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See current Summer
2009 edition of the Newsletter for the latest news.
Welcome
to the CARL website
Carl is leading the campaign to end the infamous leasehold style of residential
property 'ownership' that still
exists in England and Wales.
CARL responds to the government's
consultation on service charges. Read
it here
LibDems share
many of CARL's concerns. Read
the LibDems position on leasehold
Read
the key presentation given at CARL's tenth Conference in November
2008
Challenging
Service Charges
Shabnam Ali-Khan, Senior Advisor at the Leasehold Advisory
Service (LEASE) offers an overview of how to deal with service
charge disputes.
Keynote
presentation at the CARL's 2007 Conference
Transparency
in Leaseholders Service Charges
Anita Shields, the auditor who
blew the whistle on Southwark Council's
service charge accounting processes (also
see BBC website)
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What
they say about leasehold...
Daily
Telegraph
"Leasehold
has us Tied in Chains"
Ross
Clark, 21.01.2006
An End to Feudalism
"Leasehold as a form
of residential tenure is a throwback to feudalism. It
gives exceptional privileges and powers to landowners"
Frank Dobson MP, and Nick Raynsford MP. Labour's
Leasehold Reform Programme, 1995.
Editor's Note: eleven years later nothing much has changed
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CARL
campaigns to abolish the feudal leasehold system of flat and house 'ownership'.
CARL campaigns for the adoption of Commonhold as the universal form of
flat ownership, and for house leaseholders to acquire their freeholds. |
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What is leasehold?
When you 'buy' a flat, you may think you own it,
but that's far from the case. All you have bought is the right to occupy
the flat for the number of years stated on the lease. You are merely a
tenant for that period. And once the terms ends, it reverts to the landlord
unless you are prepared to pay the landlord to extend it.
As a tenant you pay for the upkeep of the
building, but have little control over how it is done or your money is
spent. The freeholder and/or managing agent are responsible for that.
This puts them in a powerful position, and unfortunately there many ruthless
landlords who exploit this, and make leaseholders' lives an expensive
nightmare.
CARL
is entirely dependent on its membership for
its lobbying power and income, and greatly appreciates that support. If
you are not a member and share our objectives, then please
join the campaign!
Contact
CARL
General enquiries: info@carl.org.uk
PO Box 26369, London, N8 7ZL
Anything to do with the website: website
editor
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CARL publishes a quarterly newsletter -
The Leaseholder.
A sharply written review of the politics of leasehold, the latest
freeholder scams, and a digest of legal developments and news, is sent
free to members. All copies
can also be downloaded.
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