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• Letter to complain to the council if your landlord hasn’t done repairs

  Letter from a private rented tenant to the local authority about the landlord's failure to make repairs

• Subletting without your landlord’s permission

  Check what might happen if you sublet your home unlawfully, including eviction. Check the extra risks if you have a council or housing association home

• How an administration order is managed over time

  Explains how an administration order is managed, including how payments work, reviews and what happens when the order ends

• Creditor has sent a statutory demand - bankruptcy

  Explains the need to act quickly, if you receive a statutory demand from someone who is trying to make you bankrupt

• Negotiating your debt with bailiffs

  Find out how you can negotiate your debt with bailiffs - including working out your what you can afford and making a payment arrangement

• 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

• Help dealing with mortgage debts

  Different options which might be available to help clear your mortgage debt and pay back the money you owe to your lender

• Going to court if your landlord won't do repairs

  Find out when it can be worth taking your landlord to court to get repairs done, find out how to fill in the court form and make sure you know what to say at the hearing

• Reapply for Universal Credit

  Reapply for Universal Credit if you need to claim it again. If you've claimed before, you might not have to go through the full application again

• Agreeing maintenance between you

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