Duration
1 day
Location
In-house
Availability
Good
Suitable for: All What does this mean?
As the demand for social housing increases so has the value of a social housing tenancy. With supply short and demand high there is a demand for succession and assignment.
The law on succession has been subjected to appeals and challenges every few years by the relatives of deceased tenants. Getting the procedure right is more important now than ever.
Delegates will work on real life case studies to provide a more engaging and effective learning experience and will leave feeling more empowered and confident in their knowledge of how to deal with a succession or assignment case.
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The session will cover:
- What is succession?
- When will a succession arise: overview of legislation and case law
- Joint tenancies and succession
- Succession rights regarding married tenants
- Succession rights of relatives
- Disputes as to entitlement to succeed
- Under occupancy and succession
- Failed succession: unauthorised occupancy
- Evidence needed for succession to succeed
- Tenancy fraud in context of succession
- Look at recent succession case law and case studies.
What is an assignment?
- Rights to assign
- When to refuse assignment.
What will delegates learn?
- Be able to understand the law for succession and assignment
- Understand when a statutory succession applies
- Understand when to grant a discretionary tenancy
- Learn how to tackle occupancy on a failed succession claim
- Identify common challenges raised
- Be able to identify coercion in an assignment application.
Who should attend?
This is essential for everyone involved in dealing with succession and assignment requests. It is suitable for housing officers, managers and voids team to enable them to better understand the responsibility and risks with ensuring the claims are dealt with effectively. Also ideal for those who wish to expand their knowledge.
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Our trainer
Aisha Akhtar qualified as a lawyer in 2009 having taken a keen interest in social housing. She has worked both in-house and in private practice. She joined Network Homes in October 2017 as their in-house social housing expert. She manages a team and deals with all housing management matters.
She has been a board member for a housing association previously in East London and is currently an Advisory Board member for Inspirited Minds (a mental health Charity).
She has delivered training sessions throughout the country on various topics throughout her career. She regularly delivers both public and tailor made in-house training to various HAs and LAs.
Aisha really enjoys delivering training and empowering people, she makes the sessions interactive so there is an exchange of ideas so delegates leave feeling confident in implementing positive change.
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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