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• 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 your housing rights. This page summarises the key rights and responsibilities of occupiers with basic...

• 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 If you haven't applied yet, check if you can apply for homeless help. Emergency accommodation is also called ‘interim accommodation’ and...

• Student housing - ending your agreement in halls

  Students aren’t always aware that they enter into a legal contract when they sign a tenancy or licence agreement. An agreement must be ended properly when you move out. The rules on ending an agreement vary and this page highlights those most relevant to students in halls of residence and...

• Check you have the ‘right to reside’ for housing

  You might need to show you have a right to reside in the UK to get: help from your local council with social housing somewhere to stay if you're homeless You’ll need to show you have a right to reside if you’ve got pre-settled status from the EU Settlement Scheme...

• Check if you can get Housing Benefit

  Check if you can get Housing Benefit This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales You might be able to get Housing Benefit to help pay your rent if you’re on a low income or you claim...

• If you're not offered housing after a homeless application

  If you don’t get housing from the council when you make a homeless application, there are other options you can try to get somewhere to live. The council should give you a written decision explaining why you don’t meet the criteria to get housing. Ask for this if they don’t....

• Check if a change affects your Housing Benefit

  Check if a change affects your Housing Benefit This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales You must tell your local council about certain changes in your money, work or home life. This is called a ‘change...

• Deciding what to do about housing discrimination

  The Equality Act 2010 If you haven’t already checked, make sure your housing problem is covered by the Equality Act 2010 before you take any action - check if your problem is discrimination. If you’re being harassed, it might be discrimination under the Equality Act 2010. Check if your harassment...

• If you’re being evicted by the council or housing association

  You don’t have to leave your home straight away if you’ve got a notice from your local council or housing association - this is called a ‘notice seeking possession’. Your landlord has to follow a process before they can evict you and this will take some time - depending on...

• Getting your housing plan from the council

  You’II get a housing plan from the council if they decide they can help: prevent you from becoming homeless find you a new home if you’re already homeless Your housing plan should explain exactly how the council will help you. The council has to work with you to put together...