The Male' City Council has introduced a hotline for residents living on tenancy at the Maldives capital in case of evictions.
According to the authority, persons becoming victims of eviction due to inability of settling rent of difficulties in living in Maldives capital can reach the council on "1412" hotline number.
The council's hotline come amid rumors and reports of several individuals forced to vacate by their landlords from the properties rented to them.
Meanwhile the Maldives government have requested from landlords and building owners to refrain from forced evictions during the current situation.
Maldives capital, Male' City came under a complete lockdown on 15 April, Wednesday after the very first positive case of COVID-19 was reported from the city.
The total lockdown, which was initially for just 24-hours have since been extended due to the discovery of multiple clusters with high-risk contacts and several other positive cases.
While the state has advised from landlords against forcibly evicting tenants, it should be noted that the island nation does not have a codified or implemented acts of parliament on rent or tenancy.
However, it was reported a local public interest law firm proposed such a bill to the Maldives Parliament.
It is further speculated the moratorium from Bank of Maldives (BML) and similar monetary reliefs from other financial institutes had the expected end-result of a rent price slice-off in light of outstanding housing loan installments deferred by a six-month period.
During the press conference on Tuesday, state's spokesperson on COVID-19 developments urged to landlords from forcibly evicting people from their tenancies.
Maldives state have already provided temporary sheltering for a total of 87 locals who were evicted amid the current economic stress. Some of them were reported of not having any abode during the lockdown.
