[christian.noll]

Hello Tim
You are absolutely right – this is for registered providers and I am not sure if it has been implemented yet. The act of parliament (2023) allows the regulator to impose the requirements but does not compel the regulator to do so:
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/36/section/21

[christian.noll]

Hello Tina,
This is really interesting. Can you point me to where this is written.

The progression, according to CIH would have to be
Level 4 – same as a first year undergraduate degree – 12 months, with an average of eight hours study a week – £2100
Level 3 – Prerequisite to level 4 – 37-48 weeks, with an average of eight hours study a week. – £1750
Level 2 – Prerequisite to level 3 – 16 weeks, with an average of six-eight hours study a week – £700

https://www.cih.org/housing-academy-qualifications/cih-level-4-certificate-in-housing/

One would need to train at least 2 people in case one leaves / retires etc.

I think this will finish off a number of charities ifit is a mandatory requirement. I hope that this is a horrible mistake or misunderstandiong.

I will be writing to our MP as soon as I discover where it is written that this is mandatory.

What is the view of the Almshouse Association?

regards
Christian

[christian.noll]

Hello Paul,
We too are concerned and it is one of the reasons we have not opted into the Ombudsman Scheme. A level 3/4 qualification requires 360 hours of training (45 solid days) according to CIH.

[christian.noll]

Hello Elaine,
We are not part of the Ombudsman scheme and handle all resident issues ourselves. So far so good – we have managed to resolve all issues amicably and as part of the community aspect of our housing proposition. Our residents must be ‘of good character’ and we place emphasis on their fit into the community. This brings harmony and the number of real issues is very limited (I exclude maintenance requests). Our equality and diversity policy reminds us to be fair to everyone at all times. I am sure the Ombudsman provides a very valuable service however we have not seen a need in our situation at this time.

[christian.noll]

… if you need a business strategy and cashflow/budgets template please let me know. christian@noll.uk

[christian.noll]

We have just gone through all of our policies. They are on our test website which should go live in the next 2 weeks. Take a look at http://www.noll.co.uk (temporary site name) the password is hardrett (name of one of our almshouses). You can then navigate around and find the policies – 13 in total. Feel free to cut and paste.
Christian

[Author]

Posts