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• Check if you can get Housing Benefit

  Check if you can claim Housing Benefit to help pay your rent - and find out if you’re entitled to the maximum amount of Housing Benefit

• Getting on the waiting list for a council home

  Check if you can get on the waiting list and how to fill in your application. Check what happens when you're on the list

• Making a small claim

  Find out what to do before you start a small claim, how to start one and what it involves

• If you're offered housing because you're homeless

  Check what kind of accommodation the council is offering. Check if it's suitable for you to live in, and what you can do if it isn't suitable

• Applying for a JSA hardship payment

  Find out who can get a JSA hardship payment and how much you’ll get. Find out how to apply for a JSA hardship payment

• Discrimination because of religion or belief

  Taking action about discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief, explaining when it is unlawful or not unlawful and organisations which can help

• 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

• Payment of benefits and tax credits

  Check how benefits and tax credits are paid - usually by direct credit transfer into bank, building society or Post Office card accounts. Find out about the Payment Exception Service if you can't use an account

• Starting a homeless application

  Find how to apply to the council for help if you’re homeless

• Get a Universal Credit advance payment

  How to get an advance payment of Universal Credit if you don't have enough money to get by while you're waiting for your first Universal Credit payment