housing assocations

This ONLINE housing training course will ensure that participants have the knowledge and skills to challenge negative housing decisions in the social rented sector.  It will cover the legislative framework as well as common problems and issues. 

The UK government set out a target, enshrined in the Climate Change Act (2008), to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions across the whole of the UK by 2050. Decarbonising homes is central to achieving that target and there is an urgent need to address the carbon emissions produced in heating and powering domestic properties. While the electricity powering lighting and appliances is decarbonising fast, the majority of homes still rely on burning fossil fuels for heating, hot water and cooking. This course will provide an introduction to the role domestic scale renewable technologies can play in reducing carbon emissions. It will provide a non-technical explanation of how the technologies work, the factors to consider when installing these technologies, costings, potential carbon savings and their advantages and drawbacks.

NIFHA'S 2018 Finance Conference takes place Wednesday, 5th December, in the Welllington Park Hotel, Belfast. This year's event will address the key issues impacting on the Finance & Treasury teams across the housing association network. It's promising to be another packed event with plenty of lively debate and an excellent networking opportunity. The programme will include a range of plenary and break-out sessions with speakers from local and further afield that are specialists in their field with a strong social housing background. The conference will offer excellent opportunities to share experiences and ideas and to network with the key financial influencers within the social housing sector.

This course will ensure attendees have the knowledge and skills to help sustain tenancies in the Social Rented Sector, and will cover: • Rent arrears and affordability • Anti-social behaviour • Abandonment • Disrepair • Suitability