The Ethiopian Urban Land Lease Holding Law: Tenure Security and Property Rights

  • Legesse Tigabu

Abstract

As urban centers in Ethiopia are expanding fast, adopting and executing a
flexible urban land use system which can respond to the ever mounting demand
for urban land and ensure tenure security would be mandatory. In the absence of
tenure security, no one is happy to bring about a costly permanent improvement
to land. Under this article, the author argues that the Ethiopian urban land
holders encountered land tenure insecurity due to poor real property registration
system, restrictive rules on land holding, and their inability to pay lease and
related debts to the government and all these have their own uncalled for
consequences on property rights. This article also unveils how urban land has
become unaffordable to the public at large.

Published
2014-12-20
How to Cite
Legesse Tigabu. (2014). The Ethiopian Urban Land Lease Holding Law: Tenure Security and Property Rights. Jimma University Journal of Law, 6, 21. https://doi.org/10.46404/jlaw.v6i0.4102