during the epidemic period, the detailed regulations on rent-free are that if the rented house can't achieve the purpose of production and operation now, the landlord should waive the rent during the epidemic control period. Enterprises that have resumed work during the epidemic period, but are now in a state of serious losses due to the impact, can negotiate with the landlord to reduce part of the rent. Generally, houses rented by individuals can't be fully exempted from rent.

1. What are the detailed regulations on rent-free during the epidemic? (1) If the purpose of the leased house is for production and operation, and the use purpose cannot be achieved due to clear administrative control policies, the rent shall be exempted. This situation refers to the situation that the lease contract cannot be fulfilled directly due to administrative measures taken by the government and relevant departments to prevent and control the novel coronavirus epidemic. Such as internet cafes, KTV, bars, cinemas, supermarkets, restaurants, farmers' markets, etc., which are shut down according to the requirements of the government. Another example is the factory that cannot be started because of the government policy to extend the holiday, which leads to the factory not being used for production and operation. At this time, because the lessor can't provide the rented house for the lessee to continue to use normally due to administrative control, the lessee certainly doesn't have to pay the corresponding rent, and the lessor doesn't have to bear the liability for breach of contract for failing to provide qualified rented house. (2) If the lessee continues to use the leased property for business, but the income is obviously reduced or even lost due to the epidemic, he may request to reduce or exempt part of the rent. This is because during the epidemic period, the lessee has always occupied and used the leased property for business activities, so it is obviously unreasonable to exempt the rent. Because the epidemic has had a significant impact on production and operation, such as the fear caused by the epidemic to the public or the government's restrictions on people going out, which has led to a significant decrease in the number of people in shopping malls, and the epidemic has seriously affected production and operation, which has led to a significant decrease in the lessee's income or even a loss, the lessee may request a reduction in part of the rent on this basis. In this regard, the court may also reduce part of the rent as appropriate. (3) If the lessee continues to use the leased property for business, and the epidemic situation has not resulted in a significant decrease in its income, it may not request rent reduction. (4) If the lessee uses the leased property for residential function during the epidemic situation, it may not claim rent reduction. Although the epidemic situation has brought inconvenience to the lessee in using the rented house for residential use, it has not affected the purpose of the original lease contract, and it may not claim rent reduction. The lessee's "home isolation" due to the epidemic situation is the performance of the lessee's legal responsibility, which has not affected the living function of the leased property, and it is not possible to claim rent reduction or exemption. (5) If the lessee is unable to use the leased property used for residential functions during the epidemic period due to epidemic reasons, he can claim rent reduction. If the leased property is blocked due to epidemic reasons and the lessee cannot return to his residence to use the rented residential house due to administrative control, he can claim rent reduction from the lessor because the lessee does not enjoy the benefits of the residential house and fails to achieve the purpose of the lease contract. In fact, the rent policy we provided during the epidemic period is detailed enough. Therefore, it is up to the lessee to analyze whether he belongs to the rent-free part. However, the rent-free policy is not mandatory, so the lessee must negotiate with the landlord about the rent.