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• Check how much Housing Benefit you can get

  your rent paid or just some of it. How much Housing Benefit you get depends on: where you live who you live with your income any savings you have You won’t know exactly how much Housing Benefit you’ll

• Asking the council to review their decision to evict you

  , a doctor’s note or medical evidence if you couldn’t pay your rent because you were ill. Councils usually have a policy on how they deal with rent arrears or introductory tenancies - check

• Check how bankruptcy affects your home

  if you go bankrupt. It depends on things like whether you rent or own your home, and who you live with. The person who decides what should happen about your home is called the ‘official receiver

• How to claim Housing Benefit

  to help pay your rent if you’re on a low income or you claim benefits - but most people have to claim Universal Credit instead. You should check if you can get Housing Benefit before you apply. If your

• Check your rights if you’re a subtenant

  You’re a subtenant if you rent your home from a tenant. You pay rent to the tenant - they’re your landlord. They pay rent to their landlord, who’s called the ‘head landlord’. If your landlord lives

• Preparing to challenge your eviction if you've been discriminated against

  a reasonable adjustment - for example they refused to make an adjustment to the way you pay your rent and because of that you got into rent arrears your landlord is evicting you because you challenged

• Check if you can sublet your home

  Subletting happens when a tenant lets all or part of their home to someone else - they’re known as a subtenant. The subtenant will have exclusive use of the space they rent and you could only enter

• Applying for Universal Credit

  of your: rent and housing situation - it’s best to have your rental agreement with you, if you have one income and savings childcare provider, if you have one - for example, their registration number

• Eviction

  Renting privately If you get a ‘section 21’ eviction notice If you get a ‘section 8’ eviction notice If you're being evicted because you asked for repairs Repossession by your landlord's mortgage

• Getting your tenancy deposit back if you rent privately

  Your landlord or letting agent can only take money from your deposit if there's a good reason. For example, they can usually take money off if: you owe rent you've damaged the property - this could