Introduction to Housing and Homelessness

Dates:
29th April and 6th May 2021 (both dates must be attended)
29th July and 4th August 2021 (both dates must be attended)

Time: 9.30am – 1pm both dates

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, all others £275

To make a booking, please complete the booking form attached below and email it to us at training@adviceuk.org.uk

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