Understanding Housing Grants law

Overview

The law relating to housing grants, specifically disabled facilities grants, is complex and in some cases has been imperfectly framed. This seminar seeks to explain in detail the legislation relating to grants and to bring it together with guidance from the ODPM and case law from social security law.

Course purpose

To equip anyone needing to know the details of housing grants legislation with that knowledge. The relevant parts of the 1996 Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act, as well as the Housing Renewal Grants Regulations will be fully dealt with, as will the ODPM guidance and other circulars.

Course objectives

By the end of this course participants will be able to:

• Understand how the legislation works
• Navigate the legislation
• Deal with complex situations
• Overcome the shortcomings of the prescribed forms
• Prepare a cogent application pack

Course structure

• On screen presentations
• Demonstration examples
• Open discussion

During parts of the course reference will be made to the Ferret Renovation Grants Law and Guidance CD publication to highlight particular areas.

Who this course is for

Anyone with experience of the housing grants system, who needs the legislative base for assistance in grants administration.

Who this course is NOT for

Anyone new to housing grants.