YANGON — As rents in the commercial capital rise, the illegal but common practice of landlords demanding six months’ or even a year’s rent upfront is stretching Yangon’s residential and business tenants to breaking point. Mr Soe Win Maung runs a roadside Shan noodle shop and stays with his wife in the top-floor loft of […]
In Yangon, upfront rents stretch tenants, small businesses
February 15, 2017 by Thiha
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