An individual holding a valid residence visa may rent a property and share the space; however, the laws regulating the relationship between landlords and tenants will apply<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Question: <\/strong>I cannot afford an apartment alone, so I am considering getting a couple of roommates to share a one-bedroom apartment in Dubai. I don\u2019t want to break any laws. Could you please explain the rules around room sharing and how it works? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n R\u00e9pondre:\u00a0<\/strong>In Dubai,\u00a0sharing a rented apartment\u00a0without obtaining the landlord’s approval is illegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is in accordance with Article 24 Law No. 26 of 2007 regulating the relationship between landlords and tenants in Dubai which states, “Unless otherwise agreed in the tenancy contract, the tenant shall not assign benefit or sublease premises without obtaining the\u00a0landlord’s approval.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, a\u00a0landlord may evict a tenant\u00a0prior to\u00a0the expiry of the tenancy term in Dubai if a tenant sub-lets the property or any part thereof without a landlord\u2019s prior written consent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Such eviction shall extend to both a tenant and any sub-tenant without prejudice to the sub-tenant\u2019s right to seek compensation from the tenant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is under Article 25 (1) (b) of Law no. 33 of 2008 regulating the relationship between landlords and tenants in Dubai <\/strong><\/em>which states, “The landlord may seek eviction of the tenant from the real property prior to the expiry of the term of the tenancy only where the tenant sub-lets the Real Property or any part thereof without obtaining the landlord’s approval in writing. In this case, the eviction will apply to both the Tenant and Sub-Tenant. However, the sub-tenant’s right to claim compensation from the tenant will be preserved.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Based on the aforementioned\u00a0provisions of law, if you intend to sub-let\u00a0an apartment, you should obtain written consent from the apartment’s landlord before sub-letting\u00a0or sharing the apartment with others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ashish Mehta is the founder and Managing Partner of Ashish Mehta & Associates. He is qualified to practise law in Dubai, the United Kingdom and India. Full details of his firm on: www.amalawyers.com. Readers may e-mail their questions to: ne**<\/span>@**********<\/span>es.com<\/span> or send them to Legal View, Khaleej Times, PO Box 11243, Dubai.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Source : Khaleej Time<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Published: 25 May 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An individual holding a valid residence visa may rent a property and share the space; however, the laws regulating the relationship between landlords and tenants will apply Question: I cannot afford an apartment alone, so I am considering getting a couple of roommates to share a one-bedroom apartment in Dubai. I don\u2019t want to break any […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":28547,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2531,2534,2532,2533,1151],"class_list":["post-28537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-dubai-tenancy","tag-property-regulations","tag-rental-rules","tag-sub-letting-laws","tag-tenant-rights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}