A 1-day course on understanding Part 6 of the Housing Act 1996. The day covers the law for applications and lettings and applying it to your Housing Allocation policy.

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The first part of the training day covers understanding the law and the common challenges faced by

an Applications, Allocations and Lettings Team.

 

•    The law and applications

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•    Qualification rules and options

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•    Choice and choice based lettings

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•    Assessing reasonable preference

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•    The importance of Equality Impact Assessments

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•    Quick wins in assessing applications

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•    Assessing medical cases

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The second part of the day then considers your Council’s Allocation Policy and helps the team

understand how to apply the policy to their day-to-day assessments ensuring you have a legal and

consistent approach to applications and lettings.