Event

Private Rented Sector Belfast - 1st March - 22nd March 2012

Housing Rights

Housing Rights

Cost: Depending on size of Organisation

At present around 12% of homes in NI are rented from a private landlord. This four day, accredited course will provide participants with the knowledge and skills to provide comprehensive advice and assistance to tenants renting from a private landlord.

In particular this course will include:

 

  • Status of occupiers
  • Tenancy types & equality issues
  • Obligations of landlords and tenants
  • Repairing obligations of both parties
  • Fitness, rent control & functions of the Rent Officer
  • Houses of multiple occupations
  • Finance Issues
  • Housing benefit & local housing allowance
  • Security of tenure & ending tenancy

 

Who Should Attend?

 This course will prove essential for anyone who is providing advice to tenants in the private rented sector, including solicitors, environmental health officers, advisers, estate & management agents and landlords.

 

If you wish to register with OCN NI for accreditation there will be an additional fee of £25.00. Participants who submit a portfolio for accreditation after the submission date will be charged a late fee of £12.00.

Members of the Legal & Environmental Health profession attending this course will be eligible for CPD points

 

Date and Time

Location

Housing Rights Service
Middleton Building, 4th Floor
Belfast
BT1 2BA
United Kingdom

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Contact Details

Geraldine Fitzsimons - [email protected]