All Training & Events

This course will build your understanding of issues that can drive tenancy breaches and disputes between renters and neighbours and learn practices and processes to help to manage these situations.

Are you an experienced community housing tenancy manager and keen to deepen your knowledge and application of tenancy law? 

CHIA Vic introduces a new masterclass for staff experienced with working with the Residential Tenancies Act (RTA) to delve into tricky and emerging issues and apply the law to current challenges.  

How much do you know about housing practice which responds to the diversity of renters and their needs? Improving your understanding of effective housing practice results in improved quality of services and higher renter satisfaction.

Improve your understanding of the historical and cultural events that continue to impact on Aboriginal communities and individuals. This course will examine the impact of racism and stereotyping and look at ways to break down barriers to working effectively with Aboriginal organisations and individuals.

This course provides an overview of the community housing sector in Victoria and key features of community housing.

Affordable rents are a fundamental feature of community housing. All community housing organisations must have a rent policy guiding how their rents are determined.

This course aims to build understanding of hoarding and environmental neglect and provide guidance on best practice in responding to hoarding situations.  

How and why do community housing tenancies end? What happens when they end? Tenancies end in a range of ways and may be led by the rental housing provider or the renter

This course is for anyone who may have to deal with situations where individuals are angry and/or aggressive.

This course will help you understand the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities and build your confidence to apply the Charter to housing practice.

The Residential Tenancies Act (RTA) is the most important legislative framework for the Community Housing Sector.

Management of rent arrears is a key activity for every housing agency.

This training will help you as a representative of a community housing organisation to prepare and present effectively to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT).

Learn about tenancy management processes requiring property access, the rules around access to rented properties and how to use access visits to support a person-centred approach to tenancy management.

Build your understanding and confidence in managing feedback, complaints and appeals in community housing and the value of feedback in improving services.

The Residential Tenancies Act (RTA) is the most important legislative framework for the Community Housing Sector.

Rooming houses are a unique form of housing and managing them presents different challenges to managing other types of housing.

This course provides an overview of the community housing sector in Victoria and key features of community housing.

Rent setting in community housing can be complicated due the need for rents to meet government and regulatory requirements and the variety of programs and funding sources under which community housing operates.

This course will help you understand the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities and build your confidence to apply the Charter to housing practice. 

How and why do community housing tenancies end? What happens when they end? Tenancies end in a range of ways and may be led by the rental housing provider or the renter.

Keeping good case notes and records, essential in tenancy management, can be hard.  It may be very time-consuming, and you may not know what to record or how to record in the most efficient way.

The Residential Tenancies Act (RTA) is the most important legislative framework for the Community Housing Sector.

This training will help you as a representative of a community housing organisation to prepare and present effectively to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT).

This course is for anyone who may have to deal with situations where individuals are angry and/or aggressive.

Learn about tenancy management processes requiring property access, the rules around access to rented properties and how to use access visits to support a person-centred approach to tenancy management.

Affordable rents are a fundamental feature of community housing. All community housing organisations must have a rent policy guiding how their rents are determined.

How much do you know about housing practice which responds to the diversity of renters and their needs? Improving your understanding of effective housing practice results in improved quality of services and higher renter satisfaction.

Build your understanding and confidence in managing feedback, complaints and appeals in community housing and the value of feedback in improving services

This course provides an overview of the community housing sector in Victoria and key features of community housing.

Rooming houses are a unique form of housing and managing them presents different challenges to managing other types of housing.

The Residential Tenancies Act (RTA) is the most important legislative framework for the Community Housing Sector.

Rent setting in community housing can be complicated due the need for rents to meet government and regulatory requirements and the variety of programs and funding sources under which community housing operates.

Management of rent arrears is a key activity for every housing agency.

This training will help you as a representative of a community housing organisation to prepare and present effectively to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT).