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                                                                   Exhibit 10.53
                                   ASSIGNMENT


        ARV ASSISTED LIVING, INC., a Delaware corporation, as successor by
merger to ARV Management, Inc., a California corporation, of 245 Fischer Avenue,
D-1, Costa Mesa, California 92626 ("Assignor"), hereby assigns to EENHOORN
GP-GRAND RAPIDS, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, of 2620 Horizon
Drive, S.E., Suite C, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546 all of its interest in a
receivable obligation for Management Fees, owed by GRAND RAPIDS HOUSING PARTNERS
LIMITED DIVIDEND HOUSING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a California limited partnership,
in the amount of One Hundred Sixty-Two Thousand Two Hundred Thirty-Nine and
37/100 Dollars ($162,239.37), together with any additional Management Fees
accrued from December 1, 2000 through the date of this Assignment.

Dated: January 16, 2001.

                                                   ASSIGNOR:
                                                   ARV Assisted Living, Inc.



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