What if leases were mutual?
Community assets create value for the common good, and access to space is key. The lease agreement underpins it all, yet the only document available for the relationship (a commercial lease) assumes the landlord and the occupier are opponents, allocating every cost, permission and risk on that basis. We are currently designing a ‘Mutual Lease’ that would rewrite those terms around mutual accountability to a shared, lasting purpose, and starting with the House of Annetta as a pilot. We would like to learn from your experiences around leases, sharing information will help us develop a relevant, clear and applicable legal template for use across the country.
Name
First Name
Last Name
Who are you?
Community Asset Developer
Asset owner
In-between (lawyers, advisers, facilitators, etc)
What is your organisation? What do you do?
In your experience, did the two negotiators have any shared purpose?
How was rent decided? How affordable is it?
What is produced by your work that isn’t recognised by the lease?
How did the lease help or hinder what you needed to do with the building?
What informal understandings existed outside the lease?
What happened after the lease was signed? What did/didn’t go as expected?
What was the most important thing you wish you knew?
What else should we be asking? (and other reflections)
Email (if you would like to stay involved in the conversation)
example@example.com
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