The Workshop is primarily aimed at local authority HB officers making decisions about supported accommodation cases.
(We provide a separate Workshop and Programme for RSL’s & Accommodation PROVIDERS.)
Next Workshop:
Thursday, 6th November, 2025.
Full-Day Workshop: (9:40 - 4:30)
Workshop Fee: £280 (No VAT)
Book 3 places and receive a 4th place FREE.
Also available for In-House Bookings - Online or at your own training venue.
HOUSING BENEFIT & SUPPORTED ACCOMMODATION:
Key Issues Refresher & Update On Regulatory Changes Planned For England
(Programme is currently being reviewed with latest 2025 changes and other issues for our Autumn Workshop dates.)
In this Workshop we will brush up on some of the most frequent questions raised by HB staff on discussion forums and in our postbag, some of these being:
· The definition of “specified accommodation” that attracts HB rather than a UC housing element;
· How the HB eligible rent is calculated for each category of “specified accommodation”:
o The different rules for registered housing associations and others;
o The significance of exempt accommodation, as distinct from the other types of specified accommodation.
· Understanding non-profit landlords, and what to make of non-profit bodies interposed into business structures with profit-making related parties.
Our handy flowcharts will guide delegates to the correct decisions on all of the above issues.
Delegates might well have their own cases that they would like to put forward for discussion during the day: With sufficient notice we can incorporate some of your questions as case studies, so please feel free to forward anything you would like to have raised!
Presented by the “HB Anorak” Peter Barker who has many years’ experience dealing with complex supported accommodation case work and representing both local authorities and providers in appeal cases.
Topics Covered:
FAQs – Refresher
Effect Of Occupying Specified Or Exempt Accommodation
Landlord Types:
Delegates’ Questions
Contact us for In-House & Online booking information.
We are always pleased to arrange most of our Workshops, such as this one, for staff from an individual organisation to be held at their own training venue or by Zoom/TEAMS. Please email us with your requirements for details.