• Clarification of the statutory and contractual rights of tenants
• Understanding the differences between types of tenancy and the difference between
• tenancies and licences
• Best practice when dealing with relationship breakdown and the Family Law Act 1996
• Best practice when dealing with antisocial behaviour
• Suspected abandonment and how to deal with it
• What to do with peoples' personal possessions
• The most common grounds for possession
• How landlords or tenants might end tenancies

Who should attend?
Housing staff who require an understanding of the basics of housing management law, the legal framework of tenants' rights & responsibilities and those of their partners following relationship breakdown and how allegations of antisocial behaviour could and should be tackled.

Pre-course
Participants should bring copies of their different tenancy agreements on the day.

Workshop content

The legal framework: rights, responsibilities, interpretation & enforcement
Tenancy and licences: types of tenancies
Tenancy matters: lodgers, sub-letting, occupation rights of spouses and  partners
Family Law Act 1996 and dealing with domestic violence
Tenancy matters: exchange, assignment, transfer, death and succession
Tenancy conditions
Antisocial behaviour: getting it right first time, dealing with allegations, Notices Seeking Possession for nuisance, injunctions, Human Rights Act issues, protection from harassment, ASBOs
Termination of tenancies and suspected abandonment
Questions and discussion, summing up and evaluation