Housing law and advice foundation (Part A)
Get started on the most important aspects of housing aid and advice work in our comprehensive course for beginners.
Course summary
This course covers the fundamentals of housing and homelessness law. You’ll learn the key principles, processes, and duties in homelessness legislation and gain the practical skills required to determine housing status.
Across four sessions, you'll learn who is homeless, who has a priority need, when key local authority duties apply (including assessment, prevention and relief) and how those duties can end.
This course uses material from our homelessness law introductory and tenancy status and rights programmes.
Course information
Level: Introductory (Level 3)
Face to face training
- Available for: Individuals, groups
- Duration: Four days
- Cost: £530+VAT | £460+VAT
- CPD points: 24
Live webinar
- Available for: Individuals, groups
- Duration: Four half day sessions
- Cost: £325+VAT | £295+VAT
- CPD points: 12
Individual bookings
Date | Duration and time | Delivery and location | Cost Eligibility and discounts | Book Booking guidance |
Monday 20 May 2024 – Thursday 23 May 2024 | Four half day sessions 9:30am – 12:30pm | Webinar | £325+VAT | £295+VAT | Book |
Tuesday 25 June 2024 – Friday 28 June 2024 | Four half day sessions 10am – 1pm | Webinar | £325+VAT | £295+VAT | Book |
Monday 19 August 2024 – Thursday 22 August 2024 | Four half day sessions 9:30am – 12:30pm | Webinar | £325+VAT | £295+VAT | Book |
Monday 23 September 2024 – Thursday 26 September 2024 | Four half day sessions 9:30am – 12:30pm | Webinar | £325+VAT | £295+VAT | Book |
Tuesday 05 November 2024 – Friday 08 November 2024 | Four half day sessions 2pm – 5pm | Webinar | £325+VAT | £295+VAT | Book |
Monday 16 December 2024 – Thursday 19 December 2024 | Four half day sessions 9:30am – 12:30pm | Webinar | £325+VAT | £295+VAT | Book |
Group bookings
You can book this course for groups of five or more people.
Contact us about group bookingsWhat this course covers
Face to face and webinar training includes:
Security of tenure
housing status, tenancies, and licences
tenancies created by the Rent Act 1977, Housing Acts 1985, 1988 and 1996
occupiers outside mainstream protection and excluded occupiers
Possession proceedings
notice rules
grounds for possession and defences
possession orders and brief overview of the role of the court
bailiff warrants
Homelessness applications
homelessness legislation and the code of guidance
duty to make enquiries
the Homelessness Reduction Act (assessment, prevention, relief duties)
housing options and prevention of homelessness
key elements of the basic definition sections of the legislation
assessing homelessness, eligibility, intentionality, homelessness, priority need and local connection
review and appeal rights
Face to face training
Face to face training also covers:
the history of housing legislation
changes to social housing law under the Localism Act 2011
tied accommodation
joint tenancies and fixed-term tenancies
impact of order for possession on security of tenure
policy options for allocations and homelessness legislation
allocation of housing
What you'll learn
At the end of this training, you'll be able to:
diagnose security of tenure
advise an occupier on notice entitlement
instruct an occupier on criteria the court can use to make an order for possession
identify where an occupier has a defence against possession proceedings
find out when the council has a duty to start a homelessness investigation under the Housing Act 1996 (Part VI)
describe key factors relating to eligibility for assistance, homelessness, priority need, intentional homelessness and local connection
advise on the duties of a local authority towards a homeless person
Face to face training includes allocations of social housing.
Who this training is for
You don’t need any prior knowledge of housing or homelessness legislation for this course.
You might be new to a role as an adviser, caseworker or work in a housing or homelessness role for a local authority.
Continuing Professional Development
Gain points towards your professional development from the CPD Certification Service with Shelter training and events.