-07-22T16:49:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/end-of-the-era-for-fraudulent-tenants-new-bill-in-the-sejm-aims-to-protect-landlords\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T16:49:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:49:34","slug":"end-of-the-era-for-fraudulent-tenants-new-bill-in-the-sejm-aims-to-protect-landlords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/end-of-the-era-for-fraudulent-tenants-new-bill-in-the-sejm-aims-to-protect-landlords\/","title":{"rendered":"End of the Era for Fraudulent Tenants? New Bill in the Sejm Aims to Protect Landlords"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new parliamentary bill in Poland seeks to overhaul tenant protection laws and the Civil Code, giving landlords faster eviction tools and ending immunity for rent evaders. <\/p>\n

End of the Eldorado for Dishonest Tenants? Bill in the Sejm and New Tools for Landlords<\/h4>\n

This could be the change landlords have been waiting for years. A bill has been submitted to the Sejm aimed at once and for all cutting short the impunity of dishonest tenants, ranging from the right to terminate agreements after just one month of arrears to removing penalties for cutting off utilities.<\/p>\n

New Bill Already in the Sejm: Landlords Waited Years for This<\/h4>\n

This could be a breakthrough moment for the Polish real estate market. A parliamentary initiative prepared by the Confederation club has been submitted to the Sejm to transform the difficult situation of landlords in disputes with dishonest tenants, introducing a revolution in the Tenant Protection Act and the Civil Code.<\/p>\n

Legal Trap: Why Debtors’ Evictions Took Years Until Now<\/h4>\n

Previous regulations placed landlords in a difficult position as individuals who stopped paying rent enjoyed broad legal protection while owners remained helpless, unable to change locks or cut off utilities without facing charges of violating domestic peace. The main problem was helplessness against protracted court and enforcement proceedings.<\/p>\n

5 Key Changes in Tenant and Landlord Rights<\/h4>\n

The draft bill introduces concrete legal mechanisms to curb abuses in the Polish rental market, including termination of lease agreements after one month of arrears, the expansion of delivery fictions to stop mail avoidance, and court verification of whether a debtor is in genuine need or acting maliciously.<\/p>\n

Eviction Beyond Municipality Borders and Safe Recovery for Personal Use<\/h4>\n

When a municipality lacks free social housing, bailiffs will be able to execute evictions to facilities in other municipalities within the same voivodeship. Furthermore, owners wishing to live in their own apartments or house close family will no longer need to provide alternative housing and can recover access in a maximum of six months.<\/p>\n

Criminal Law Revolution: Landlords Finally Free from Penalties<\/h4>\n

One of the most significant changes is the planned modification of criminal provisions to exclude landlords from criminal liability, putting an end to situations where the law protected individuals illegally occupying premises at the expense of rightful property owners.<\/p>\n

Will New Regulations Lower Rental Prices?<\/h4>\n

The justification for the bill indicates that the changes are intended to benefit the entire market by unblocking thousands of apartments currently left vacant due to landlords’ fears of dishonest tenants, which could stabilize or reduce rental rates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new parliamentary bill in Poland seeks to overhaul tenant protection laws and the Civil Code, giving landlords faster eviction tools and ending immunity for rent evaders. End of the Eldorado for Dishonest Tenants? Bill in the Sejm and New Tools for Landlords This could be the change landlords have been waiting for years. A […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics-and-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15370\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}