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• Check if you can apply for homeless help

  Find out if you can apply for homeless help - including what the council will look at to decide if you qualify for help.

• Court orders to protect children

  Check the different types of court order social services can apply for if they think your child is at risk

• Reporting child abuse

  If you think someone is abusing a child, you should report it immediately. Find out what to do if you're concerned and how to report child abuse

• Eviction

  Check what you can do if your landlord is trying to evict you. Check the process your landlord has to follow

• Claim back your rent if your private landlord breaks the law

  Check if you can apply for a ‘rent repayment order’ against your landlord. You might be able to claim back up to 2 years’ worth of rent

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

  Check how you can find somewhere to live and stay tonight, for example a night shelter or hostel. Check your options for finding long-term accommodation

• Get help if you're being evicted

  Check what help you can get if you’re given a ‘section 21’ or ‘section 8’ eviction notice. Check if you can get money to help you find somewhere to live

• Appealing a Housing Benefit decision at a tribunal

  How to appeal if your local council won’t change a decision about your Housing Benefit.