Start date: 17 November 2025

Please select your options before applying

This qualification consists of 6 units. There are 4 mandatory units (the same for everyone), plus 2 additional units you can choose.

Mandatory units (for all options):

  • Housing law and regulation
  • Housing policy
  • Customer focus in housing
  • Professionalism in housing

Unit options

Please select your preferred option from the list below.

Units

Option one

  • Housing management
  • Managing people, teams and change

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Option two

  • Housing management
  • Strategies for delivering independent living services

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Option three

  • Housing management
  • Finance in housing

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Option four

  • Managing people, teams and change
  • Strategies for delivering independent living services

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Option five

  • Managing people, teams and change
  • Finance in housing

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Option six

  • Strategies for delivering independent living services
  • Finance in housing

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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.

Option

Housing management

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Housing management

In this unit, you will cover the following:

  • The role and purpose of housing management.
  • The core housing management services and how they can be designed and delivered.
  • The role of housing management in supporting the health and well-being of tenants.
Option

Managing people, teams and change

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Managing people, teams and change

In this unit, you will cover the following:

  • How to manage people.
  • Effective team management.
  • How to manage change.
Option

Strategies for delivering independent living services

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Strategies for delivering independent living services

In this unit, you will cover the following:

  • The policy, legislative, regulatory, and funding context underpinning independent living services.
  • The role of local strategies in independent living provision.
  • The role of the organisation in safeguarding individuals.
  • How technology, design, and housing management practice can support independent living.
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Finance in housing

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Finance in housing

In this unit, you will cover the following:

  • The impact of financing policy on the provision of housing.
  • The income and expenditure of housing providers.
  • Approaches to budgeting and forecasting used within housing.
Mandatory

Housing law and regulation

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Housing law and regulation

In this unit, you will cover the following:

  • The legal framework in a housing context.
  • Key tenant and landlord legislation and its application in practice.
  • The regulation that applies to the housing sector.
Mandatory

Housing policy

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Housing policy

In this unit, you will cover the following:

  • The historical development of national housing policy.
  • How current national housing policy is developed.
  • How housing policy impacts on practice.
Mandatory

Customer focus in housing

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Customer focus in housing

In this unit, you will cover the following:

  • The principles of effective customer service in housing.
  • How to improve the customer experience.
  • The importance of equality diversity and inclusion for housing organisations and their customers.
  • The role of housing in supporting customers experiencing vulnerability.
Mandatory

Professionalism in housing

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Professionalism in housing

In this unit, you will cover the following:

  • What professionalism means in a housing context.
  • Professional practice and professional standards.
  • The importance of professional judgment and reflective practice in a housing context.
  • How to manage your own professional development.

Need help or more information?

If you’d like to read more about this qualification, please go back to the CIH Level 4 Certificate in Housing 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.

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  • Friday: 09:00 – 16:00
  • Weekends & Bank holidays: Closed