Date & Time
Thursday, December 7, 2023
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Venue
Online Training Course
Availability
Available
Purchase
Overview
Local authorities are at the forefront of tackling the often criminal activity of rogue landlords without the necessary resources. With the Renters (Reform) Bill potentially reinforcing legislative measures against rogue landlords, this will add an increased emphasis on local authorities to lead the fight against rogue landlords.
Our Effectively Identifying and Tackling Rogue Landlords course gives you a better understanding on how you might being able to use Section 28 of the Renters (Reform) Bill and tools to scope out rogue landlord activity within your area.
Learn how to utilise and share data to map out potential criminal activity and gain techniques to improve how you enforce and prosecute rogue landlords.
Take back a rogue landlord reduction action plan to use within your organisation.
Learning Outcomes:
Gain an overview of the rogue landlord legislative landscape: reviewing Section 28 of the Renters (Reform) Bill
Learn how to better identify rogue landlords and build a more comprehensive understanding of their criminal operation within your area
Utilise and share data to identify and tackle rogue landlords
Improve how you enforce and prosecute rogue landlords
Take back a rogue landlord reduction action plan to use within your organisation
Lead Trainer
Paul Oatt
Chartered Health Environmental Practitioner
Agenda
9:30 am
Login and Accessing the Online Platform
9:45 am
Chair’s Introduction & Clarification of Learning Objectives
Paul Oatt
Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner
10:00 am
Gain an Overview of Rogue Landlord Legislation
Understand the potential impact of the Renters (Reform) Bill when it comes to prosecuting rogue landlords
Learn about Section 28 of the Renters (Reform) Bill and understand its potential implications for future enforcement
Gain an overview of the rogue landlord legislation landscape: such as the Housing and Planning Act 2016
Paul Oatt
Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner
10:45 am
Break
11:00 am
Identifying Rogue Landlords
Gain techniques to identify rogue landlords
Learn how to train staff to detect criminal activity
Receive advice on using innovative ways to identify rogue landlords with limited resources
Paul Oatt
Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner
12:00 pm
Utilise and Share Data to Reduce Rogue Landlords
Learn how to efficiently collect data on rogue landlords in your area
Use data to identify and crackdown on the criminal networks of rogue landlords
Effectively share data with other organisations to help reduce the number of rogue landlords
Paul Oatt
Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner
1:00 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm
Effective Enforcement and Prosecution
Understand and utilise your prosecution powers against rogue landlords
Deploy a more effective landlord licensing scheme to help deter rogue landlords
Review best practice enforcement examples
Paul Oatt
Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner
2:45 pm
Break
3:00 pm
Workshop: Develop a Rogue Landlord Reduction Plan
Discuss in groups and with the trainer, how to tackle rogue landlords
Learn how to support private tenants when dealing with rogue landlords
Effectively engage with tenants to help reduce criminal activity
Identify innovative ways to tackle rogue landlords, with a limited workforce
Develop more effective services to help tenants
Design a toolkit to reduce the number of rogue landlords
Create an action plan to identify and reduce rogue landlords
Paul Oatt
Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner
4:00 pm
Training Close
Programme subject to change