North Cairo Court Ruling Addresses Eviction Over Closed Flats and Second Homes

A ruling by the North Cairo Court of First Instance addresses whether keeping a rented apartment closed for more than a year, or owning another residential unit, can provide grounds for eviction under Egypt’s old-rent system.

The case raises two questions for tenants and landlords: whether prolonged closure exposes a tenant to eviction, and whether ownership of another home is sufficient to end an old-rent tenancy.

The brief account of the ruling does not set out the court’s findings, the circumstances of the tenancy or the legal provisions applied. It therefore does not establish whether eviction was ordered or rejected.

Those missing details are essential to understanding the conditions addressed by the judgment. The account alone does not support a conclusion that either leaving an apartment closed or owning another home automatically ends an old-rent contract.