The Project Management for Affordable Housing Development course runs for 9 days over a 6-week period with a mix of classroom and virtual sessions, and offers the opportunity to acquire a professional project management qualification from the Association for Project Management, the Chartered body for PM in the UK. The course is set within the world of affordable housing property development & regeneration.

Led by our Development expert Neil Clements, this is a free, virtual, surgery-style post training follow up session to raise any outstanding questions you may have following attendance at any of our M3-HATC development training courses.

The session is also suitable if you are unsure which is the right training course for you and you simply want to discuss the development training needs we may be able to help you with.

This one day course explains the main ways in which financial viability for housing schemes is assessed, covering housing for rent, shared ownership and outright sale. It explains terms such as yield, payback, discounted cash flows, net present value, internal rate of return and others, so that users of viability appraisal tools understand what these figures mean.

Covering the following subject areas:

1. Common Financial Appraisal Methods (vs Valuation Methods)
2. Profit / Loss
3. Cost / Value
4. Payback Period (simple)
5. Gross & Net Yields
6. Discounted Cash Flows
7. Net Present Value
8. Internal Rate of Return
9. Use & Abuse of Appraisals

In addition to training the open courses are a great opportunity for delegates to network with others in the sector and benefit from their experiences.

This course is aimed at those wishing to understand more about affordable housing and housing development.  Whether very new to the sector or not in the sector but wanting to find out more:

1. What is affordable (social) housing and who is it for ?

2. Who is responsible for delivering housing?

3. How is affordable housing paid for?

4. What is 'Planning' in the UK?

5. How do we make sure housing is safe and comfortable?

6. Private (open market) housing development

7. Jargon and myths   

We will also have plenty of time for discussion about anything that is relevant to the subject, the idea of this training is for attendees to find out things that they want or need to understand.  The trainer has many years of experience in delivering all types of housing. 

The purpose of the course is to explain jargon, debunk myths and create a friendly environment for all  the 'stupid' questions we don't like to ask colleagues. 

This course is aimed at those with little or no knowledge of social housing or development.   

This two day course provides an understanding of the background of affordable housing and its context within and the wider housing sector and an overview of the key stages, events and issues in developing housing and regeneration schemes from site identification and scheme inception through planning, handover and project completion.

This classroom based course is run in the Spring, Summer and Autumn (as well as online on demand) please enquire for future dates. 

In addition to training the open courses are a great opportunity for delegates to network with others in the sector and benefit from their experiences.

This course is aimed at those with some understanding of the sector and the issues surrounding it.

This certification is available following the completion of the suite of HATC Affordable Housing Development training courses, comprising 54 hours of Continued Professional Development and the successful passing of the Diploma exam.

The courses to be undertaken are:

• Acquisition, Feasibility and Project Planning for Development
• Design and Planning for Development
• Building, Contracts and Managing On-site Developments
• Housing Development Financial Viability Explained

On completion of these training courses, delegates will arrange a half-day revision session with our Development trainer and consultant, Neil Clements followed by a three-hour classroom paper exam.

The Diploma in AHD package including the exam is charged at £3500+VAT.

Alternatively, you can slowly work your way through the four courses above and arrange the revision session and exam separately at £500+ expenses.

This package is aimed at new starters into the Affordable Housing Development sector.  It begins with an overview of the whole development process from inception through to handover and defects management, via the first 2 day course.

Delegates then move onto the more detailed courses covering the planning system, land acquisition and land purchase arrangements, construction contracts and managing the onsite development stage, through three further 2 day courses. 

A further single day course covers the methods of financial appraisal used by housing providers and private developers, looking behind models such as Pawmin and Proval to promote better understanding.  

The course introduces Project Management techniques (from the APM syllabus) such as scheduling, risk management, stakeholder management, change control, demonstrates how these are used throughout the process and provides example documents for delagates to take away and use.

This package is aimed at staff invoved with development who have 12 months or more experience it provides the delegates with a detailed understanding of the planning system, land acquisition and land purchase arrangements, construction contracts and managing the onsite development stage. 

A further single day course covers the methods of financial appraisal used by housing providers and private developers, looking behind models such as Pawmin and Proval to promote better understanding.  

The course includes the APM Project Fundamentals Qualification and then uses the techniques and processes learnt such as scheduling, risk management, stakeholder management, change control, introduces how these are used throughout the development process and provides example documents for the delagates to take away and use.