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• Living together and civil partnership - legal differences

  Information for same-sex and opposite-sex couples on how the law treats civil partnerships and cohabiting couples, including financial matters, adoption, housing and inheritance.

• Check the costs of starting to rent from a private landlord

  Check what payments you need to make before you start renting. Get help if you can't pay a tenancy deposit or rent in advance

• If your ex-partner is trying to make you leave

  Find out your rights if you and your partner split up and they try to throw you out of your home

• How much ESA you can get

  How much ESA you could get - whether you're about to start a claim or are currently being assessed for ESA

• Challenging a rent increase

  Find out if you can challenge your section 13 rent increase for free at a tribunal and check what evidence you need to send with your application

• 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

• If your flat isn't fire safe

  Find out what to do if your landlord asks you to move out after a fire safety check

• Credit Union loans

  Information about credit unions, how credit union loans work and how to find a local provider

• If there's a leak from a neighbouring flat

  When a landlord is responsible for repairing water damage caused by leaks or floods from a neighbouring property, repeated leaks, and what you can do about damaged belongings

• Rent and mortgage arrears - administration orders

  Lists the types of debts which can be included in an administration order, those that can't (and what to do about them), the limit on the amount of debt and whether to include joint debts