LEASEHOLD QUOTES
A lease, as generally understood today, is a document creating an interest in land for a fixed period of certain duration, usually in consideration of the payment of rent.
The law of Real Property. R.E. Megarry, Q.C. and H.W.R.Wade

"When a poor person moves out of social housing in Islington, an even poorer and more desperate person moves in, when a rich person moves out of one of the streets in Islington an even richer person moves in."
Emily Thornberry MP for Islington, South and Finsbury speaking in the House of Commons

"There is great deal of mistrust of the landlords, and people want independent advice because they are not necessarily convinced that the landlords will act in their interest; indeed, the landlords are not acting in their interests, because they have a fiduciary duty to act in their own interests."
Karen Buck MP for Regents Park and Kensington North speaking in the House of Commons

"For the council to say 'it is good value for money but we can't tell the leaseholders what it is they are paying for because we haven't actually got the details' just proves the leaseholders' point. "What's happening is the council is just using these leaseholders as a cash point - they're using them like a hole in the wall. "There's 11,000 of them and every year they can just have a demand slapped on them - this is how much money we want you to give us." Harriet Harmon MP when The Solicitor General and MP for Camberwell and Peckham