. Defining 'arbitrary eviction' and 'maintenance' so that the phrase have a bearing on the poor and vulnerable and give clear guidance to their meaning;
. Expanding on the duties of Government - inter alia monitoring, education and financing so as to spell out the roles of the three spheres of Government for purposes of good intergovernmental relations and cooperative governance;
. Making it peremptory for lease agreements to be in writing with the Act setting out the minimum content, to ensure that tenants and landlords can prove the extent of their agreement;
. Requiring all local municipalities to provide a rental housing information office, even if this function is shared with an existing office, to ensure that Rental Tribunals are made accessible to people everywhere in South Africa;
. Defining the areas that require regulation and identifying peremptory regulations so that the delegated legislative duties on the Minister of Human Settlements are clarified;
. Providing for norms and standards aligned with the Department of Human Settlements' strategy related to accessibility, inhabitability and affordability to provide Government with a tool with which exploitive practices can be curtailed;
. Including certain duties of landlords and tenants as offences so as to address areas identified as problematic for example non-refunding of deposits; and