Housing and Homelessness

Could you face sleeping outside for one night in November so a young person doesn't have to? If so, register for MACS Sleep Out in association with End Youth Homelessness at Banana Block on the 24th November or plan your own Sleep Out with MACS's help.

This training course will ensure that participants have the knowledge and skills to challenge negative housing decisions. It will cover the legislative framework as well as common problems and tactics.

This training session will update your knowledge on Welfare Reform and the impacts on the housing situation of vulnerable and low-income households in Northern Ireland. It will also highlight the types of accommodation and groups of people who will remain on Housing Benefit in the short/medium term.

Our Housing Advice Training Programme is the ‘must have’ foundational course for those working in housing.

Our Housing Advice Training Programme is the ‘must have’ foundational course for those working in housing.

This brand new self-paced online learning course considers the issue of temporary accommodation in Northern Ireland.  

Join us for the second Northern Ireland Frontline Network event as we discuss the impact of the rising cost of living on homelessness.

With more people presenting as homeless, advisers need to have a greater understanding of the homelessness tests applied by statutory agencies.  

This training course will assist participants in ‘walking through’ the current Housing Selection Scheme points system and the assessment process completed by NIHE to support applicants in gaining social housing.

Housing Rights’ advisers host this pre-recorded webinar on the effects of COVID-19 for those who are homeless.