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“If you’re looking for any assistance with your supported housing, then I highly recommend Leonard.”

David Brown FCA, Adam Outreach Project – Chairman

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Our Consulting Services

Partnering with UK Charities and Nonprofits to Provide Housing Support for Vulnerable Adults. We provide training, representation, and professional advice and guidance in a changing regulatory landscape.

How we can help

Understanding the rules about supported accommodation and housing benefits can be tricky and often takes a lot of time. Our helpful and affordable services make sure you can keep running your services smoothly without getting bogged down by problems with housing benefits. We are skilled at handling complex cases, have direct contact with top lawyers, and know a lot about the housing benefits system. This allows us to effectively solve disputes about housing benefits with local governments and courts

Unbiased Advice

To make sure the people living in your housing get the right benefits, your property needs to have the proper status. We can assist you in getting ‘exempt accommodation’ or other ‘specified accommodation’ status for your supported housing. So far, we’ve helped a number of nonprofit organizations increase their rental income, allowing them to offer better services to the vulnerable adults they care for.

Representation

When you need to present your case to a local authority, it’s important to have the right support. We can help by requesting an explanation for a housing benefit decision, collecting evidence, and writing a response to the council. You can also ask us to help you or your residents start an appeal process. We’re available to go with you to meetings and negotiate on your behalf with the local authority

Made to Measure Training

Our training programs are designed to provide practical and relevant knowledge to everyone in your organization, whether you’re a trustee, director, senior manager, or a front-line staff member. We conduct these trainings which can be full-day, half-day, or evening sessions, covering all aspects of the housing benefit system related to supported accommodation

The New Legislation

 

The passing of the “Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023” and its focus on National Supported Housing Standards and desire for good practice indicates an increased emphasis on accountability, quality assurance, and resident safety in the realm of supported accommodation. This kind of legislation will impact several areas of operation for providers.

Courses

We offer a variety of courses, including basic and advanced overviews of exempt and specified accommodation; strategies to avoid issues with non-commercial practices; understanding and managing excessive and ineligible service charges; navigating rent restrictions in exempt accommodation; handling housing benefit appeals; and how to represent at the First-Tier Tribunal. We are also expert in the new Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023

Get In Touch

3 chartwell Ave, Chesterfield
s42 6SR
07777 636808
service@leonardpayne.com