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A Little More Breathing Space – Refresher for Housing Staff

Originally introduced in May 2021, Breathing Space is a government scheme that that gives applicants time to take steps towards managing their debt.

The Insolvency Service report registrations continuing to rise year on year with the total in 2023 comprising 86,928 standard and 1,462 mental health. 2024 numbers to follow.

In this 2-hr refresher we’ll recap on Breathing Space and Mental Health Breathing Space schemes and how it applies to housing. We’ll also look at caselaw that could be useful in housing.

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    This course will cover:

    • Recap on the key elements of Breathing Space:
      • How the scheme works
      • Eligibility criteria for both the standard and the mental health schemes
      • Which debts are covered.
    • Landlord’s responsibilities – the can and can’t-do’s
    • Effect of breathing space on rent arrears debts
    • Effect of breathing space on benefit third-party deductions
    • Challenging Breathing Space
    • Caselaw.

    Who this training is suitable for?

    You don’t need any prior knowledge of the breathing space moratorium scheme for this course.

  • Our trainer

    Alison Markantonis is an experienced welfare benefits, financial capability and employment skills practitioner, who has worked successfully in the affordable housing and benefits sector for the last 27 years. She has worked with many housing and support organisations and brings her extensive experience to specialise in demystifying the benefits system, money management and employability skills training for both frontline staff and tenants. Her approach is participative and interactive, using case studies and her own experience to take the complex, and make it not only simple, but also applicable.

We can bring this course to you.
If you have five or more staff interested our in-house training offers great value for money.

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