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If you have nowhere to stay tonight
. You'II usually have to pay to stay in most types of accommodation. If you're on a low income or benefits you can get help with your rent costs. Getting a place in a refuge If you can’t stay in your
If you've overstayed your visa or leave
visa or were under 18 when you overstayed. The overstaying might still be held against you on future visa applications. For example, if you’re applying for a visitor or student visa where you must
Getting help from social services if you're homeless
rented housing if you can be housed together. You might be offered bed and breakfast accommodation if there’s nowhere else available. If your family can’t be housed together or you’re refused help
Getting help with home improvements
repairs, it might not be practical to do the work you need. If you live in rented accommodation and are applying for a disabled facilities grant for work to a communal area of the property in which you live
Creditors still chasing you after you go bankrupt
support arrears social fund loans student loans any payments a court has ordered you to make under a confiscation order, for example for drug trafficking rent arrears - your landlord can't force you
Check if a room counts as an extra bedroom for Housing Benefit
not reduce your Housing Benefit if you have another room because: someone is planning to move back in with you - for example if they’re a student and stay at university in term time a carer needs to stay
Getting a second adult rebate on your council tax
in your household get one of these benefits and everyone else is a full-time student, including you. If a second adult is getting other benefits like Universal Credit, you won’t automatically get a 25
Local authority help with repairs - notices and orders under the Housing Health and Safety Rating
accommodation, and/or compensation from the local authority for loss of your home, provided you've lived there for at least one year, and/or a disturbance payment from the local authority to cover
Repairs - infestations of pests and vermin
: a private landlord a housing association or the council If your home is furnished If you live in furnished rented accommodation and the problem with pests or vermin was there when you moved in, it's
Check if the Benefit Cap will affect your Housing Benefit
accommodation or you get care and support Unless the amount of other benefits you get adds up to more than the limit, the Benefit Cap doesn’t apply to you if: you live in temporary housing your landlord’s