Recently, the owner of Eggshell Apartment reported on the Internet platform that he received a unilateral notice from Eggshell that due to the impact of the epidemic, the owner was required to exempt the rent for one month, but the tenants were not exempted from rent.

Recently, the owner of Eggshell Apartment reported on the Internet platform that he received a unilateral notice from Eggshell that due to the impact of the epidemic, the owner was required to exempt the rent for one month, but the tenant was not exempted from rent. In response, Eggshell Apartment responded that the news was partially inaccurate. Eggshell Apartment has subsidized tenants affected by the epidemic. Eggshell Apartment said that the tenants who cannot return to rent normally due to the impact of the city lockdown in Wuhan, the company currently provides them with a one-month rent reduction policy, and will be adjusted later based on the city lockdown. At the same time, we are actively negotiating with the owners to see if we can bear it together, reduce rents and overcome difficulties together.

htmlOn December 3, a consumer reported on an Internet platform: "I signed a house entrustment contract with Eggshell on September 13, 2019. On January 28, 2020, the rent should be paid. Eggshell did not make payments, and I called the customer service. On the evening of January 31, a person who claimed to be Eggshell butler called me and said that the rent would be paid one month later due to the epidemic, and the rent-free period should be extended by one month. There was no room for negotiation, and he just notified it. This was obviously a breach of contract. Eggshell Apartment's behavior was ridiculous. Please check the platform and give me justice." According to inquiries, the Internet platform had dozens of complaints against Eggshell Apartment on February 1 and February 2 alone. The reasons for the complaints were all because Eggshell Apartment did not pay the accounts payable to the landlord on time according to the contract.

An owner living in Zaoyuan Beili, Daxing said that he rented his house to Eggshell Apartment on August 6, 2019, and the rent was paid 14,793 yuan on January 25, 2020. The homeowner originally thought that he was not too anxious to make money during the New Year holiday. During the New Year, he called the customer service phone number. The customer service told them to contact them until January 31 after they go to work, and they should be able to make money on January 31. As a result, on February 2, the homeowner received a report from the Eggshell Apartment that it would waive an extra month's rent due to the epidemic and would have to pay a month later. According to the rental contract uploaded by the user, the contract signed by the netizen with Eggshell Apartment is valid for 2019-8-26 to 2025-2-16. Eggshell Apartment must pay the homeowner a rent of 14,793 yuan on January 25, 2020, but the homeowner has not received the corresponding rent so far. The homeowner believes that as the landlord, he directly connects with Eggshell Apartment, not the tenant, so the tenant's losses should not be borne by him as the homeowner.

It is understood that Eggshell Apartment is temporarily exempted from rent for tenants living in Wuhan and unable to return due to the epidemic. The rent reduction and exemption of Eggshell Apartment for Wuhan area will be returned to the Eggshell App account around March 2. The refundable amount can be used to deduct service fees, maintenance fees, water, electricity and gas fees (not self-paid), rent (except monthly payment in installments) and other bills. If the city lockdown period exceeds one month, Eggshell Apartment will cash back according to the actual city lockdown time.

Since the Spring Festival this year, many merchants and tenants have been affected by the epidemic and have great operating pressure; many people have difficulty returning home during the Spring Festival, and house rent is wasted.

Beijing Youth Daily reporter learned that in order to support the fight against the epidemic prevention and control of the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic, Beijing encourages large commercial buildings, shopping malls, and market operators to moderately reduce and exempt rents from small and medium-sized tenants during the epidemic. Each district can provide moderate financial subsidies to leasing companies that take rent reduction and exemption measures.

The call from relevant departments in Beijing has received responses from many companies. Considering the requirements for epidemic prevention and the resulting reduction in shopping mall passenger flow, many commercial real estate companies such as Wanda , China Resources , Poly , Midea, Red Star Macalline, Excellence , Baolong and other commercial real estate companies announced rent reductions and exemptions from their commercial projects. According to statistics on donations or measures by the Commercial Real Estate Working Committee of the All-China Real Estate Chamber of Commerce to its 109 member units, as of now, a total of 79 commercial real estate operators have implemented preferential policies for rent reduction and exemption. In terms of rent reduction, more than 70% of operators use halving rent, while all of them are exempted from rent. Among them, Wanda and China Resources both issued notices of full rent exemption.

text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Zhu Kaiyun