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• Check if an IVA is right for you

  Check these steps to help you decide if an individual voluntary arrangement (IVA) is the best way to deal with your debt problems

• Asking your employer for changes to help you if you’re disabled

  Find out when your employer has a duty to make changes to help you with your disability

• Charging orders

  Information about what you can do if a creditor applies for a charging order against your property

• Housing

  Get advice on renting, council tax, homelessness and problems where you live

• Asking for adjustments to help with your disability

  Find out what disability changes your landlord has to make and how to ask for them

• Check if you have to pay a debt

  How to check liability for a debt, including time limits on debts and how to challenge a debt you think you might not be liable

• Getting married

  Information on who can get married, where marriages can take place, civil and religious services, marriages by proxy, bigamous marriages, polygamous marriages, forced marriages and second marriages

• Buying a home

  Get information on the process of buying a house. Check how to get a mortgage, how to make an offer and what to consider if you’re buying with others

• Getting benefits if you’ve recently moved to the UK

  Check how to show you’re habitually resident, pass the ‘past presence test’ or pass the ‘3-month living in test

• Gathering evidence about housing discrimination

  Get the facts and evidence to help you take action about discrimination in housing