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• Living together and civil partnership - legal differences

  , you will usually have no right to stay in the accommodation. This applies whether you live in privately rented or social housing accommodation. However, you may, in some circumstances, be able to ask

• Student housing - rights and responsibilities in halls

  If you live in accommodation that is provided by an educational institution such as a university, you will be an occupier with basic protection. This is a term used in housing which helps to identify

• Get help if you're being evicted

  Check if this advice applies to you This advice will usually apply to you if all the following are true: you have a private landlord you don’t live with your landlord you started renting on or after

• If you're offered housing because you're homeless

  If you've applied for homeless help, the council might offer you emergency accommodation if all the following apply: you're legally homeless you're eligible for homeless help you're in priority need

• Student housing - standards in halls

  Universities that provide halls of residence must belong to a government approved code or be licensed by the local authority. The codes aim to ensure that you have safe, good quality accommodation

• Finding free or affordable legal help

  Finding free or affordable legal help This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales If you can't afford legal advice

• You've been told your flat is fire safe but disagree

  The first thing you should do is look at your fire safety assessment - you can ask your landlord or the council for a copy, depending who arranged the assessment. Look at the findings from

• Preparing to rent from a private landlord

  Check if this advice applies to you This advice will usually apply to you if both the following are true: you’re going to rent from a private landlord you won’t be living with your landlord In most

• Student housing - ending your agreement in halls

  will have a fixed term agreement. This means that you have agreed to rent your accommodation for a certain period of time. In most cases the fixed term will be the academic year. In halls of residence, you

• If you want to sell your home and rent it back

  to pay your mortgage, you might be thinking about using a ‘sale and rent back’ scheme. This is when you sell your home to a private company and rent it back from them. These schemes are also known as ‘buy