Challenging Housing Benefit decisions
Focusing on the more complicated areas of Housing benefit, and how to challenge decisions – assumes a reasonable knowledge of Housing benefit.
All learning from the Advice – housing category
Focusing on the more complicated areas of Housing benefit, and how to challenge decisions – assumes a reasonable knowledge of Housing benefit.
An overview of the Care Act 2014, and the most significant changes it has brought about, particularly in relation t the prevention of homelessness.
Providing a practical understanding of court’s powers to assist mortgage borrowers in arrears.
Based on Shelter’s 2015 channel shift research ‘Down the line: the future role of digital housing advice and support’, this workshop session provides delegates with an opportunity to explore ways to improve access to housing advice, discover what other authorities and advice agencies are doing, what works well and what … Read More
Explores housing issues related to domestic violence.
The Housing and Planning Bill will bring in significant changes to secure and introductory tenancies, requiring that all new tenancies be for a fixed term of 2 to 5 years. The Bill will also make major changes to succession rights on secure and introductory tenancies. This course provides a comprehensive … Read More
This course aims to provide delegates with a broad understanding of the extensive law relating to Gypsies and Travellers and their accommodation needs and to update them on the most recent important developments in this field.
This course will increase delegates’ knowledge of the rights and entitlements of homeless people with multiple needs to assistance and support under community care legislation and homelessness legislation. Participants will increase their confidence in their advocacy skills and awareness of the importance of casework informing strategic planning.
To enable advisers to give effective advice and assistance to people making Local Authority homeless applications.
The course covers homelessness law and case law developments in homelessness.