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• Agreeing maintenance between you

  Find out what to include in a private child maintenance arrangement and where you can get help to make one

• Check how council tax works and if you have to pay

  Check if you have to pay council tax and what to do if you think your tax band is wrong. Check if you have to pay for an empty property

• If there are pests or vermin in your rented home

  Check if your landlord is responsible for dealing with infestations. Check if the council can help with mice and rat problems

• If you need a guarantor to start renting

  Check what it means to have a guarantor for your rent. Check what their responsibilities are and when the guarantee agreement ends.

• Repairs and housing conditions if you're renting

  Check what repairs your landlord has to do, and your options if they don't. Check what you can do about some common repair problems

• Repairs and housing conditions if you're renting

  Repairs and housing conditions if you're renting Repairs and housing conditions if you're renting

• If there's flooding in your rented home

  Information on dealing with flooding if you're a tenant, including emergency relocation, paying the rent and temporary homelessness.

• Renting from the council or a housing association

  Renting from the council or a housing association If you’re being evicted by the council or housing association If you've got an eviction notice Stop your eviction from going to court Challenging

• Information landlords ask for when you start renting

  Check what information you might need to start renting from a private landlord. Check how to prove you have the ‘right to rent’ in the UK.

• Getting a lodger

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