Japanese Official Expresses Gratitude
“Thank you very much for your kind explanation when I visited ASHI headquarters,” wrote Yasuhiro Kushida, of Japan’s Housing Policy Division.
He said his conversation with ASHI Member Frank Lesh and ASHI Executive Director Rob Paterkiewicz influenced the inclusion of home inspection in a program proposed by the Housing Bureau to develop the Japanese housing market.
“This program is only in the concept stage,” he explained, “and we have to more work to do. As we have no professional home inspectors in Japan, we will start by using non-profit organizations that are now evaluating and rating newly constructed housing.”
This is the second delegation from Japan that sought out ASHI for advice. In November 2000, representatives from the Government Housing Loan Corporation of Japan met with ASHI Member James Dunsing and former ASHI representative Noël Zak. With so little known about independent home inspections outside of North America, ASHI’s door will always be open to international visitors seeking to learn more about the service and the profession.
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• January 13, 2002, Board meeting, New Orleans, La.
• January 14-16, 2002, InspectionWorld, New Orleans, La.
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