Can I get a deposit to rent?
Not in money. Article 16 of the 820 Act of 2003 prohibits the requirement of cash deposits or other real captivity in urban housing rentals. The usual is a policy or a co-debtor.
The real cost of an apartment for rent in Bogotá is the rent plus HOA fee: in a 2 estrato rooms 3 are $1,650,000 per month (rental $1,508,100) and in estrato 4, $2,768,000 (rental $2,500,000). To enter, the first typical payment is a full month (rent + HOA fee). If you rent with real estate, add up the policy study (about 5% + VAT of the rent): about $1,739,732 in estrato 3. In Colombia, the 820 Act of 2003 does not allow for the requirement of deposits in money.
Real cost of moving to an apartment in Bogotá: rent + HOA fee and payment of entry (October 2026) · Data date: 18 October 2026 · Source: Aptología (aptologia.com)
- DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23342286 (Zenodo)
- Original study (Spanish): Costo real de mudarse a un apartamento en Bogotá: arriendo + administración y pago de entrada (octubre 2026)
- GitHub (CSV, PDF): https://github.com/elbroker/aptologia-datos/tree/main/estudios/costo-real-de-mudarse-bogota
- Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/datasets/aptologia/costo-real-de-mudarse-bogota-2026
Read the full study · Languages: ES · PT
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