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Benefits for housing training
This training covers key benefits and how they relate to housing. This training will help you: gain a basic overview of key benefits for people with different needs, understand how to best support people who are claiming, or about to claim, benefits for rent, including Universal Credit, find...
Training
Your rights when homeless or in temporary accommodation training course
The course is comprised of the following four workshops: Tenancies and other housing arrangements (2hr) Dealing with homelessness applications (2hr) Living in temporary accommodation (2hr) Applying for social housing (2hr) Each workshop is two hours long and the workshops can be delivered once a...
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Dealing with homelessness applications training
The training will help you develop skills and legal knowledge needed to deal with local authorities’ homelessness process. As a result of this training, you will: understand basic rights of people who are homeless or threatened with homelessness, understand the duties of local authorities to prevent...
Training
Living in temporary accommodation training
This training aims to provide a basic introduction to temporary accommodation and help you assist people who are living in temporary accommodation. As a result of this training you will: understand the different types of temporary accommodation and rights and conditions for each of them, be able to...
Training
Applying for social housing training
This training provides a basic overview on how to apply for social housing that is low-cost rented housing provided by housing associations or councils. After this training you will understand: how the housing allocation scheme works, how to apply for council housing, how to navigate the bidding...
Information
Work capability assessment tribunal hearings
Everything you need to know about what will happen at the appeal hearing about your ESA or Universal Credit, including what to do on the day, and when you will get the decision. This information applies in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Training
The basics of tenancies and other housing arrangements training
This training introduces some of the basic skills and knowledge required to uphold your legal rights in housing. You will learn about: the basics of a contract, lawful and unlawful terms, and rights and responsibilities in different kinds of occupation such as tenancies or licences.
Training
How to deal with a Section 21 eviction notice training
This training provides a basic overview of a section 21 eviction process. As a result of this training, you will: recognise some of the reasons why a tenant may be able to challenge a landlord’s claim for a possession order, understand the pros and cons of challenging a claim for a possession order...
Report
Effectiveness of Public Legal Education initiatives
The review concluded that while the literature on the effectiveness of PLE is limited, it does give evidence that PLE is effective in developing people’s legal capabilities. Conclusions and recommendations Whilst it was growing, the literature on the effectiveness of PLE is limited. It provides...
