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• Making sure your flat is fire safe

  Find out how to make sure your home is fire safe, and who is responsible for fire safety.

• Check your personal alarm will work after the landline switch off

  Check how the switch to digital landlines might affect your telecare and other alarms. Check what to do to avoid problems when you switch.

• Prepare for a power cut

  Check how to prepare for a planned power cut caused by engineering work or an unplanned power cut which could be caused by a storm or severe weather

• Check if your landlord has to do repairs

  Check what type of repairs your landlord is responsible for making in your home. You can also check what things you’ll need to fix yourself

• Ask the council to check if your rented home needs repairs

  If you’ve reported repairs to your landlord and they haven’t done anything, find out if the council can help you get the work done

• Student housing - your behaviour in halls

  Explains how students can be sanctioned if they misbehave or have rent arrears when living in university halls of residence. Sanctions can include withholding qualifications, preventing students progressing in their course and eviction

• Getting a lodger

  What to think about before taking in a lodger and becoming a resident landlord

• Complaining about the condition of your shared house

  Check what you can do if your landlord doesn’t keep your home in a good condition. Check if you live in a ‘house in multiple occupation’ (HMO

• Q6: washing and bathing

  Help to fill in Q6: washing and bathing for PIP. Find out what this means and get advice on how to complete the question

• Fill in the work capability form: how your conditions affect you

  Find out what to do before you fill in the UC50 form, so you can give the information you need when you begin to fill in the form