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Leasehold estate

About: Leasehold estate is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1589 publications have been published within this topic receiving 21480 citations. The topic is also known as: leasehold & tenancy.


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TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of rental on soil conservation and on long-term soil productivity was examined in central southwestern Ontario, and a difference in soil management practices was found between owner-operated land and rented land.
Abstract: Renting of agricultural land is gaining in importance in Canada. The impact of rental on soil conservation and on long-term soil productivity was examined in central southwestern Ontario. Prevailing leasing contracts were short-term, with a minimum of contractual obligations on both parties. A difference in soil management practices was found between owner-operated land and rented land. Both recurrent and nonrecurrent practices upgrading the soil were carried out to a lesser extent on rented than on owner-operated land, while the quality of the rented land was in fact lower and in greater need of ameliorative practices. This resulted in a difference in grain corn yield; the lower yield being obtained from rented land. Key words: Land tenure, tenancy, rental contract, soil conservation, soil productivity, soil quality

9 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that conversion of over 1 million hectares of customary land to leasehold land tenure merely endowed the elite with excessive landholdings they did not fully utilise for tobacco production because it exceeded the requirement for production of the quota of tobacco output allocated to Malawi.
Abstract: The author argues that conversion of over 1 million hectares of customary land to leasehold land tenure merely endowed the elite with excessive landholdings they did not fully utilise for tobacco production because it exceeded the requirement for production of the quota of tobacco output allocated to Malawi. However, as a result of population growth food demands exceeded the carrying capacity of household land whose quality also diminished resulting in steep decline in food productivity. The author also argues that government policy of suppressing producer prices combined with a policy of preventing smallholder farmers from growing the lucrative tobacco crop reduced incomes of the poor and deprived the rural sector the means to adopt high productivity technologies. The author also argue that estates would have used their excess land to produce more maize but the low producer prices paid by ADMARC, the grain marketing board, acted as a disincentive. Land rents were also pegged far below market levels that farmer held on to large amounts of idle land with a speculative motive. The author also observes that Malawi spends more on maize imports than on petroleum imports, and describes food problem as a rupturing time bomb that has been ticking since the early 1980’s.

9 citations

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21 Nov 2016
TL;DR: Habibis et al. as discussed by the authors investigated how well tenancy management arrangements are working under NPARIH, the appropriateness and effectiveness of the tenancy management policy and service delivery approaches, and the efficiency and value for money of the service delivery models.
Abstract: The shortage of housing in remote communities, and their deteriorated condition, has long been associated with high levels of crowding, homelessness and serious health and social problems affecting the wellbeing of Indigenous Australians. A contributing factor to poor housing standards was the diversity of housing providers and grants as well as complex and confusing land tenure arrangements. To address these problems, the Commonwealth, states and the Northern Territory established the National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing, (NPARIH) in 2008. NPARIH was a 10-year, $5.5b Commonwealthfunded tenancy management and capital works program of new housing and refurbishment of existing housing (DSS 2013a). Under NPARIH, remote Indigenous housing came under a single regime managed by the state and territory governments, through their public housing agencies, The aim was to introduce robust and standardised tenancy management consistent with public housing standards and a repairs and maintenance program that increased the life cycle of housing, improved housing conditions and expanded housing options in remote Indigenous communities (COAG 2008a: 5). This divestment of historical Commonwealth responsibility to the states and territories was an audacious policy change, involving an attempt to mainstream remote Indigenous housing that was formerly mostly managed by the Indigenous community housing sector. With NPARIH now ending, it is timely to review how tenancy management arrangements are working given the substantial investment and the need to ensure arrangements are sustainable over the long term. This project builds on research undertaken in 2013 that investigated the tenancy management arrangements that followed the introduction of NPARIH in the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia (Habibis, Phillips et al. 2014). It is not a review of NPARIH itself, and includes some consideration of non-NPARIH communities. This second phase of the study commenced in mid-2014 and investigates how well tenancy management arrangements are working under NPARIH, the appropriateness and effectiveness of the tenancy management policy and service delivery approaches, and the efficiency and value for money of the service delivery models. It aims to identify and share across jurisdictions, and nationally, the policy and practice lessons gained from the NPARIH experience.

9 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the effect of converting all mailo land in Kampala, Uganda to leasehold and found that despite the direct loss of amenity experienced by mailo residents, aggregate city income may rise substantially because of more efficient land-use manufacturing firms move into formerly mailo areas and form new clusters of activity.

9 citations

01 Oct 2007
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the factors influencing risk-assessment and tenancy allocation practices used by property managers in the private rental market and found that a relatively large proportion of low-cost private rental accommodation is occupied by moderate-to high-income households (Seelig 2001a; Wulff and Yates 2001; Yates et al 2004).
Abstract: This Positioning Paper provides the context, sets out the theoretical framework and outlines the research strategy underpinning a study into the factors influencing risk-assessment and tenancy allocation practices used by property managers in the private rental market The study builds on previous research demonstrating that a relatively large proportion of low-cost private rental accommodation is occupied by moderate- to high-income households (Seelig 2001a; Wulff and Yates 2001; Yates et al 2004) However, this is occurring in an environment where the private rental sector is now the de facto main provider of rental housing for lower-income households across Australia (Seelig et al 2005a) The following research questions will be addressed: What factors are taken into account by real estate agents in their assessment of risks entailed in the allocation of rental tenancies to different categories of tenants? What procedures (qualitative and/or quantitative) do real estate agents use to evaluate risks at the point of allocation of tenancies? Do real estate agents attach greater risk to low-income renters? If so, what aspects of low-income status are perceived, by real estate agents, to constitute risks in rental tenancies? What factors are perceived, by real estate agents, to mitigate any specific risks arising from or associated with tenants’ low-income status? What role might the processes of risk-assessment in the private rental sector play in shaping the movements of low-income households within the rental sector? The policy context of this study acknowledges that risk-assessment and tenancy allocation practices are rooted in the broader structural and behavioural patterns of the private rental market as a whole, and are linked to the ways in which landlord–tenant relations are defined in social, economic and legislative terms The role of the private rental sector in housing lower-income households, the provision of direct State housing assistance to private renters, and private rental sector policy provide the contextual markers that are relevant to this study The underlying research strategy proposed for the project involves taking an institutional ethnographic approach (Smith 1987), a realist method of enquiry that takes everyday, experiential knowledge as evidence of the workings of wider social (institutional) structures The focus of enquiry, in this instance, is the institution of the private rental market Individual and group in-depth semi-structured interviews will be undertaken with property agents in selected localities in New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia A small number of tenant advocates and community-housing providers will also be interviewed to complement the interviews with the property agents Phase 1 has involved the trialling and confirmation of the interview strategy to be used in Phase 2 of the study The researchers aim to identify and describe: Factors that real estate agents take into account in assessing the 'risks' in allocating affordable housing to low-income households Routine practices and formalised procedures employed, at the point of allocation, to evaluate relative risks and potential trade-offs in the allocation of low-cost housing Likely outcomes for low-income householders of real estate agents’ risk-assessment practices, under different market conditions Factors or specific arrangements perceived by real estate agents to mitigate or reduce risks associated with low-income status of tenants and increase tenants’ capacity to obtain affordable housing in the private rental sector Potential impact of risk-assessment and related practices upon housing pathways of low-income tenants seeking affordable housing in the private rental sector Thus, the research will suggest directions for developing strategic policies to address factors linked to low-income status that are understood to constitute 'risks' in private rental, and are likely to preclude or limit low-income householders’ access to affordable housing in the private rental sector

9 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
202340
2022125
202128
202028
201956
201857