XN000022-1974-07-24 — Page 2

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CEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1974

HOUSING AUTHORITY MODIFIES NEW TENANCY AGREEMENT TERMS

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NO ONE WHOSE ESTATE SHOPS VERE ORIGINALLY ACQUIRED BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1, 1974 ON TENANCY CARDS NEED SIGN THE NEW TENANCY AGREEMENT.

LETTERS OUTLINING THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S CONCLUSIONSION ON THE VARIOUS POINTS RAISED LY THE 23 SHOP DELEGATES AT THE MEETING ON JULY 4 UERE DELIVERED BY HAND TO ALL CROUP B SHOP TENANTS THIS MORNING.

SEPARATE REPLIES TO THE 23 DELEGATES VERE ALSO HAND- DELIVERED AT THE SAME TIME.

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE AUTHORITY :

INHERITANCE

IF THE LAWFUL SUCCESSOR TO A SHOP TENANCY HELD ON A TENANCY CARD IS A PARENT, SPOUSE, SON, DAUGHTER, CROTHER, SISTER, GRANDCHILD OR AN AUTHORISED OCCUPANT AS LISTED ON THE TENANCY HE OR SHE COULD PASS ON · CARD, NO AGREEKENT REED BE SIGNED. THE TENANCY UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS.

HOWEVER, ANYONE OTHER THAN THOSE LISTED ABOVE WILL HAVE TO SIGN THE TENANCY ACREEMENT.

TENANCY AGREEMENT

SITTING TENANTS WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO SIGN THE TENANCY AGREEMENT FOR THEIR EXISTING SHOP TENANCIES, ACQUIRED UNDER THE TENANCY CARD, WHICH ARE IN THEIR POSSELSION AS AT SEPTEMBER 1, 1974. ANY TENANCIES ACQUIRED AFTER THIS DATE, OTHER THAN BY INHERITANCE, MUST BE ON THE NEW FORM OF ACREEMENT.

THOSE SHOPS, WHICH WERE PREVIOUSLY HELD ON TENANCY CARDS FOR WHICH AN AGREEMENT HAD BEEN SIGNED BETWEEN APRIL 1, 1973 AND NOW, WILL STILL BE REGARDED AS BEING HELD ON TENANCY CARD CONDITIONS, IF THEY SO WISH.

DISPOSAL OF TENANCY

THOSE IN POSSESSION OF SHOP TENANCIES UNDER THE TENANCY CARD AS AT SEPTEMBER 1, 1974 MAY OPT TO HOMINATE THEIR OWN TRANSFEREE OR USE THE PUBLIC TENDER SYSTEM WHEREBY THE AUTHORITY WILL ADVERTISE THE TENANCY. IF HE OPTS FOR THE TENDER SYSTEM, HE IS FREE TO SPECIFY A RESERVE PRICE.

/OMIERS SHO