do not exceed the internatinally accepted level of 4%. 255. As for renting, a decree was published on 28 December 1984 amending and supplementing various acts relating to rented buildings. The new provisions in the Civil Code guarantee hygienic and healthy conditions in urban properties used for dwellings and lay down as the minimum duration ofE/1986/3/Add.l3 page 49 E/1986/3/Add.l3 page 50 letting contract, to the mutual advantage of landlord and tenant, one obligatory year, extendable at the wish of the tenant for up^ to two years more. To afford the tenant better protection and security, the Civil Code provides that the rent may only be increased once a year and that the increase must not exceed 85% of the percentage increase in the general minimum wage fixed in the year the contract is renewed or extended. 256. The Federal Consumer Protection Act, for its part, embodies regulations protecting tenants, while the Office of the Federal Consumers' Counsel has among its duties the representation, monitoring and safeguarding of the rights of tenants, thus providing them with institutional protection against abuses on the part of their landlords. 257. Other acts that have been amended are the Federal Housing Act, which provides incentives for the financing and building of housing intended for rent and the Act on the Institute of Social Security and Social Services for State Employees, which stipulates that housing belonging to the Institute that is rented out may be expropriated in favour of workers in the State services. 258. Through the Programme of Urban Renewal and Housing Improvement, a presidential decree set up in the Federal District the Owner-Occupier Programme, which provides those living in apartment buildings or blocks of dwellings on workers' estates with finance to help them buy their homes.
**Analysis**
The text appears to focus on regulations and policies related to housing and renting in a country, mentioning specific laws, acts, and decrees. It discusses the protection of tenants' rights, rent increases, and the provision of housing finance. The text does not mention any economic development, natural resources, or environmental issues.

**Category**
Employment, Health