Payment for a divided apartment
Question
An apartment is divided such that the original apartment was 80 sq. m, and it has now been split into 60 and 20. How much should each one pay?
Answer
Shalom u-vracha.
The larger unit pays the regular amount, and the smaller one pays 50%.
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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Since there is an additional residential unit, this causes greater use of the building, and one must charge an additional payment for the unit.
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