It's all about greediness, nothing else. The owner of the properties hoping that the rent will still high as last year. Hence if they let it out with lower rent, they afraid, if the rent goes to the sky again, they will facing problems to get rid of the old tenants out.

So, its all about greediness. Gov should really look into the biggest part of the population who could only afford for QR2500 - 3000/monthly rent.