Rent Arrears Masterclass

Free training for Registered Providers of Social Housing (and their contractors)

Rent Arrears Masterclass

An interactive session designed to demonstrate how to effectively deal with tricky rent possession issues including:

• What to do if a tenant alleges a disrepair counterclaim at a rent possession hearing.
• Effectively dealing with applications to set aside possession orders.
• Effectively challenging warrant suspension applications [including dealing with the dishonest tenant who has repeatedly persuaded the Court to suspend the warrant].
• Dealing with tenants subject to Debt Relief Order, Bankruptcy Orders and Individual Voluntary Arrangements.
• Different considerations for tenants that can’t pay vs. tenants that won’t pay.

Who is this session for?

Registered Provider income officers and other housing officers.

Format

In-person at your offices or ours.

An interactive and competitive team game where colleagues compete in teams to achieve the best outcomes on their possession claim.  Participants win points for decisions that make the claim cheaper and quicker and lose points for decisions that make things worse.

This session:

• Allows attendees to explore best practice in relation to the most challenging issues that present themselves in rent possession actions.
• Allows discussion about how specific tactical actions can save court costs, maximise rent arrears recovery and maximise the landlord’s prospects of recovering possession where appropriate.

Length of session: Half a day including rest breaks.

Aim of the session

• To ensure income and housing officers feel empowered to achieve the best possible results in rent possession claims, with a focus on maximising rent arrears recovery, minimising the cost of the claim and minimising the claim turn-around time.

Contact us by telephone on 07920 56 69 65 or by email at justinehunkins@chadlaw.co.uk to book your free training.