Housing Officer

Housing Appeals Officer East London | £30.38 per hour Umbrella

A Local Authority in East London is seeking an experienced Housing Appeals Officer to join their Housing team on an interim basis.
This is an excellent opportunity for a housing professional with strong homelessness and appeals experience to play a key role in delivering fair, lawful and high-quality housing decisions.
Key Responsibilities

• Conduct reviews on the suitability of accommodation offered to homeless households in line with statutory duties under the Homelessness Reduction Act.
• Review homelessness application decisions and housing register appeals.
• Manage appeals relating to council tenancies, including fixed-term tenancy reviews and introductory tenancy reviews.
• Prepare detailed, high-quality case reports and decision letters.
• Defend legal challenges relating to homelessness and allocations decisions.
• Ensure all decisions are legally compliant and in line with current legislation, guidance and case law.

Requirements

• Previous experience working within Housing Appeals or Housing Reviews in a Local Authority setting.
• Extensive experience handling complex homelessness casework and report writing.
• Strong knowledge of:
  • Homelessness Reduction Act 2017
  • Homelessness Code of Guidance
  • Localism Act 2011
  • Housing Act 1985
  • Landlord & Tenant legislation
  • Relevant immigration, family, community care and children’s legislation
• Experience defending legal challenges relating to homelessness and/or allocations decisions.
• A strong understanding of the challenges surrounding homelessness and a commitment to reducing homelessness and supporting vulnerable households.