Introduction to Housing and Homelessness
Dates: 29th April and 6th May 2021 (Both dates must be attended)
Time: 9.30am – 1pm both days
This module is offered with the support of NHAS
Learning objectives
- Explain the importance of determining Housing Status
- Describe the rights and responsibilities of occupiers
- Explain the process a landlord needs to follow in order to legally evict an occupier
- Recognise when a case may need to be referred• Recognise the impact of homelessness on the individual and society
- Explain the advantages and disadvantages of different options to the problem
- Decide when making a homelessness application may be appropriate & when duty to provide accommodation is triggered
- Recognise how to deal with ‘Gatekeeping’
- Explain how you would give basic advice to a client and/or recognise when further specialist help is required
Content
- Brief history/overview of Housing law over last 30 years
- Licences and tenancies – what they are and how to identify
- Different types of landlord (private, PRPs and Local authority)
- Different types of occupiers
- Rights and Responsibilities of occupiers
- Tenancy Deposit Schemes
- The eviction process including grounds, notices and possession procedure in the court
- The causes and effects of homelessness and the vicious cycle
- General housing options – hostels, refuges, private sector etc…
- The statutory definition of homelessness
- The five statutory tests to determine which local authority homeless duty is owed
- The accommodation duties (interim, full and for the intentionally homeless)
- ‘Gatekeeping’ practices and challenging decisions
- Housing Allocations – the ‘waiting list’ and bidding for social housing
FAQs about the training and how it is run online.
Prices: Members – £190, Voluntary sector £240 + VAT, all others £275 + VAT
To make a booking, please complete the booking form attached below and email it to us at training@adviceuk.org.uk
Attached documents
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