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News story
Lease on Location – Association of Retirement Housing Managers (ARHM)
LEASE adviser Joy Akah-Douglas has represented LEASE at several recent ARHM conferences in Leeds, Taunton and London. She has presented on such diverse topics as the right to manage, lease extensions, dealing with windows or subletting, to mention only a few. The conferences have all been interactive affairs, with lots of audience questions and excellent feedback. LEASE looks forward to participating in future ARHM meetings.
Would your Housing Association or Residents Association like LEASE to address your group on the complexities of residential leasehold? We can provide presentations on common issues and questions relating to residential leasehold as well as individual advice surgeries.
(News story added: 24 November 2011)

