Start date: 24 November 2025
Please select your options before applying
This qualification consists of a total of eight units:
- five core units
- three units from a choice of three options.
Core units (for all options):
The housing system
- Know the different ways that individuals access the housing market
- Understand the role of the main providers of housing
- Understand the features of the housing market
- Understand how the government intervenes in the housing system
Professional practice skills for housing
- Understand the key skills, knowledge and behaviours required for the housing professional
- Understand ethics in the context of professional practice in housing
- Understand equality, diversity and inclusion in the context of professional practice in housing
- Be able to assess own professional performance and development
Occupancy, tenure and lettings
- Understand types of occupancy and tenure
- Understand different types of tenancy
- Understand different approaches to allocation and lettings
Rental income management
- Understand the importance of rental income management
- Understand good practice in effective income management
- Understand the legal framework for arrears management
Dealing with anti-social behaviour in housing
- Understand what anti-social behaviour means in a housing context
- Understand the statutory and non-statutory interventions available to tackle anti-social behaviour
- Understand approaches to tackling and preventing anti-social behaviour in housing
Unit options
Please select your preferred option from the list below.
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Want to find out more about what’s covered in each unit?
Browse the unit list below and click on a unit to see the full details.
Need help or more information?
If you’d like to read more about this qualification, please go back to the CIH Level 3 Certificate in Housing Practice page.
Or if you want to speak with a member of the Housing Academy team, we’d love to hear from you. You can email us, give us a call or submit an enquiry and we will be happy to help.
