LEGISLATION WATCH- “Community dialogue” on rent control coming soon: The House Housing Committee will start holding within days a series of “community dialogue” sessions on potential amendments to legislation governing rent control, MP Ismail Nasr El Din said, according to Ahram Gate. The committee will then open debate on the bill before deciding if and when to pass it on to the House general assembly. There’s no word on whether the intention is to make it easier for landlords to raise rents presently regulated by rent control provisions.