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• If your flat isn't fire safe

  If you’ve been told your home would be unsafe if there was a fire, your landlord might ask you to leave until safety is improved. If you’re not on the tenancy agreement You’ll have fewer options

• Dealing with rent arrears

  with someone else you took over someone else's tenancy Check what you owe before you pay your landlord any money. If you live with someone else If you signed a tenancy agreement with someone else when

• How to report repairs

  in an emergency. Reporting the repair You should report any repairs to your landlord as soon as you notice them. Reporting repairs is often a term in tenancy agreements, so it doesn’t matter

• Challenge the council’s decision about your housing application

  as much detail as possible. If you have any evidence include it with your letter to the council or show it to them if you go to an interview. You could include: bills and tenancy agreements - to show how

• Check if your landlord has to protect your deposit

  on or after 15 January 1989 - but before 28 February 1997. It’s worth checking your tenancy agreement to make sure. If you’re not sure, check your tenancy type if you rent from a private landlord

• Is your home at risk if your partner is bankrupt

  financially in some way from your tenancy agreement if your tenancy agreement says a bankrupt person can't be a tenant in your home if there are rent arrears, other grounds for possession or a postponed

• Check if you’re responsible for paying an energy bill

  that was used before you moved in. Tell the supplier you moved in after the energy was used. You’ll need to: tell them when you moved - if they ask for proof, send them a copy of your tenancy agreement

• Preparing to rent from a private landlord

  tenancy agreement to make sure. If you’re not sure, or you’re going to have a different kind of agreement with a private landlord, check your tenancy type if you rent from a private landlord. You’II need

• Withholding rent because repairs haven't been done

  agreement says you can't use rent to pay for repairs A term in a tenancy agreement which says that you can't use rent to pay for repairs is likely to be unfair and could be challenged. If you're

• Repairs - leak from a neighbouring property

  is responsible for repairing the damage in these circumstances because there's a term implied into your tenancy agreement, which says that they are responsible for keeping certain things in repair